Amnesty tells state to stop criminalising sex livesAmnesty International on Thursday urged governments to stop criminalising people's sex lives and instead protect their right to control their own bodies.
British Museum shows Vikings' softer sideThe Vikings are renowned as bloodthirsty warriors, but a new exhibition at the British Museum aims to show the cultural achievements and trading skills that spread their influence far and wide.
06 March 2014
Smoking in France, losing its puff?It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage. It was banned in offices, and business started getting done in huddles on the sidewalk.
05 March 2014
UK's House of Commons to open doors to Meryl StreepBritain's House of Commons will open its doors to a commercial film crew for the first time next month in a bid to raise cash, welcoming Meryl Streep for a movie about the suffragettes.
05 March 2014
Luxury carmakers veer into booming SUV spaceMassive or small, affordable or off-the scale pricey: urban sports utility vehicles abound at the Geneva Motor Show, with luxury carmakers speeding into the lucrative market.
30,000-year-old virus from permafrost is rebornFrench scientists said they had revived a giant but harmless virus that had been locked in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30,000 years.
Nazarbayev to meet Finnish SpeakerThe President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will have a meeting with the Parliament speaker of Finland Eero Heinaluoma.
04 March 2014
French trufflers rise up in defence of their black diamondsFrench truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed off fraudulently as the hugely prized local variety.
Women rebel in Italian mafia heartlandAs the police patrol outside and pace the corridors of her office, anti-mafia prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti speaks to AFP about her specialty -- breaking the power of the clans by turning their women.
03 March 2014
Femininity with attitude, easy elegance at Paris fashionChloe designer Clare Waight Keller on Sunday mixed soft, pastel coloured femininity with untamed attitude while Celine's Phoebe Philo was all about easy elegance on day six of Paris fashion.