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France's embattled Hollande to meet pope, woo angry Catholics Abortion and euthanasia will be among hot button issues on the table when Pope Francis meets embattled French President Francois Hollande.

24 January 2014

Angela Lansbury returns to West End after 40 years British-American actress Angela Lansbury, star of "Murder, She Wrote", is returning to London's West End for the first time in nearly 40 years -- in the same theatre where her mother made her debut in 1918.

24 January 2014

France launches express rail project linking Paris to airport France's government has launched a 1.7-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) project to link Paris to its main international airport, Charles de Gaulle, with an express train that will go into operation in a decade's time.

24 January 2014

Nazarbayev takes part in Davos World Economic Forum Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is taking part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

23 January 2014

Singapore FM slams 'deeply offensive' remarks by British expat A Singapore-based British wealth manager's Facebook posts deriding public transport commuters as poor are "deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable".

23 January 2014

Self-styled Polynesian 'king' convicted for issuing fake money A self-styled "king" who claims to rule over an unrecognised "republic" in French Polynesia was convicted by a Tahiti court Wednesday for issuing fake money.

23 January 2014

No hint of compromise as Syria peace talks enter day two Syria's peace conference moved into a second day Thursday with the warring sides showing no willingness to compromise as global powers seek to engineer head-to-head talks on ending the bloodshed.

23 January 2014

Austrian prosecutors may present charges to Rakhat Aliyev shortly Austrian Prosecutor’s Office may present charges to Rakhat Aliyev as soon as in 2014.

22 January 2014

France saves 1bn euros on health insurance spending At a time of deep austerityacross Europe, France has managed to spend one billion euros ($1.4 billion) less than expected on health insurance last year.

22 January 2014

British expat's 'poor people' remark sparks outrage in Singapore A Porsche-driving British wealth manager in Singapore who referred to public transport commuters as "poor people" has apologised after his Facebook posts sparked an online furore.

22 January 2014

Ukraine police move on protesters, activists say one dead Ukrainian police on Wednesday broke through the barricades built by protesters at the scene of clashes in Kiev as activists said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces.

22 January 2014

Vienna's old cinemas tap retro charm to survive Buy your ticket to an art house movie, order a glass of wine and kick back on century-old seats: Vienna's half a dozen old picture houses still draw crowds with their retro charm.

22 January 2014

Sloth and moth are loth to part -- and here's why Imagine a creature so slothful that it snacks off its own fur and budges only once a week for a bowel movement.

22 January 2014

Winners of Juste Debout Kazakhstan qualifiers announced The Juste Debout qualifiers were held in Kazakhstan for the first time.

22 January 2014

Stockholm drops its bid for Winter Olympics 2022 Stockholm has dropped its bid for the Winter Olympics 2022.

22 January 2014

Spain blind association puts disabled to work After completing high school, 46-year-old Spaniard Ricardo Velesar struggled to hold down a job as a degenerative eye disease slowly robbed him of his sight.

22 January 2014

Kardashian and West 'not scouting wedding site' on Versailles visit US rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian have paid a private visit to Versailles outside Paris, but insist they are not eyeing the grandiose palace as a possible wedding site.

21 January 2014

Schiaparelli makes whimsical couture comeback in Paris Sixty years after Elsa Schiaparelli's last runway show, the house on Monday made a highly-awaited comeback with an elegant collection studded with whimsy, in a nod to the Italian fashion legend.

21 January 2014

Hollande's popularity rises slightly after news of affair Popular approval for French President Francois Hollande rose slightly around the time news broke of his affair with an actress.

21 January 2014

Czech billionaire sets aside business for power politics The Czech Republic's second richest man whose fledgling party came in second in parliamentary elections, Andrej Babis, said Monday he is setting aside his business portfolio to take up a political one, as finance minister.

21 January 2014

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