Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot' Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.
Dead Kadhafi son linked to French Riviera prostitution ringA hearing opens in a French court Monday in a case involving a high-end prostitution ring that was active during the Cannes Film Festival and possibly had ties to a son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
Thai 'transgender airline' grounded over finances Months after taking to the skies with Thailand's first transsexual air crew, fledgling carrier PC Air has suspended services over financial troubles that left passengers stranded in South Korea.
Shymbulak launches new piste this winterThis year's new developments have increased the overall length of pistes at Shymbulak mountain skiing resort near Almaty by 1 kilometer.
22 October 2012
Europe's elite gather for Luxembourg royal wedding Kings, queens and commoners gathered Saturday to celebrate Luxembourg's biggest royal event in decades, when heir-to-the-throne Prince Guillaume wed Belgian countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
22 October 2012
Nazarbayev arrived in AustriaKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to meet with Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer.
Ex-US presidential candidate McGovern dies at 90 Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90.
22 October 2012
Middle East oil disruptions to hit Asia first: IEA Asia will be the first to feel the impact of any Middle East oil supply disruption as regional demand surges, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
22 October 2012
'Paranormal Activity 4' tops N.America box officeHorror flick "Paranormal Activity 4" opened atop the North American box office this weekend, while political thriller "Argo" held onto second place.