Rome - Forensic experts in Italy said Thursday they had reconstructed the DNA of a national war hero and poet by analysing semen...
Rome - Forensic experts in Italy said Thursday they had reconstructed the DNA of a national war hero and poet by analysing semen...
Paris - Smoker numbers are declining in many parts of the world, but upward trends in African and Mediterranean countries mean the global...
Miami--Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, definitely has an underground ocean, researchers said Thursday after confirming the moon's long-suspected subsurface saltwater body with the help...
Saint Petersburg--Russian lawmakers are up in arms after a shaman, dressed in full traditional garb and carrying a drum, allegedly carried out a...
London--British science fiction and fantasy author Terry Pratchett, whose Discworld novels have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, died on Thursday at...
Paris--A long-awaited communications window between Earth and robot lab Philae, zipping through space perched on a comet, opened Thursday without immediate signs of...
Kathmandu--Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on Thursday, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the...
Mick Thomson New York---The guitarist for the heavy metal band Slipknot was injured Wednesday in an apparent drunken brawl with his brother, police...
New York--Juliana Hatfield -- a great hope for alternative rock in the 1990s -- once wrote: If kids want to grow up to...
Washington--Apple's online stores for product and app purchases went down Wednesday for at least five hours, affecting its customers worldwide. The tech giant's...
Paris--A sold-out theatre run in Paris for "Singin' in the Rain", which opens Thursday, marks another success for American musicals in a country...
London--Jeremy Clarkson, the controversial presenter of hit BBC programme "Top Gear", joked about his suspension on Wednesday as an online petition for him...
Madonna Paris--Madonna has added a second concert date in Paris in December after the first that went on sale this week sold out...
Stockholm---The Swedish startup that revolutionised digital music has a blanket response to claims that it pays artists a mere pittance: "two billion dollars"....
Jeremy Clarkson London---The BBC said on Tuesday it had suspended Jeremy Clarkson, the controversial host of popular motoring programme "Top Gear", after he...
Syrian farmers collect crops in a field in Daraa, 100km south of Damascus, on June 5, 2010 A new study published in the...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (No. 16), along with Bill Gates (at No. 1) and Michael Jordan (No. 1741) are included in this year’s...
Britain's Prince William practised sports diplomacy in China early this month, striding onto the football pitch at a Shanghai school. Wearing a dark...