After months of raging tensions over Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sought to break the ice Tuesday by giving his US counterpart John Kerry two baskets full of potatoes and tomatoes.

Kerry was in the Black Sea resort of Sochi for high-stakes talks with Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to Russia in two years.

A Vermont bakery owner is selling her business - for $75 and an essay.

Vermont Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/1H9qqEq ) that those interested in owning the Mix Cupcakerie and Kitchen in Waitsfield have to write about why they want it. They have to submit the essay along with an idea for a cupcake recipe and $75 entry fee.

The busy Gare du Nord station in Paris was evacuated on Monday after a passenger attempted to board a London-bound train with an artillery shell in his backpack.

"Towards the end of the morning, a passenger heading for Britain tried to catch a train with a World War I or World War II shell in his bag," a spokesperson for national rail firm SNCF said.

Three tourists appeared in a Cambodian court Monday accused of taking photographs of their bare bottoms inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, an official said on Monday.

Two men -- an Italian and Argentinian -- and a Dutch woman, were arrested after a guard spotted them taking the cheeky pictures at one of the temples at the ancient site on Sunday.

bigA cemetery in Rio has come up with a solution for the obese departed -- jumbo-sized graves that can lay to rest bodies weighing up to 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds).

But the large graves carry a similarly hefty price tag of 75,000 reais (some $25,000).

A wild boar which strayed into Hong Kong's urban jungle caused havoc when it wandered into a shop and forced staff and customers to leave, authorities said on Monday. 

The 25 kilogram (55 pound) female, around three feet (0.91 meter) long, ventured into a children's wear shop at a mall in the crowded Chai Wan district late Sunday.

A French Porsche driver was caught on a speed camera doing 249 kilometers per hour (154 mph) on a country road with a limit of 90 kph, police said Sunday.

The driver, a repeat speeding offender aged around 40, lost his licence over his breakneck spin Saturday about 40 kilometres south of the central city of Tours.

A New Zealand woman told Monday how she survived lost in rugged wilderness by drinking her own breast milk and burying herself in dirt.

Susan O'Brien was taking part in a grueling 20 kilometer (12.5 mile) run in forest south of Wellington on Sunday when she took a wrong turn and became disorientated.

A Canadian woman gave birth aboard a plane to Tokyo after going into labor over the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for Air Canada said Monday, an event the baby's father described as "completely unexpected".

The 23-year-old woman delivered a baby girl mid-air with the help of a doctor who volunteered after crew asked passengers for medical help.

An Arkansas veterinarian has kept a dog from going out with a bang after the animal ate 23 live rifle rounds.

Benno, the 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, had surgery last week to remove the .308 caliber ammunition from his stomach, The Baxter Bulletin (http://bit.ly/1QoyXHL ) reported.