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Africa
Cairo: Syrian opposition figures said they will meet in Cairo on 2 July Arab League hopes to unify Syrian opposition.
Asia
Various: Asian stock markets resumes after weekend break. Asian stock markets and the euro rose sharply Friday after European leaders hammered out a strategy aimed at stanching an escalating...
Europe
Various: Covering markets and key meetings as the Eurzone debt crisis continues, including Alexis Tsipras, head of the radical left-wing Syriza party that came second in Greece's recent national...
Europe
Brussels: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will hold his regular monthly press briefing at the Résidence Palace in Brussels.
Europe
London: Rio Tinto, the official metal supplier for the London 2012 Games, will hand over the Olympic and Paralympic medals to LOCOG for secure storage in the vaults at the Tower of London during the...
Europe
Various: Reactions from Italy and Spain following final of Euro 2012.
Middle East
Various: Fierce fighting continues between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad amid international efforts to end the 15-month conflict.
Entertainment
Cissy Houston's tribute to her late daughter was the emotional highlight of Sunday's (1 July 2012) BET Awards in Los Angeles, California. Mariah Carey opened the tribute with memories of her friend....
Loveable rogue Scrat is back and this time his search for the cursed acorn has devastating results in 'Ice Age: Continental Drift'. Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary), Sid (John Leguizamo) and...
Filming is well underway for Hammer's latest foray into horror, 'The Quiet Ones'. Directed by John Pogue, the movie stars Jared Harris as a university professor who brings together a team of his best...
Bouchra Jarrar is relishing her feminine side. The lauded Moroccan-born designer showed at Paris' haute couture week on a breeze of soft A-line silhouettes today. The 22 highly wearable dresses - in...
Say it with flowers. That was the clear message from new designer Raf Simons in his 1950s-tinged haute couture debut for Christian Dior. When the normally exuberant house first hired the Belgian...
It took two seasons and the start of a third, but the werewolf Alcide has finally had sex with Sookie on the HBO hit 'True Blood'. Take away the supernatural influence, says Manganiello, and his...
The first music video from the soundtrack of the upcoming big-screen musical 'Sparkle' offers a sneak preview of the late Whitney Houston's final feature film. 'Sparkle' is a remake of the 1976 cult...
Actor Omari Hardwick, who worked with Whitney Houston in what would be her final film, said the singer showed no sign of distress on the set of 'Sparkle'. Houston starred in and was executive...
Gabriel Macht is winning praise for playing high-powered attorney Harvey Specter in the USA Network hit 'Suits' co-starring Patrick J Adams. In 'Suits', Specter hires Adams' character Mike Ross to be...
New British boyband Lawson are riding high on the success of their latest single 'When She Was Mine', but it wasn't that long ago that they were working 'real' jobs, just to make ends meet.
He won an Academy Award in 1977 for 'The Goodbye Girl' and was nominated again for 'Mr Holland's Opus' in 1995, but acting is lower on Richard Dreyfuss' list of priorities than ever before.
Technology
It might only be June but toy shops are already looking at what children will want santa to bring them this Christmas. Battling spider robots, a break dancing Mickey Mouse, Barbie's Dream House and a...
Paper maps may soon be a thing of the past. The rise of smart phones and GPS systems are being blamed for a drop in sales. This rise in digital technology is causing a steady decline in map sales in...
Horizons
British business is hoping to score Olympic gold. But retail analysts are warning there are potential losers as well as winners on the high streets during the Games.
Though Gilbert Stuart painted most of his portraits during the 18th Century, they look as good as new in 2012. That's down to the efforts being undertaken in the conservation lab at the National...
A team of scientists say they've genetically modified a flax crop to produce linen bandages which dramatically improve healing. The team in Poland says it's boosted antioxidant compounds in the...
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Asia
Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, holds a press conference, after her first Europe tour in more than two decades.
Asia
Darwin: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno meets with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to discuss economy, regional strategic relationship and people smuggling.
Asia
Various: Asian stock markets inched higher Monday amid continued optimism over Europe's moves to ease its debt crisis and economic malaise.
Europe
Various: Covering developments across the eurozone as Spain's economy minister addresses business leaders about the country's financial woes as it negotiates terms of a bank bailout.
Europe
Athens: Political leaders and representatives from major financial institutions attend a conference on the future of the global economy.
Europe
Istanbul: Representatives of the P5+1 nations are scheduled to meet with EU and Iran on Tehran's nuclear ambitions following failed talks in Moscow.
Europe
Paris: French Prime Minister Ayrault makes a speech to French parliamentarians on the state of the nation.
Middle East
Various: The head of the Arab League called Monday for the fragmented Syrian opposition to unite and said a U.N.-brokered plan for a transitional government in Syria fell short of expectations.
