Enrique Pena Nieto, the youthful candidate of the party that governed Mexico for decades, won a resounding victory Sunday in the country's presidential election, exit polls showed.The win, when confirmed, will mark a stunning comeback for Pena Nieto's center-left Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled for seven decades until 2000 through a mixture of patronage and selective repressio

 (AP-Yonhap News)Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world. The giant reptile has brought pride, fear, tourism revenues and attention to the remote town where it was captured.The saltwater crocodile named Lolong, which was captured last September in Bunawan town in Agusan del Sur province

Spain`s Fernando Torres holds up the trophy at the end of during the Euro 2012 soccer championship final between Spain and Italy in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday. (AP-Yonap News)Certainly the best in the world and maybe the best ever. Definitely not boring.Spain opened a fresh debate on its place in world football history after sweeping to a majestic 4-0 victory over Italy in the European Championship fin

The child in the photograph is not related to the story. (MCT)A Swedish company said a 9-year-old armed with what was believed to be an air gun stole an electric car and drove around for about 10 minutes before crashing.Jan Jentzell of Poseidon, the property management company that owns the car, said the boy waved the realistic-looking gun at passersby who saw him unsuccessfully attempting to brea

Cleveland Indians` Shin-Soo Choo connects for a solo home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News)Choo Shin-soo singled on the first pitch of the game, and the Cleveland Indians never let up in setting a season high for hits in a second straight game.This time, they got a win for their effort.Choo went 4 for 5 with a homer, scored fou

The number of females in South Korea is expected to exceed that of males starting in 2015 due mainly to the country's rapidly aging population, government data showed Sunday.According to the data by Statistics Korea, the number of women in South Korea will likely reach 25.31 million in 2015, slightly surpassing the male population of 25.30 million.The female population is projected to continue to

(123rf)A drug that has Polynesian roots may help the elderly retain the ability to learn and remember, U.S. researchers say.Veronica Galvan, assistant professor of physiology at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, part of the University of Texas Health Science Center, said rapamycin -- a bacterial product first isolated from soil on Easter Island -- enhanced learning and memory

South Korea's imports of Iranian oil fell nearly half in May from the previous month as local refiners moved to switch their suppliers in the face of international sanctions against Tehran, industry data showed Sunday.South Korea imported 3.96 million barrels of Iranian crude in May, down 47.3 percent from 7.52 million barrels in April, according to the data compiled by the Korea National Oil Corp

(MCT)A 24-year-old unmarried man in India complained of intense "exploding" headaches while watching pornography, researchers said. The case study, published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, said the unnamed male software professional said the headaches were so painful after two years he sought the help of a doctor. Researchers from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in New Delhi said th

World powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar Assad in a new unity government.Russia and China insisted that Syrians must decide how the transition should be carried out rather than allow others to dictate their fate, as the two powers signed up to the final agreement that did not m

Members of an ill-fated British expedition to the South Pole in 1912 were effectively killed by the equivalent of a modern slimming diet, research has shown.Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous attempt to be the first to the South Pole resulted in his death and the death of four comrades.British researchers say the men expended more energy than Olympic athletes as they hauled their supplies acro

Image from thecheeky.comA Vancouver-based Web site is marketing an anti-infidelity wedding ring that leaves the imprint of the words "I'm married" on the wearer's finger.TheCheeky.com is selling the titanium bands, which have the letters carved into the inside of the wedding band to leave an imprint on the wearer's finger, for $550, the New York Daily News reported Friday."With Arnold, Tiger and t

The ordeal of a 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped and raped repeatedly for three days has infuriated Jordanians, especially when her attacker agreed to marry her to avoid going to jail.In conservative Muslim societies like Jordan, rapists can walk free thanks to penal code Article 308, known as the "rape-law."In April, the unidentified girl was shopping in the northern city of Zarqa when a 19-yea

South Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong of the Yakult Swallows in Japan will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ligament in his right elbow, his Seoul-based agent said Thursday.Park Yu-hyun, Lim's agent, said the right-hander has opted to go under the knife to repair the ligament damage."We've informed the team of the decision to undergo surgery today," Park said. "The operation will t

(YouTube)A hilarious YouTube video showing a petrified U.S. man riding a rollercoaster with his daughter is getting massive response online.In the video, Steve Fuehne from Tennessee goes on a pendulum-style ‘Screaming Swing’ at an amusement park. True to its name, Fuehne bellows during the entire 1-minute ride.At one point he shouts to his 10-year-old daughter “Never again, Grace Elizabeth!” as he

Google Inc employee wears Project Glass internet glasses during a demonstration during at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday. (Bloomberg-Yohap News)Google is making prototypes of its futuristic, Internet-connected glasses available for people to test out.The company is selling the device, known as Project Glass, for $1,500 to people attending its annual conf

Japanese prosecutors Wednesday demanded 12 years in prison for a former Japanese police officer accused of killing his Korean wife.Hideo Yamaguchi, 51, is charged with beating his wife to death in 2010, dismembering her body, and throwing away the pieces into a garbage dump and a river.Prosecutors told a court hearing in Yokohama, the site of the alleged murder, that the suspect killed his wife af

South Korea's current account surplus hit a six-month high in May due mainly to a fall in dividend payouts to foreign investors, the central bank said Thursday.The current account surplus reached $3.61 billion in May, up from a revised $1.73 billion the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The current account is the broadest measure of cross-border trade.The May data marked the la

  (123rf)U.S. scientists say they've discovered a new primitive mineral in a meteorite that they believe to be among the oldest minerals formed in the solar system.Researchers from the California Institute of Technology studying a meteorite that fell in Mexico more than 40 years ago report they discovered the new mineral, dubbed panguite, embedded in the space rock.The mineral, a titanium oxide, i

An Indian "laughter therapist" said he wants to set a world record by having 25,000 laugh in unison in the same place.Kamlesh Masalawala, who described himself as a full-time "laughter therapist," said he has taught the merits of laughing to more than 700,000 people and he now wants to use his skills to break the record of 10,000 people laughing together in the Netherlands, The Times of India repo