An artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (back view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. PARIS: One of the biggest gambles in space...
An artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (back view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. PARIS: One of the biggest gambles in space...
Lightning strikes over Lake Maracaibo in the village of Ologa. LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela: When Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga was five years old, his...
LONDON: Four decades ago, folk legend Cat Stevens converted to Islam, changed his name to Yusuf Islam and all-but-vanished from the stage. Now...
FUJAIRAH: There are no matadors or picadors, but bulls locking horns with each other draw big crowds to bullfights in the United Arab...
TOKYO: A talk show host peering out of a man’s stomach and a piece of skin peeling away from a hand to unveil...
NEW YORK: A celebrated 1881 portrait by French Impressionist Edouard Manet smashed the record for the artist when it sold for $65.1m at...
SINGAPORE: A luxury pet hotel featuring air-conditioned suites, spa services and gourmet meals was unveiled yesterday in Singapore, further raising the level of...
PARIS: Australian writer Lily Brett (pictured) yesterday won France’s Prix Medicis literary award for best foreign book for Lola Bensky, a novel drawing...
A fan of Dominican-born fashion designer Oscar de la Renta leaves messages of condolence in the window of a store carrying his brand...
Nik Wallenda walks a tightrope more than two city blocks and 600 feet in the air across the Chicago River from the Marina...
TOKYO: Hello Kitty, Japan’s global icon of cute, marked her 40th anniversary yesterday with a human-size version of the feline character regaling fans...
Vilnius: Lithuania yesterday enacted a ban on selling energy drinks to anyone under 18, in what officials in the Baltic country claimed was...
A hippopotamus catches a pumpkin during Halloween celebrations in the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna yesterday. Once a year the animals in the...
THE HAGUE: A Dutch-based student yesterday unveiled a prototype of an “ambulance drone”, a flying defibrillator able to reach heart attack victims within...
TURIN: The only existing self-portrait by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci is to make a rare appearance in a new exhibition in Turin...
Google’s Vice-President Alan Eustace is seen wearing a specially designed pressurised space suit as he prepares to make a record-breaking skydive from the...
LOS ANGELES: The storm over Renee Zellweger’s (pictured) new-look face has thrown the spotlight on one of Hollywood’s eternal questions: how do you...
Los Angeles: When David Henderson was 10 years old, he spent a day with his mother at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in...