North America
Washington, DC: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds a press conference on the IMF's report on the US economy.
Entertainment
English rock band Blur debuted two new songs written in honour of the 2012 London Olympics live online Monday (2 July 2012). The streaming event, filmed on a secret rooftop location, included...
The young Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen started her career by interning with Alexander McQueen, and it shows. Since launching her eponymous house in 2007, she has carved out a niche of her own in...
Popular K-pop boy band Super Junior held a comeback press conference in Seoul, today, to mark the release this week of their sixth album, 'Sexy, Free & Single'. The eleven members of the group...
Members of Korean boyband 2PM performed at a beer festival in Hong Kong Monday (2 July 2012), as part of their second trip to the city this year. While fans were not treated to the full band line up...
'The Secret World' is not trying to be 'World of Warcraft'. And that in itself is unique in the realm of massively multiplayer online role playing games. Most games launched since 'Warcraft' that...
Inspired by Apocalypse Now' and 'Heart of Darkness', the military shooting game 'Spec Ops: The Line' tries to personalize the horrors of war. The game seems visually similar to blockbuster shooting...
It's been two and half years since her last album release, but Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro clearly still has a strong fan base around Asia. The singer just released her 10th album 'Uncontrolled' on...
Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in 'The Andy Griffith Show' and the rumpled defense lawyer in 'Matlock', died Tuesday. He was 86.
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American Glam rockers KISS were in London today to announce the release of their new retrospective book, 'KISS Monster'. The huge limited edition book - which measures in at three feet tall -...
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has turned 50. The actor's birthday is 3 July, but he doesn't have much to celebrate. Cruise and his actress wife Katie Holmes announced that they are divorcing after...
Haute couture shows are often celebrity circuses. But rarely does the front row presence upstage a show, as reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, musician Kanye West, did during Stephane...
Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen discuss their new film, 'The Magic of Belle Isle'.
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American pop sweetheart Katy Perry brought London's Leicester Square to a standstill for the premiere of her new movie today. 'Part of Me' is a 3-D behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of the...
Scottish actor Kevin McKidd regrets never putting his grandfather's singing voice to tape. The 'Rome,' 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Brave' star says his grandfather Geordie Runcie died about a decade ago...
Music's brightest stars hit the red carpet for the 2012 Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards in London, on 29 June 2012. Artists such as Michael Buble, Emeli Sande, Fat Boy Slim and The Manic Street...
Lady Antebellum has dominated the country charts in recent years, and while country singers are the trio's main musical influence, Lady A said they want to collaborate with pop and R&B acts.
Technology
London's newest tourist attraction, the UK's first urban cable car, is up and running ahead of the 2012 Olympics. It hovers some 90 metres (310 feet) up in the...
A team of scientists say they've genetically modified a flax crop to produce linen bandages which dramatically improve healing. The team in Poland says it's boosted antioxidant compounds in the...
Horizons
In the 80's and 90's, the French invented their own Internet-type network and were shopping and chatting online a decade or so before the rest of the world. The Minitel - a text-based service -...
The fate of Britain's badgers remains in the balance with a cull threatened in a bid to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle. The move is being fought in the high court by the Badger Trust - a wildlife...
St Petersburg's artist community is stepping to a different beat with the 3D street art festival. Using the pavement as the artist's canvas, street art attracts a global following of artists using...
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Asia
Sapporo: Australian, Japanese, Singaporean and South Korean militaries hold joint counter-terrorism exercise focusing on the drill to ground a rogue airplane.
Asia
New Delhi: India and Pakistan foreign ministers hold talks.
Asia
Beijing: Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz arrives in Beijing to begin his first visit to China as President.
Asia
Various: Asia stock markets rose Tuesday amid expectations policymakers will implement stimulus measures to help spur weak global growth.
Europe
Rome: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Italy and hold meeting with Premier Mario Monti.
Europe
London: The tallest building in the European Union, The Shard Tower is officially inaugurated by Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani at a ceremony attended by the Duke of...
Europe
Geneva: CERN will hold a scientific seminar to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs Boson.
Europe
Paris: News conference by the President of the Syrian National Council Abdel Basset Sayda.
Europe
London: Day after his resignation Barclays CEO Bob Diamond is scheduled to testify before the House of Commons Treasury select committee on the bank's manipulation of interest rates.
Europe
Paris: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius meets his British counterpart William Hague ahead of the meeting on Syria on Friday.
Europe
Various: Syrian President Bashar Assad says he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, and he will not allow tensions between the two neighbours to turn into an 'armed conflict', a...
