Новости по теме people

Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday on the Syrian border.

13 July 2015 11:12

Omar Sharif, the eternal 'Doctor Zhivago', dies at 83 Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago".

11 July 2015 12:12

World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112.

07 July 2015 12:37

Britain's Princess Charlotte christened in intimate ceremony Britain's Princess Charlotte was christened in an intimate ceremony, in the royal baby's second public appearance since her birth nine weeks ago to proud parents Prince William and Kate.

06 July 2015 10:35

'English Schindler' Nicholas Winton dies aged 106 Nicholas Winton, a Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, has died at the age of 106.

02 July 2015 12:02

Facebook's Zuckerberg wants to figure out social equation Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg figures there could be a formula that explains how people think.

01 July 2015 14:09

Ex-French interior minister Charles Pasqua dies aged 88 Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua, a hardline politician who was a close ally of former president Jacques Chirac, died Monday aged 88.

30 June 2015 13:54

Primakov, ex-PM 'who turned around Russia,' dies aged 85 Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, famed for turning around his US-bound plane over the Atlantic upon learning of NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999, has died aged 85.

27 June 2015 10:21

Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.

23 June 2015 12:48

Turkey ex-leader who survived two coups dies aged 90 Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a giant figure in the country's politics for over half a century, died Wednesday.

17 June 2015 16:42

Mayweather tops Pacquiao on Forbes' richest athletes list Floyd "Money" Mayweather has beaten Manny Pacquiao again: the undefeated US boxer leads his Filipino rival atop Forbes' latest list of the world's highest-paid sports figures.

11 June 2015 14:09

German big band legend James Last dies at 86: promoter German composer and big band leader James Last, whose trademark easy listening music brought him international success, has died aged 86.

10 June 2015 16:38

Dzhuna, Kremlin psychic healer, dies at 65 Dzhuna, a famed mystic healer and astrologer who is said to have treated Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Russian celebrities, died on Monday at 65.

09 June 2015 12:09

Obama to deliver eulogy for Biden's son US President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the burial of Vice President Biden's son Beau, who died of cancer aged 46.

03 June 2015 12:59

Memphis pays final tribute to blues legend B.B. King The city where B.B. King got his musical start paid final tribute to the blues guitar master, as thousands walking in the rain with his hearse shouted, "long live the king!"

28 May 2015 14:52

Clinton snaps at Merkel heels in 'powerful women' list German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women for the fifth straight year but Hillary Clinton is snapping at her heels.

27 May 2015 15:36

'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in US car crash Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife in a New Jersey car crash.

25 May 2015 13:17

Poet Joseph Brodsky's flat opens as museum in Russia Russia opened the doors of a new museum dedicated to Nobel Prize-winning dissident poet Joseph Brodsky in the communal flat where he spent his youth.

23 May 2015 11:06

Memphis plans send-off for 'King of the Blues' Memphis, Tennessee, where guitar legend B.B. King started his career, will mourn the late King of the Blues with a procession next week before his burial in his native Mississippi.

22 May 2015 10:10

Blues legend B.B. King, 89, mourned by music world Blues legend B.B. King, whose crisp, powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument's greatest masters and a towering influence for generations of musicians, has died at 89.

16 May 2015 13:04

News about people