South Koreans still seek answers 10 years after Sewol ferry disaster
Memorials were held throughout the country including at the port of Mokpo in the south where the wreckage of the Sewol is on display.
Tue Apr 16 2024
Japan opening of 'Barbie' marred by controversy ahead of nuclear memorials
No Japan release date has been announced for "Oppenheimer", which chronicles the creation of the atomic bomb.
Thu Aug 03 2023
US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes
Americans commemorated 9/11 on Friday as another national crisis, the coronavirus, reconfigured ceremonies and as a presidential campaign carved a path through the memorials.
Sat Sep 12 2020
George Floyd to be eulogized in Minneapolis memorial, first of 3
Mourners converged in Minneapolis on Thursday for the first in a series of memorials to George Floyd.
Thu Jun 04 2020
Zuckerberg among Facebook users mistakenly declared 'dead'
Facebook accidentally declared its founder Mark Zuckerberg and many other users dead on Friday, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed a "terrible error."
Sat Nov 12 2016
Facebook mistakenly declares live users dead
Facebook accidently declared live users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem Friday that it had committed a "terrible error."
Sat Nov 12 2016
Memorials for MH17 victims as calls grow for justice
Relatives of victims of flight MH17 joined emotional memorials on Friday as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy.
Fri Jul 17 2015
Actor Morgan Freeman mistaken for Mandela in India billboard gaffe
The billboard was erected on the side of a road in the southern city of Coimbatore as part of memorials across India and the world to Mandela, who died on December 5.
Thu Dec 19 2013