Entertainment
Giorgio Armani found romance in the midnight sky in a sumptuous haute couture collection that followed the changing hues of the sun. His accomplished Fall/Winter collection 2012 on Tuesday (3 July)...
Alexandre Vauthier might claim that he entered fashion just to make perfume, but the clothing in his ultra-sexy couture collection drew whoops of pleasure Tuesday night (3 July) at the Natural...
Publishers have released the cover of the J K Rowling novel set for worldwide release in September. 'The Casual Vacancy' will be the Harry Potter author's first offering aimed primarily at adults....
Recording artist Brandy Norwood hopes to make a small screen comeback with her latest guest starring role on Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva'. Brandy, who starred in her own show 'Moesha' from 1996 to...
For gamers, Spider-Man is again matched up with a big-screen counterpart. The last several Spider-Man video games have been standalone titles - not related to any new movies. But Sony's reboot of its...
Tom Cruise's personal life may be in upheaval, but it is business as usual for the studio promoting his next movie. Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for Cruise's crime drama 'Jack...
AP Entertainment attend the New York Asian Film Festival premiere of 'You are the Apple of My Eye', which stars Michelle Chen and is directed by Giddens Ko.
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The first photograph of Hollywood actress Naomi Watts as Princess Diana has been released. The British-born star is playing the late royal in a new movie - aptly called 'Diana'. It had previously...
Willem Dafoe's most recent gig was a long way from La La Land. 'The Hunter', a tale of a tracker-assassin sent out to find and kill the last of the Tasmanian tigers, was filmed authentically on...
Elie Saab strayed from traditionally bleaker autumn hues in his Couture Fall/Winter 2012/13 collection, presented at the Pavillon Cambon in Paris Wednesday afternoon. Using Ottoman motifs with an an...
Performing 'pandas' descended on London's Trafalgar Square on Wednesday to mark the beginning of Panda Awareness Week. One-hundred-and-eight performers in panda costumes took-part in a tai chi...
Bollywood superstar Saif Ali Khan teams up with Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty for new romantic comedy, 'Cocktail'. The actor not only stars in the movie, he also produced it. He was attracted by...
A new documentary in theaters introduces the masses to the true story of a US musician whose music tanked stateside in the 1970's but became a massive sensation in South Africa - unbeknownst to him....
Robert Glasper has been a rising star in the jazz world ever since he made his debut eight years ago. But despite the acclaim, in many ways, he felt like he was operating in a vacuum. That's because...
Emily Blunt and Rosemarie Dewitt play half-sisters in the film 'Your Sister's Sister'. In the movie, the two sisters, Iris and Hannah and Iris' best friend Jack find their lives intertwined in sudden...
With the summer music festival season upon us, the world's rock stars give their advice on how to survive the notoriously messy experience.
He's appeared at campaign events for President Obama, but Kevin Costner isn't going on the record just yet about who he's voting for in November. Costner thinks sometimes the person who sits in the...
He's known for his Jamaican dance grooves and reggae songs, but Sean Paul wants to be clear that there are a great many other things that define him. A few of those other things include cooking and...
Technology
In the 80's and 90's, the French invented their own Internet-type network and were shopping and chatting online a decade or so before the rest of the world. The Minitel - a text-based service -...
Technology experts who will run the 11,000 computers and servers at the logistical heart of London's 2012 Olympic Games say they are confident of defending their systems against attempted cyber...
Horizons
Technology experts who will run the 11,000 computers and servers at the logistical heart of London's 2012 Olympic Games say they are confident of defending their systems against attempted cyber...
A group of exiled Tibetan monks and nuns is working with American scientists to tie ancient culture to the modern world. In a project pushed by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, this...
The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, is about to be officially opened. The building towers over London's South Bank, at 310 meters ( 1,016 feet), making it an unmissable landmark as you...
Transylvania's elderflower business is blossoming. The area is considered Europe's last great lowland landscape and locals are beginning to harvest the benefits of its king crop.
News
Asia
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, Jalil Abbas Jilani holds talks with counterpart, Ranjan Mathai.
Asia
Various: Asian stock markets were boosted Wednesday by hopes European Central bankers will buoy economic growth with new stimulus measures.
Asia
Beijing: China's Foreign Ministry briefs reporters.
Asia
Beijing: EU Ambassador to China, Markus Ederer, holds a briefing on the EU-China strategic dialogue to be held next week.
Asia
Taiwan Army holds a live-fire military exercise.
Asia
South Korean Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry give briefings.
Europe
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, gives a press conference with his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, on the crisis in Syria.
Europe
German Chancelor Angela Merkel meets Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Europe
Thousands of farmers gather in Rome for their annual meeting to discuss surviving the economic crisis.
