Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday and chose the name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium...

Tina Turner on her way to Swiss citizenship

Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) - Tina Turner is on her way to becoming a Swiss citizen. The American rock diva has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s...

Rihanna posts 'miss you' Twitter picture to Chris Brown

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - After reportedly being angry with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown for flying to Paris to see his other ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran Friday night, Rihanna tweeted a picture with an I 'miss you' message on Saturday...

Criticism of Dutch 'Black Pete' grows

Toby Sterling, Associated Press

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas' helpers have their faces painted black, wear Afro wigs and have thick red lips..

Stockholm boycotts Chris Brown

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - Although Rihanna seems to have forgiven Chris Brown, many Europeans aren't over the infamous domestic violence incident between the former couple...

Global candidate: Obama was world's clear choice

Gregory Katz, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) - He won, and the word 'phew' trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas...

New Dutch movie features man seeking big booty 'ghetto queen'

Britni Danielle, Clutch Magazine

After nearly a year of debate, the film adaptation of Robert Vuijsje’s controversial novelAlleen Maar Nette Mensen (Only Decent People) is gearing up to his theaters in the Netherlands next month.

Romney global gaffes contrast with Obama in '08

Robert H. Reid, Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — The British were offended, the Palestinians accused him of racism and even in friendlier Poland, Mitt Romney's union policies drew criticism from the current leaders of the movement that toppled communism...

Is Mitt Romney 'not ready for prime-time'?

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings had a five-word summation of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's overseas trip: 'not ready for prime time'...

Snoop Dogg banned from Norway 2 years for pot