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Disney eyes bigger plans with Shanghai American entertainment giant Disney is set to pour an additional $800 million into its Disney Shanghai, its first theme park on the Chinese mainland, officials said.

29 April 2014

Spanish island to be fully powered by wind, water The smallest and least known of Spain's Canary Islands, El Hierro, is making a splash by becoming the first island in the world fully energy self-sufficient through combined water and wind power.

29 April 2014

Pope Francis declares John Paul II, John XXIII saints Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church's newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who helped shape 20th-century history.

28 April 2014

Kazakhstan celebrates Unity Day with May 1-3 off Kazakhstan is celebrating the People’s Unity Day on May 1-3. Almaty arranged to start the celebration early - with a bike ride on April 26 - but cancelled the event in the last moment.

28 April 2014

Handbags for big bucks: the latest global auction craze The bargains start below $150 and the most expensive go for more than $100,000: designer handbags are the latest craze taking global auction houses by storm and fetching record prices.

26 April 2014

John Paul II sainthood a delicate issue for Mexicans Many Mexicans have mixed emotions about seeing the late pope John Paul II become a saint: they loved the man but feel he covered up sexual abuses by priests.

26 April 2014

Singaporeans defy ban on e-cigarettes Singaporeans are defying a ban on electronic cigarettes despite stiff fines for distributors and smugglers, health authorities said.

26 April 2014

Aspirin halves colon cancer risk -- if you have certain gene Aspirin can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, but only in people who carry high levels of a specific type of gene, a study found.

25 April 2014

Britain's Camilla 'devastated' by brother's death in fall Camilla, wife of Britain's Prince Charles, was on Wednesday left "utterly devastated" after her brother died in an accident during a night out in New York, Clarence House said.

24 April 2014

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Canadian woman's letter arrives -- after 45-year delay A 45-year-old letter mysteriously arrived in the mailbox of a Canadian woman, who received the ancient correspondence from her younger sister decades after it was sent, Canadian media reported.

24 April 2014

Peru probes killing of endangered penguins Peruvian authorities announced an investigation Tuesday into the killing of five penguins fund slashed to death at a center for endangered species.

24 April 2014

60% of China underground water polluted Sixty percent of underground water in China which is officially monitored is too polluted to drink directly, state media have reported, underlining the country's grave environmental problems.

23 April 2014

Small French park becomes home for desperate Syrian families They ended up there penniless after wandering from country to country for months.

23 April 2014

Vienna's Versailles offers imperial hideaway Schoenbrunn Palace was Marie-Antoinette's summer childhood home and the beautiful and tragic Sissi's favoured residence. Mozart performed there as a child and Napoleon was so smitten he moved in -- twice.

23 April 2014

Sri Lanka detains British tourist over Buddha tattoo Sri Lanka has detained a female British tourist for having a Buddha tattoo on her right arm and ordered her deportation, police said.

23 April 2014

Teen survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported.

22 April 2014

Military parade due on May 7 in Astana Military parade will take place in Astana on May 7th as part of the Defender of Motherland Day celebration.

22 April 2014

Brunei delays introduction of tough Islamic law Brunei has postponed its implementation of tough Islamic criminal punishments that were due to begin Tuesday and have drawn condemnation from the UN's human rights office and rare criticism at home.

22 April 2014

Almaty Marathon raises $55 thousand for charity The Third Almaty Marathon has gathered $55 thousand for two sick Kazakhstani children who need medical aid.

22 April 2014