A string of wildfires raged on in areas of central and northern Israel on Friday forcing hundreds more people to evacuate their homes, Israeli police said.

The renowned author J.K. Rowling has sent a seven-year-old Syrian girl in a besieged city an e-book containing all the Harry Potter books after the mother sent a tweet to the author asking how she could get them.

Colombian actress Amparo Grisales on Wednesday here presented her new book entitled "Mi sabia naturaleza," a guide for leading a healthy life in which she talks about the uses and properties of plants and herbs she has learned about and used.

Huge crowds formed lines at retailer outlets around Washington Thursday, spending many hours of the night on the pavement ahead of the bargain shopping frenzy that Black Friday sales bring annually.

Spanish badminton great Carolina Marin advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open with a 21-18, 21-16 victory Thursday over local shuttler Yip Pui Yin.

The Airbus A350-1000 wide-bodied aircraft took off on Thursday on its maiden flight from Toulouse airport.