Offbeat

CHICAGO: As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Junk-food lovers Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt

MANILA: What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

Doctors carried out life-saving surgery yesterday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a case that aroused sympathy worldwide

Skateboarders soar out of the concrete bowl beneath London’s Southbank Center, as they have done for the past 40 years, while hiphop beats stoke up the party atmosphere.

NEW DELHI: State-run carrier Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in c

SEATTLE, Washington: A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Or

NEW YORK: This guitar may not quite gently weep, but it could at least make a well-heeled Beatles fan cry with happiness.

RIO ALEJANDRO, Panama: With jaws of steel that have earned him the nickname “Coconut Peeler,” Andres Gardin, at the tender age of 64, is hell-bent on gnawing his way into the Guinness Book of Worl

JOHANNESBURG: A safari lodge company based in South Africa says a field guide who was filmed while charging on foot toward an elephant has been dismissed.