NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Are movies your way of escaping the daily grind? You're not alone, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll finding more than one in four people across the globe go to the cinema often to suspend reality, if only for a few hours. The survey of more than 24,000 adults in 23 countries was released as ...

Some of the diplomats who, like George Mantello in Geneva, played a role in helping Jewish and other refugees to flee the Nazis: Hiram Bingham IV: U.S. consular official in Marseille, France, who defied State Department regulations by issuing visas, safe passes and letters of transit to Jews and other refugees fleeing Nazi persecution ...

Top-seeded Venus Williams reached the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open, defeating Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday night. Fernando Verdasco, the top seed on the men's side, advanced earlier in the day with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Lukasz Kubot of Poland. Both second-seeded players also ...