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Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Francis. Photo courtesy of catolicnews.com Two sovereigns in Rome: Queen visits pope Queen Elizabeth II meets Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the start of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.
03 April 2014
Irene Matkowitzc. Photo courtesy of plus.google.com Swedish woman jailed for cake attack on politician A 60-year-old woman was sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for attacking the leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats with a cake and driving without a licence.
02 April 2014
Photo courtesy of 24daily.net Gazprom ups pressure on Ukraine with gas price rise Russian energy giant Gazprom on Tuesday announced it was raising the price of gas exports to Ukraine by more than a third, scrapping a previous discount amid mounting strains between the two countries.
01 April 2014
Pilots' strike grounds Lufthansa Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said Monday it will be forced to cancel most of its flights later this week, grounding as many as 425,000 passengers, due to a pilots' strike.
01 April 2014
William and Kate star in Kiwi April Fools' gags The impending royal visit by Prince William, his wife Kate and their baby son George provided ample fodder for April Fool's Day pranksters in New Zealand and Australia on Tuesday.
01 April 2014
©Marat Abilov G-Global: XXI Century World by Nazarbayev presented in Athens Nursultan Nazarbayev's new book G-Global: XXI Century World has been presented in Athens, Greece.
31 March 2014
British chef Heston Blumenthal. ©Reuters/Eric Gaillard Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck flies south to Australia Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck restaurant will close its doors in Britain and relocate to Australia for six months in 2015.
31 March 2014
Illustration  © Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan in fight against Internet terrorism To combat internet terrorism Kazakhstan requires intercalibration of the legislation.
31 March 2014
Socialist Anne Hidalgo to be first female mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, a Spanish-born Socialist, will be the first female mayor of Paris after an unexpectedly comfortable win in municipal elections.
31 March 2014
Elton John to marry longtime partner Pop icon Elton John says he will tie the knot with partner David Furnish now that his native Britain has legalized gay marriage.
31 March 2014
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Italian firm wins $1.2 bn Lima metro contract Italian industrial giant Finmeccanica on Friday said it had won a $1.2 billion (873 million euro) contract for building and operating unmanned metro lines in Lima.
30 March 2014
Angelina Jolie pays respect to Srebrenica victims Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Friday paid respect to victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre after urging the international community to stop the use of sexual violence as a war weapon.
30 March 2014
Slovakia's presidential candidate Andrej Kiska. ©Reuters/Radovan Stoklasa Slovak PM duels philanthropist in final battle for presidency Slovaks began voting Saturday to choose their president in a fractious and tight run-off between Prime Minister Robert Fico and political newcomer and philanthropist, Andrej Kiska.
29 March 2014
French minister apologises for calling state dinner 'revolting' An embarrassed French minister has apologised to the head chef at the Elysee Palace after she was caught on camera describing the food at a China-France state dinner as "revolting".
29 March 2014
Paolo Cipriani. Photo courtesy of altroquotidiano.it Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trial Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.
29 March 2014
Victorino Chua. Photo courtesy of manchestereveningnews.co.uk Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
29 March 2014
©Reuters/Mark Blinch Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot' Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
29 March 2014
First gay marriages take place in England and Wales Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.
29 March 2014
Jeweller Graff unveils $55-mn diamond-encrusted watch British jeweller Graff unveiled Thursday what it described as the "most valuable watch ever created" -- a timepiece replete with more than 110 carats of diamonds costing $55 million (40 million euros).
28 March 2014
Gennady Golovkin. Photo courtesy of vk.com/ggolovkin Boxing: Golovkin yields Best Eastern European Fighter title to Klitschko Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has yielded the first place in the 10 Best Eastern European Fighters ranking to Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.
28 March 2014
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