Sommeliers compete in Japan for world's best title
Wine waiters of the world gathered in Tokyo on Wednesday for a competition to find the planet's best sommelier.
From bedroom to boardroom: UK teen turns tech millionaire
Like many British teenagers, Nick D'Aloisio has a hole in the knee of his jeans and gets in trouble when his bedroom is untidy. Unlike most, the 17-year-old has just sold an app to Yahoo! for tens of millions of pounds.
Kazakh students in Beijing survey awareness of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan students in Beijing made a jocose poll among foreigners to find out the level of awareness about Kazakhstan in the world.
Gates says world must push to finally eradicate polio
Bill Gates said Tuesday that the world must commit to wiping out the remaining cases of polio and finally eradicate the disease despite squeezed aid budgets and violence plaguing vaccination efforts.
US immigrant wins $338 million lottery
The immigrant owner of a US convenience store claimed a $338.3 million lottery jackpot Tuesday and said that, despite being catapulted into the ranks of the super rich, his heart won't change.
Health gap in Europe wider than ever
Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.
Cameras to track tiger numbers in Bangladesh census
Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers next month living in the world's largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival.
Children born outside marriage in Europe rise to 40 percent of total
The number of children born outside marriage in Europe has doubled over two decades to 40 percent, with Estonia, Slovenia and France registering almost three out of every five births out of wedlock.
Muslim-born convert quits Church after pope change
A Muslim-born journalist whose 2008 baptism by Pope Benedict XVI made him Italy's most famous convert announced Monday he was leaving the Catholic Church over the new pontiff's overtures to Islam.