Gym not for you? Easy home tasks also help heart: study
Mowing the lawn or washing the car are among simple activities that can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by almost 30 percent in people over 60.
Churchill's London bunker welcomes wannabe WWII spies
Deep in the bowels of London's Churchill War Rooms, shadowy figures are learning how to defuse bombs, crack codes and rooting out hidden microphones.
Aya Bapani presents semitransparent dresses at Kazakhstan Fashion Week
Kazakhstan designer Aya Bapani has presented her new revealing semitransparent dresses with Kazakh
national ornaments on the second day of the Kazakhstan Fashion Week.
'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia
An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years..
High-security isolation for South Korea's exam-setters
Every October, hundreds of South Korean teachers and professors are sequestered -- like jurors in a mafia trial -- in a secret, guarded compound: prisoners of their country's obsession with education.
Beyonce's Grammy dress presented at Kazakhstan Fashion Week
Greek designer Vrettos Vrettakos presented the dress, ordered by the famous American R’n’B singer Beyonce for the Grammy Awards, at the Kazakhstan Fashion Week.
Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert over religious fears
US pop singer Ke$ha has been forced to cancel a concert due to take place in Muslim-majority Malaysia after authorities said it would undermine religious and cultural sensitivities.
Kremlin Chef to judge culinary fest in Almaty
Kremlin Chef will judge a culinary competition in Almaty.
Saudi braces for 'open driving campaign' by women
Saudi Arabia was braced for possible protests Saturday after women activists declared an "open driving campaign" against the deeply conservative kingdom's ban on women behind the wheel.
'Dark is Beautiful' movement takes on unfair India
Looking to find a husband, make friends, and get ahead at work? Then you need to have lighter skin. That's the all-pervasive message in India.
Greenpeace activist hangs off Eiffel Tower in protest against Russia
A Greenpeace activist Saturday staged a protest in a tent suspended from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower against Russia's detention of 30 members of the environmental lobby group.
Theme park pulls Halloween show over 'gay Superman'
Hollywood's Universal Studios theme park has cancelled a Halloween show based on the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" franchise after criticism that a scene where Superman turns gay was homophobic.
Are the open-minded Dutch in denial over Black Pete?
A passionate debate around Black Pete in the Netherlands has highlighted the prickly subject of racism, often denied in a country proud of its open-minded values.
US seeks tighter controls on certain painkillers
The US Food and Drug Administration recommended tighter controls Thursday on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers, in a bid to stop abuse.
Designer Mikhail Kravets named Kazakhstan's Valentin Yudashkin
A new collection of evening gowns of Kazakhstan designer Mikhail Kravets impressed Ukrainian fashionistas at the Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days.
Future of British monarchy captured in official christening shots
The first photographs in 120 years showing four generations of present and future British monarchs were released on Thursday, the day after the christening of Prince George, the newest member of the dynasty.
Over 800 thousand women infertile in Kazakhstan
18% of women of reproductive age in Kazakhstan are infertile mostly because of inflammatory conditions, endocrine factors or tumors.
Sex, cops and undead push foreign success of French TV
When a murdered boy and serial killer came back to life in French supernatural series "The Returned", hundreds of thousands of viewers in Britain tuned into what became a surprise Gallic hit.
UFO spotted over Almaty
Two young men managed to make a video of an unidentified flying object that looks amazingly like a classical UFO from American movies hovering over Almaty.
Baby's HIV 'cure not a fluke,' US researchers say
A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke.