(CNN) - Cue the jokes. A photo of Bill Clinton posing with adult film actresses in Monte Carlo, Monaco is circling after one of the stars, Brooklyn Lee, posted the picture on her Twitter page Wednesday.– Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker In the picture, a cheerful Clinton stands flanked by Lee and another porn actress, Tasha Reign, while a third woman, Jennifer Taule, also appears in the photo. Clinton was in the European country Wednesday at the Hotel de Paris for a gala to benefit the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Clinton's team has not returned a request for comment. Continue reading →

Chinese activist Chen gives first in-depth TV interview since escape By Michael Martinez, CNN updated 3:13 PM EDT, Thu May 24, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: "Let's not use the word house arrest," Chen says, "let's use ... illegal detention" Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the U.S. on Saturday He will study at New York University He escaped house arrest in China's Shandong province (CNN) -- In his first in-depth TV interview since his dramatic escape from house arrest, Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng told CNN about his departure from China and his continuing concern for family and friends he left behind. He also spoke about tasting freedom recently. "I haven't been able to feel (nature) for a long time," Chen said. ... Continue reading →

An informed source says the talks between Iran and the P5+1 group - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany - over Tehran’s nuclear energy program in Baghdad will continue tomorrow, May 24. MAB/AZ Continue reading →

Mexican congressional candidate Natalia Juarez poses in front of a billboard on which she and other women are topless. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Philosophy professor Natalia Juarez is running for congress in Mexico Her campaign includes a billboard on which she and other women are topless The candidate says it's her way of giving voters a wake-up call with radical ideas for Mexico "Even if I dressed as a nun ... conservatives are never going to vote for me," she says (CNN) -- It's a campaign that's raising a lot of eyebrows in Mexico. The campaign involves a 34-year-old philosophy professor named Natalia Juarez, who's running for the Mexican congress. When Juarez realized her bid for office was off to a slow start a few weeks ago, ... Continue reading →

Rihanna's film debut is a memorable one. The Barbadian singer is wet for much of Battleship, her Navy uniform is uncommonly flattering, and the majority of her dialogue is composed of exclamations. It's a veritable master class in one-line utterances. Most of her lines fall into one of several categories: sassy ("Get up, princess!"), confused ("What the hell is that?") or surprisingly competent ("Contact two miles out.") But enough of this. Let Rihanna speak for herself. Continue reading →