Elton John to marry longtime partnerPop 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
Italian firm wins $1.2 bn Lima metro contractItalian 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 victimsHollywood 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.
Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trialItalian 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
Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deathsA 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
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 WalesGay 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 watchBritish 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).
Mimosa, French perfume-makers' secret ingredientLike miniature pompoms bursting with colour and fragrance, mimosa flowers turn the hills around France's perfume capital, Grasse, a golden yellow for a couple of fleeting weeks each year.
28 March 2014
Earth Hour to tap crowdfunding for green campaignsLights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend's Earth Hour event, which will aim to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for environmental projects worldwide.
27 March 2014
Obama meets Pope Francis, looks for Catholic boostBarack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality which the US President hopes will help boost support at home.
27 March 2014
Australian 'Great Escape' survivor still has vivid memoriesAustralian Paul Royle, one of only two men alive from World War II's daring "Great Escape", says he still has vivid memories of the audacious prison breakout on its 70th anniversary.
27 March 2014
Ex-Libyan PM fears country will become terror baseFormer Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday warned that Islamist groups were sabotaging attempts to rebuild his country in order that it become a haven for extremists, in an interview with Britain's newspaper The Times.
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