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Apple is out to make a splash with new waterproof iPhones, a smartphone game starring Nintendo's beloved "Mario" and a push on wireless headphones.

An Indian man obsessed with setting Guinness world records had all his teeth removed so he could put about 500 drinking straws and more than 50 burning candles in his mouth.

Har Parkash Rishi, who claims to have set more than 20 records, now calls himself Guinness Rishi.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopens in mid-May after an ambitious $305 million expansion and facelift that aims to rival the world-class art spaces of New York, Paris or London.
 

The Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, took off on May 2 from near San Francisco en route to the southwest city of Phoenix.

How many stories have we heard of human legends? People who did so many different things in life, who gained glory and money, but whose traces were lost with time, at least until the right "excavator" came along? John "Blackjack" Jerome is one such filmic figure, an immigrant from the dirt-poor village of Harakas in the Peloponnese who struck out for the United States in the early 1900s.

Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trailblazing trip.

Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to spend just over $1 billion to compensate owners of about 600,000 diesel-powered cars that cheat on emissions tests, including buyback offers to some owners, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Around $82.5 billion of Istanbul's projected annual GDP of roughly $500 billion is at risk from 18 threats, mainly earthquakes, according to a leading insurance specialist. 

After weeks of feverish speculation, the Croatian City of Dubrovnik on Friday confirmed that part of the latest Star Wars movie is be filmed there in March.

Filming of the eighth Star Wars movie will bring additional prestige and marketing visibility to the world-famous destination, often called the "Pearl of the Adriatic".

Turkish Airlines on Jan. 27 signed a code-sharing agreement with Hawaiian Airlines that will expand options for customers traveling from Turkey to Hawaii via points in the Far East.