Mimosa, French perfume-makers' secret ingredient
Like miniature pompoms bursting with colour and fragrance, mimosa flowers turn the hills around France's perfume capital, Grasse, a golden yellow for a couple of fleeting weeks each year.
28 March 2014
Earth Hour to tap crowdfunding for green campaigns
Lights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend's Earth Hour event, which will aim to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for environmental projects worldwide.
Philippines, Muslim rebels set for historic peace deal
The biggest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines will sign a peace deal on Thursday aimed at ending four decades of deadly conflict that has condemned millions in the nation's far south to brutal poverty.
Shymbulak's Royal Weekend: exclusive
Prince Harry who was seen hitting the slopes at Shymbulak skiing resort with his girlfriend Cressida Bonas has spent three days in Almaty visiting local attractions and skiing.
'Green Revolutionary' Borlaug honored in US Capitol
Norman Borlaug, whose work on disease-resistant wheat is credited with saving up to one billion lives, on Tuesday received his latest posthumous honor -- a statue in the US Capitol.
Children call Australian immigration detention 'hell'
Children held in immigration detention in Australia have described conditions as "hell" with a human rights inquiry Monday detailing many banging their heads, biting themselves and wetting their beds.
Ebola epidemic spreads to Guinea's capital: UNICEF
An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
Russell Crowe slates Rio's traffic chaos
Ten weeks before the city expects to welcome throngs of World Cup fans, Hollywood star Russell Crowe slated Rio's chaotic traffic during a visit to promote biblical epic Noah.