Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.

The number of Britons who believe Queen Elizabeth II should hand over to Prince Charles before her death has increased, although a majority still think she should reign for life, an opinion poll found on Sunday.

A miniature replica of the Great Synagogue of Warsaw will be installed on the site of the original, almost 70 years to the day after the Nazis leveled it, an architect for the project said Sunday.

South Korea has one of the highest rates of college graduates in the world, with over 80 percent of high school graduates going to university. About half of them are women.

The Taipei 101 Observatory and the Tokyo Skytree, landmark skyscrapers in the capitals of Taiwan and Japan, respectively, launched a partnership deal yesterday aimed at boosting tourist visits to the two buildings.

Bubbles are a serious business. While they're beloved as a childhood pastime and a bathtub luxury, the physics behind the delicate, iridescent clusters remains remarkably complex.

Men in Singapore are more open to dating older members of the opposite sex than women, a survey has found.

A hot cup of Ceylon tea is better known as being soothing and relaxing, but Sri Lanka is now marketing its most profitable export as a luxury boost for the libido. The tea industry is increasingly plugging Ceylon's supposed aphrodisiac qualities in a bid to radically change perceptions of the brew, which manufacturers say can sell for less than water in some markets.

If your landlord is the sort that regards all pets no better than pests, and you've been fighting the urge to cuddle a cat, you ought to peek into the Purr Cat Cafe Club.

Like a recurring nightmare, the return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity.