LONDON- A former Anglican bishop on Sunday criticised a new trial version of the Church's baptism service that no longer calls for parents and godparents to "repent sins". Former Bishop of Rochester...
DENVER, Cindy Shiner - It was barely dawn when people began lining up outside the Denver Kush Club on Wednesday, turning up their collars against the sleet and wind. But a little winter weather...
LONDON, Guy Jackson- The gynaecologist who helped deliver the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate was given a knighthood and veteran actress Angela Lansbury was made a dame in Britain's...
DUBAI- Dubai has promised to celebrate New Year's Eve with a record-breaking extravaganza featuring over 400,000 fireworks, the largest display the world has ever seen, its government said. The...
WASHINGTON, Ivan Couronne- Unlimited vacation policies, which have so far been adopted by only a handful of US businesses, have been embraced by both workers and their employers, who say the...
PARIS- A man and a woman were shot dead at a Paris bar on Sunday evening by a gunman who then fled on foot, police said, labelling the crime as "mysterious". The two were shot at point-blank range...
DOHA- Migrants who have worked for nearly a year without pay on a Qatar skyscraper are facing "severe foot shortages" and cannot leave or seek other employment, Amnesty International said Wednesday....
PARIS, Angus Mackinnon, Annick Benoist- A landmark court ruling this week is set to increase the pressure on French Muslims, potentially at the expense of the country's fraught race relations,...
CHONGQING- Battling for jobs with millions of other new graduates, Chinese students are turning to plastic surgery for an advantage -- with one clinic offering noses inspired by the Eiffel Tower....
WASHINGTON- A North Carolina social worker has been arrested after her foster child was found chained to the porch of her home with a dead chicken around his neck, police in the southeastern US state...