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All 17 miners were freed early Jan. 7 from an underground salt mine in upstate New York, 10 hours after becoming trapped in a malfunctioning elevator, officials said.

Metallica, one of the most influential acts in heavy metal, has hinted that a new album is getting closer after a gap of nearly a decade.

Istanbul has been named one of the four anchor megacities of Europe along with London, Paris and Moscow in terms of its economic and real estate capacity and power, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). 

Tattoo artist Scott Campbell offered strangers free tattoos through a ‘hole in the wall’ system at Milk Gallery at Manhattan, New York.

25 people were chosen based on lottery to get one free tattoo. The only condition was to trust the artist on the tattoo since they were completely in the dark as to what tattoo they would get on their forearm.

Cultural diversity is one of the distinguishing features of the American English Academy (AEA) in Sofia. This is what Alan Colson, the new principal of AEA, said in an interview with Novinite.

Vitosha Boulevard in Bulgaria's capital Sofia ranks 54th among the 65 most expensive retail locations in the world, according to Cushman & Wakefield's 2015/2016 report Main Streets Across the World.

With its EUR 528 per square meter (sq.m.) annual rent, Vitosha Boulevard goes down two positions compared to the 2014/2015 edition of the report.

A Greek artist who lives in New York, Georgia Lale, wanted to raise awareness about the refugee crisis in Europe and the struggle of thousands of refugees who arrive in Europe and die off the Greek coasts.

She wanders in New York wearing an orange life vest like the one the refugees wear when crossing the Aegean Sea to arrive at Greek islands.

Eight suspected militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been detained in Istanbul's Atatürk Airport after criminal profilers interviewed the suspects and determined the suspects had plans to enter Germany illegally. 

Ethel Bouzalas, the lover of a high ranking Greek Orthodox priest George Passias, has been accused of stealing $100,000 from the church and hiding it in a secret fund.

Feeding the 5000, a flagship campaigning even and celebratory feast is aimed at drawing attention to the amount of edible food thrown away. Athens has joined the food waste revolution with its own event that takes place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Kotzia Square on Sunday, October 11.