Lisbon - Tributes poured in Friday for Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who has died at the age of 106, after a long...
Lisbon - Tributes poured in Friday for Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who has died at the age of 106, after a long...
San Fernando, Philippines - Devotees in the fervently Catholic Philippines marked Good Friday by being nailed to crosses and whipping their backs bloody,...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong families trekked up to hillside cemeteries Friday to burn offerings for their ancestors, with French macaroons proving this...
Paris - French deputies on Friday voted to ban ultra-thin catwalk models, despite howls of protest from modelling agencies in the world's fashion...
Berlin - An orchestra featuring 100 doctors from 20 nations is planning to hold a charity concert for epilepsy sufferers at the Berlin...
Lisbon--The Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira has died at the age of 106, producer Luis Urbano said on Thursday, quoting family sources....
London--Scientists in Britain said Thursday they had developed the first perfume which smells better the more you sweat and reduces body odour. Researchers...
Los Angeles---Hot cars, hot cast and red-hot box office figures -- the juggernaut "Fast & Furious" franchise is revving up for another wild...
Paris--New dating of South Africa's most famous hominid fossil confirms it is older than widely thought, boosting the country's claim to be a...
Paris--Millions of years of evolution have enabled human beings to develop a smooth, energy-efficient way of walking. But, biomechanical engineers suggested on Wednesday,...
Washington--Good news and bad news for video gamers: new research shows game play boosts visual and cognitive skills, but that too much of...
London--Greece could adopt Bitcoin, global warming might awaken dragons and disgraced motoring show host Jeremy Clarkson is going green: Aprils Fools' Day jokes...
Quito--It doesn't turn into Prince Charming, but a new species of frog discovered in Ecuador has earned the nickname "transformer frog" for its...
Palo Alto, United States--Is the Internet a force for public good, or for social control? Or a bit of both? Such tensions, so...
Washington--Americans love their smartphones and rely on them as a key way to go online, but many find the cost too steep, a...
Washington---Google's mapping service rolled out a gamefied version inspired by the classic Pac-Man, turning the real streets of a city into a labyrinth...
New York---Hollywood screen icon Lauren Bacall's personal possessions from the precious to the mundane hit the auction block in New York, still drawing...
Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife Beate Paris--France's most famous Nazi hunters, Serge Klarsfeld and his German wife Beate, this week launched their...
