Hobbit fans step into "Shadow of Mordor" video game
Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment released a "Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor" video game that plays out between "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Brooklyn the shooting star in NY Michelin Guide 2015
A record 73 restaurants have won stars in the 2015 New York City edition of the prestigious Michelin guide, 14 of them across the river in Brooklyn and Queens.
No street secrets for fashion photographer Bill Cunningham
Bill Cunningham has become a living legend of street fashion photography, a discipline he is credited with creating.
New UN Ebola chief vows swift response to crisis
The new head of the UN Ebola response team vowed to take swift action on the crisis.
Deaf baby boy hears for first time
A 7-week-old baby boy named Lachlan diagnosed with hearing loss at birth has heard his parents’ voice for the first time using hearing aids.
Kazakh doctors support methodone therapy inspite opposition
Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is back on the agenda in Kazakhstan.
Reaction of Kazakhstanis to kidnapping tested
A South-Kazakhstani TV channel has tested public reaction to kidnapping of a girl in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent.
Paris fashion says non to 'Normcore'
Self-aware blandness, aka "Normcore", may be the latest high street buzzword, but for the world of high fashion the trend is something to be resisted.
Time for worldwide fund to save mangroves: UNEP
World lenders should set up a "Global Mangrove Fund" to protect these hotspots of biodiversity and vital sources of income.
Efforts to preserve rare nomad dog breed in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is stepping up its efforts to preserve the nearly extinct tazy dog breed.
Far from paparazzi, Bardot marks 80th birthday in private
French screen siren Brigitte Bardot celebrated her 80th birthday in privat at her French Riviera home.
Chloe designer dedicates Paris fashion show to late founder
Chloe designer Clare Waight Keller paid tribute to the French fashion house's founder Gaby Aghion, a day after her death in Paris at the age of 93.
Newlywed Clooneys show off their wedding rings in Venice
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin delighted crowds of onlookers as they took to the waters of Venice to show off their wedding rings.
Beds scarce, staff scarcer, in Liberia's overrun Ebola wards
What the families idling at the gate of this Ebola centre in Monrovia lack is news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside.
Hard-line Myanmar monk to battle 'jihad threat'
A controversial Buddhist cleric from Myanmar announced he is linking up with hardline monks in Sri Lanka.
Young man survives on saxaul seeds in Kazakh steppes for 5 days
A young man got lost in the Kyzylorgda Oblast steppes for five days until he was found by a rescue team.
Kazakhstan and Turkey show highest suicide rates among 15-19 y.o. youth
Kazakhstan and Turkey have the highest suicide level among 15 to 19 year olds in the world.
Chelsea Clinton gives birth to daughter
Chelsea Clinton announced Saturday the birth of her first-born child, daughter Charlotte.
Jean Paul Gaultier, wacky designer who 'wrote the rules'
Exuberant enfant terrible of fashion. Flamboyant showman. Madonna's pointy bra designer. Cult TV star and incorrigible Franglais speaker.
IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid
The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid to fight the Ebola epidemic.