Flood waters rose so quickly that many people headed to roofs for safety.
Taipei Beef Noodle Festival kicks off amid fears over the lifting of Taiwan's ban on U.S. beef imports.
At this year's London Film Festival, an African documentary got people talking. The movie was about ordinary people taking on the government and winning.
Seven-times world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao arrives home to a new fight for a career in politics.
Zimbabwe was once considered southern Africa's bread-basket until Presidents Mugabe's controversial land reforms gave white-owned farms to landless blacks.
If you're thinking of getting rid of your split ends or lopping off your fringe -- why not make some money while you're at it. One business in Spain might be able to help -- they've built a commercial empire based on exporting human hair for sale to hairdressers and wig-makers around the world. Duration: 01:50.
A rescue operation is underway for many still trapped after a gas blast at a coal mine in China.
A trio of women called "Les Cocottes Codec" or "The Darling Chicks" swept to the finish line in France's high-heeled relay race. The prizes for the winners were, perhaps unsurprisingly, gift certificates for shoes. Duration: 00:51.
Sergiev Posad is one of the most beautiful Orthodox monasteries in the Moscow region, and also the site of a special kind of school. Every year, nearly 60 students meticulously learn to paint religious icons, retracing the same brushstrokes of masters from centuries ago. Duration: 01:50.
Record-breaking rain in U.K.; panda arrives at new home in China
A Brazilian transsexual involved in an Italian political scandal is believed to have burned to death
President Obama will make announcement about war in next two weeks
In the United States, the Congress debated lifting the five-decade long travel embargo for American citizens to Cuba.
An antique electric train, left over from the heyday of American power in Cuba, still snakes its way through Havana. But it's more than just a tourist ride. The nearly century-old Hershey train, named after the chocolate company that built it, takes Cuban commuters to work every day.
A notebook, number 2 pencils, and the newest essential school supply in Uruguay: a laptop. The South American nation is the first and only country to guarantee every elementary school student attending government schools a portable computer. If the incumbent left-wing president wins the run-off election on November 29, his government says it will expand the program to all students in the public education system.