Cheers! Former Oz PM Bob Hawke launches lager to round of applause

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Australian prime minister and legendary beer drinker Bob Hawke may become a legendary beer maker after he launched his own craft lager on Thursday.

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Spanish hospital offers nipple tattoos to breast cancer survivors

MADRID (Reuters) - Arms covered in red and green ink, tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada is hardly what cancer survivors expect at a Madrid infirmary, the first public hospital in Spain to offer nipple and...

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New U.S. spelling bee rules aim to prevent T-I-E-S

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scripps National Spelling Bee winners aced "gesellschaft" and "feldenkrais" to be named co-champions of last year's competition, but it was the word "tie" that gave organizers...

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Rome turns to cost-saving LED lighting but some residents unhappy

ROME (Reuters) - Rome is investing millions of euros in environmentally friendly, cost-saving LED street-lighting, but some residents of the Eternal City are unhappy to lose the softer, golden glow...

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German illustrator wins top prize with drawings of animals mimicking humans

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - With his family of cats celebrating Christmas, bears arm-in-arm and even a crocodile in a sailor suit, German illustrator Wolf Erlbruch on Tuesday won the Astrid Lindgren...

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'Pink Star' diamond sells for record $71.2 million in bidding war

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A 59.60-carat pink diamond sold for a record $71.2 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday to local jewelers Chow Tai Fook after a five-minute bidding war between three phone bidders.

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Iraq reopens hot springs spa amid Mosul war chaos

HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Some Iraqis in this town get massages in a spa or take muddy baths and relax in the morning sun on the banks of the Tigris. Others beg for food or rise at dawn to...

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