25 May 2013 Last updated at 07:03 ET

Lantern record sought in PhilippinesPhilippines lantern release

Thousands of paper lanterns light up the night sky in the Philippines in an attempt to set a new world record.

Image of Action Comic #1Rare Superman comic 'found in wall'

A 1938 comic featuring the debut of Superman that was discovered in the wall of an abandoned home could set a new auction record, a dealer says.

Father Pascal Vesin outside his church in Megeve, 24 MayVatican punishes Freemason priest

A Roman Catholic parish priest at an elite French ski resort is stripped of his functions for refusing to renounce Freemasonry.

Joseph Stalin and Winston ChurchillChurchill and Stalin's 'merry' night

Wartime talks between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin went slowly until a drinking session lasting until 3am, newly released files reveal.

Yuichiro Miura (R) and son Gota pose at their camp at 8,000 meters on 22 May 2013Japanese man climbs Everest at 80

An 80-year old Japanese man has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest peak.

Cave paintingCave paintings uncovered in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico find 4,926 cave paintings in red, yellow, black and white in the north-eastern region of Burgos.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor pictured on 13 September 1939Edward VIII was bugged, files show

King Edward VIII was bugged by the government at the height of the 1936 abdication crisis, files released by the National Archives show.

Women queuing to pay for toilet paper at a supermarket in Caracas Venezuela plans toilet paper relief

Venezuela's National Assembly backs plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage.

GifGif format inventor: Pronounce it 'Jif'

The inventor of the Gif image format says it should be pronounced Jif, despite what the Oxford English Dictionary says.

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