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Cambodia's Khmer healers get schooled in ancient art A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry.

10 July 2013

China elephants kill woman and attack police: reports Wild elephants attacked and killed a woman in southwestern China before chasing police and investigators from the scene.

10 July 2013

Church begins final Philippine birth control battle A relentless Catholic Church campaign to derail a birth control law in the Philippines begins its final phase at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with the verdict to have monumental impacts for millions of poor Filipinos.

10 July 2013

Russia fires Bolshoi Theatre director after scandals Russian officials on Tuesday announced the sacking of Bolshoi Theatre director Anatoly Iksanov following a series of scandals including the horrific January acid attack on its artistic director.

09 July 2013

Nazarbayev cuts 600kg cake on Astana Day Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the cutting of the 600kg Astana birthday cake baked specially for the anniversary.

09 July 2013

Hollywood actor Carrey apologizes to assault weapon owners Actor Jim Carrey, who spoke out against gun violence after a series of deadly shootings in the US in 2012, apologized to assault weapon rights defenders.

09 July 2013

Pope visits Italy refugee island Pope Francis arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a key destination of tens of thousands of would-be immigrants from Africa, in a visit the Vatican hopes will raise awareness of their plight.

09 July 2013

New gene sequencing yields healthy baby Scientists said Monday they had used a new-generation gene sequencing technique to select a viable embryo for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) that yielded a healthy baby boy.

08 July 2013

Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.

08 July 2013

Art collector Saatchi divorcing TV chef wife after row British art collector Charles Saatchi told a newspaper on Sunday that he is divorcing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, following an incident in which he grabbed her by the neck outside a London restaurant.

07 July 2013

Whale knocks surfer unconscious in Australia A Sydney surfer had a lucky escape on Sunday when he was hit by a whale frolicking off Bondi Beach and knocked unconscious.

07 July 2013

Spain's Pamplona bull run festival set to kick off Spain's best-known fiesta, San Fermin, a nine-day mix of round-the-clock drinking, religious processions and running ahead of a pack of sharp-horned charging bulls, kicks off.

06 July 2013

Britain's royal baby will have surprising family tree Even before the birth of the new British royal baby to Prince William and his wife Kate, genealogists are looking into its family tree, and are coming up with many surprises.

06 July 2013

No risk of pandemic yet from MERS virus: scientists The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.

06 July 2013

Fat Malaysian orangutan put on diet An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists.

05 July 2013

Government denies Mandela in 'vegetative state' The South African government on Thursday denied that former president Nelson Mandela is in a permanent vegetative state.

05 July 2013

H1N1 flu outbreak in northern Chile kills 11 At least 11 people have been killed in an outbreak of H1N1 flu virus in northern Chile, where the rate of infection is more than six times higher than the rest of the country.

05 July 2013

Man drives bath tub in Almaty Almaty drivers took a video of a man with soaped head and a towel over his back driving a portable bath tub down Abay street.

05 July 2013

Concentration of poisonous substances in Proton-M crash area does not exceed permissible level Concentration of poisonous substances in the soil, air and water in the area of the crash of Russian rocket Proton-M does not exceed the permissible levels.

04 July 2013

'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.

04 July 2013

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