RIO DE JANEIRO -Philippe Wojazer- In Brazil, where soap operas fuel an abiding social fascination with celebrities, the arrival on Monday of Carla Bruni -- pop singer, ex-model and wife of French...

BAGHDAD -Ahmad al-Rubaye - The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that risk up to 15 years in...

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Proton-M rocket carrying a Canadian telecommunications satellite took off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported....

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN Environment Program said here Monday, praising the country's efforts to tackle climate...

PARIS (AFP) - Green groups will stage "Earth Overshoot Day" on Tuesday to draw attention to estimates that people are gobbling up 40 percent more in resources than the planet can currently...

TOKYO (AFP) - The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers export their...

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves broke into the hotel heiress' home in the Hollywood Hills at around 5am, and reportedly made off with around US 2 million dollars worth of jewellery and...

BERLIN (AFP) - Thomas Doerflein, the zoo keeper in charge of rearing Berlin zoo's superstar polar bear Knut, has died, police said on Monday. There were no signs of any foul play and so...

GENEVA (AFP) - The world's largest atom-smasher has been shut down for two months following a helium leak, just ten days after it was switched on amid great fanfare to probe the secrets of the...