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How did U2 frontman Bono escape notice when he crashed his bicycle last month? If his bandmate is to be believed, it's because he was disguised as a Hasidic Jew.

• 06 декабря 2014, 13:13

Brazilian soccer legend Pele said he was recovering from the kidney ailment which has forced him to spend the past 11 days in hospital, thanking well-wishers for their support.

• 06 декабря 2014, 12:57

Brazil great Pele, 74, was taken into a "special care" unit in a Sao Paulo hospital after his health worsened, three days after being admitted with a urinary infection.

• 28 ноября 2014, 15:40

New York's opera community paid tribute to the legendary soprano Jessye Norman, with Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

• 22 ноября 2014, 15:05

Her sister Kim Kardashian may have tried to "break the Internet" with a provocative nude photo shoot, but Kendall Jenner is taking a more conventional route to fame.

• 21 ноября 2014, 12:56

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey capped off a blockbuster year Monday as he received a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• 18 ноября 2014, 12:50

U2 frontman Bono will be getting surgery after injuring his arm in a fall from his bicycle in New York's Central Park.

• 17 ноября 2014, 21:55

Historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara taken by an AFP photographer shortly after his execution have come to light in a small Spanish town.

• 15 ноября 2014, 13:55

US scientists said they've found no genetic secrets shared between a group of 17 supercentenarians, or those who have lived beyond 110.

• 13 ноября 2014, 11:10

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged the people of Kazakhstan to protect interethnic accord and solidarity.

• 11 ноября 2014, 23:56

Veteran US comedian Jerry Seinfeld says he thinks he is on the autism spectrum, describing it as an "alternate mindset."

• 08 ноября 2014, 13:17

Robin Williams had recently become increasingly paranoid when he committed suicide by hanging himself.

• 08 ноября 2014, 10:45

Forty-nine year-old "Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr has welcomed a second child with his wife Susan, a baby girl named Avri.

• 06 ноября 2014, 11:03

Movers and shakers in the US capital rubbed shoulders with big-name journalists to bid a final farewell to former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.

• 30 октября 2014, 09:57

Oscar-nominated Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been treated for skin cancer for a third time in a year.

• 29 октября 2014, 14:04

Parts of Britain are "under siege" from immigration, prompting the government to look at ways to stem the number of EU workers arriving.

• 27 октября 2014, 10:34

Former world 800-metre champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi died Friday aged 34 in a car crash on his way to a Johannesburg athletics meeting.

• 25 октября 2014, 11:57

Legendary former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee died Tuesday. He was 93.

• 22 октября 2014, 15:14

Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam died Tuesday aged 98.

• 21 октября 2014, 15:34

Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Rent died Monday. He was 82.

• 21 октября 2014, 15:28