LONDON- Britain is to cut the number of visas it hands out to foreign students in a bid to stop people breaking the rules by working illegally, officials said Saturday.
A total of 236,470 student...
GENEVA- The fight to stop female genital mutilation in Africa will not be won without the involvement of men, experts and field researchers agreed ahead of Saturday's international day against the...
DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Karin Zeitvogel- Two US-born pandas flew off in a giant cargo plane Thursday for a new life in China as goodwill ambassadors to brighten moody US-China relations.
Tai...
VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI chided Britain for its gay-friendly laws on Monday as he confirmed plans to visit the country for the first time as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Your country...
MADRID, Virginie Grognou - After years of enthusiasm for "molecular gastronomy", with its battery of gels and emulsions, many leading chefs are turning back to focus on ingredients and where they...
LONDON- Margaret Thatcher went on a crash diet eating 28 eggs a week to get in shape ahead of the 1979 election when she was elected British prime minister, papers out Saturday suggested.
The diet...
CAIRO, Mona Salem - Female students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges, saying that wearing the controversial face...
WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle - Reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who has died aged 91, was a giant of American literature whose seminal novel "The Catcher in the Rye" lent a voice to the angst and despair of...
SHANGHAI- A Chinese woman is so keen to win back her ex-boyfriend that she plans to undergo plastic surgery to transform herself into his favourite actress: Hollywood star Jessica Alba.
The...
VIENNA - Teaching about the Holocaust in schools should also include discussion on current rights issues, an EU agency said Tuesday ahead of the 65th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's...
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