PARIS - Santa should get off his sleigh and walk, and lay off the brandy and mince pies, says an Australian study published Thursday that criticises Father Christmas for being a bad role model for...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and billionaire financier Warren Buffett are very distant cousins going back to an indentured servant from 17th century France, Ancestry.com said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON- The White House Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's open hand policy towards Iran, after Hillary Clinton said nearly a year of offering dialogue to the Islamic state had achieved...
WASHINGTON, Karin Zeitvogel - NASA launched Monday a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous...
LOS ANGELES- Disney's groundbreaking "The Princess and the Frog," which features the hit-making studio's first African-American animated heroine, topped the weekend North American box office,...
PARIS- The chemical Bisphenol A used in plastic containers and drinks cans has been shown for the first time to affect the functioning of the intestines, according to a French study published...
BERLIN - British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while "Das Weisse Band" ("The White Ribbon") picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy's...
RIYADH- Global media giant News Corp is close to buying 10 percent of Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Rotana entertainment group, a senior company official has said.
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JAKARTA, Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo - From Aceh to Bali, Indonesians have donated a truckload of coins in support of a woman jailed for criticising health care provision in an email to friends.
In a...
COPENHAGEN, Marlowe Hood - Tens of thousands of activists demanding a planet-saving climate deal blazed a path to the door of the UN talks on Saturday in a raucous, festive rally that was also marked...
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