Europe
European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, gives statement on the future of the Euro.
Europe
Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee announces latest interest rate decision.
Europe
Greece's new government to present 'alarming' data on it's recession and unemployment figures.
Europe
The refugee situation at the Turkish-Syria border continues to worsen, covering border fires, hospitals filled with injured, reactions from refugee camps.
Europe
Inauguration of the Shard tower in London Bridge. The news conference and opening will be followed by a laser show.
Europe
Departing domestic intelligence chief to testify over inquiry into neo-Nazi group suspected of killing ten people over several years.
Europe
BEA (Office of Investigations and Analysis) to present first public report into the crash of Air France plane flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in 2009.
Europe
Algeria celebrates it's 50th anniversary of independence. Reactions from a French historian.
Europe
Anti-government protestors hold a large really in Bucharest.
Latin America
Nationwide strike and marches by main trade unions in Chile to demand an increase to the minimum wage and changes to health and retirement plans.
Latin America
Argentine court will announce the verdict in a historical trial on the existence of a systematic plan to take away the babies of political prisoners during the country's dictatorship in 1976-83. The...
Middle East
A fierce debate over how to draft religious men into the military sparks the first crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government.
Middle East
Thousands of Shiite pilgrims head to the holy city of Karbala despite attacks of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Entertainment
Jean-Paul Gaultier had an 'a-ha' moment during Pete Doherty's performance in the film 'Confessions of a Child of the Century', from which he derived his greatest inspiration for his Fall/Winter...
Royalty, heiresses, a rap star and his reality TV star girlfriend all took front row seats at the Valentino couture show Wednesday night (4 July 2012) at a Rothschild mansion in Paris. Kanye West...
Claire Danes has some busy months ahead. Not only is her hit TV series 'Homeland' returning for its second season in September but she's also announcing she's pregnant. Danes' rep Jodi Gottlieb...
Forget the movie. This 'Exorcist' is turning heads - by not turning heads. Richard Chamberlain is one of the stars of Geffen's new stage adaptation of the 1971 William Peter Blatty novel, about a...
Legendary rock band KISS delighted fans at London's Kentish Town Forum on Wednesday night (4 July). The concert was in aid of raising money for the Help for Heroes charity. The band played a mixture...
Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila aren't just newlyweds, they're also expecting. McConaughey's representative confirmed that his wife is pregnant with the couple's third child. Both the actor...
The 19th annual Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer kicked off on Tuesday (3 July 2012) in Hong Kong. More than 1,250 exhibitors from 21 countries are participating in the fair this year....
Commuters were provided with a little light relief at London's St Pancras this morning, as dancers took centre stage in the busy station as part of events to mark the London 2012 Festival. Mayor...
If there's one thing James Bond has taught us it's that behind every great spy is a great tailor. A new exhibition at London's Barbican Centre explores the style of the suave secret agent, displaying...
With most of the US enduring record-high temperatures, the red carpet at this year's BET Awards was even hotter than usual. We asked nominees and attendees what they do to beat the heat.
Denise Richards has a secret weapon when it comes to juggling the demands of being a single mother: her dad. Her father Irv moved in after Richards' mother Joni died in 2007 from Canada. Richards is...
With Pixar unleashing its first ever female heroine, Princess Merida in the Scottish based animation 'Brave', the cast and crew reveal who their inspirational role models were when they were growing...
Technology
The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, is about to be officially opened. The building towers over London's South Bank, at 310 meters ( 1,016 feet), making it an unmissable landmark as you...
Horizons
This time of year marks the start to the truffle season in Australia. In Tasmania it's set to be one of the best seasons on record. And that's good news for diners around the globe as Tasmania's...
A Hungarian motorbike enthusiast has built a lean machine out of wood. Now Istvan Puskas is hoping to fix up his home by selling off the unique vehicle.
Unwanted dogs on a canine death row in Taipei are being captured on camera minutes before they're put down. The resulting photographs are now being put on display in a disturbing exhibition.
With Wimbledon reaching its climax, the players in the final rounds will be relying on their tennis racquets to provide ace performances. Now a specialist company in France has launched a hi-tech...
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Africa
Juba: Archbishop Desmond Tutu will hold a news conference ahead of the first anniversary of the Republic of South Sudan, on 9 July 2012.
Africa
Timbuktu: Reports have emerged of militants attacking ancient tombs.
Asia
Tokyo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, visits Japan to talk with Japanese officials about a forging financial stability in the face of the European debt crisis.
Asia
Beijing: The Cuban President, Raul Castro, is to meet Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao.
Asia
Various: Anti-NATO protestors are expected rally across the country, against the reopening of a NATO supply line leading to Afghanistan.
Asia
Seoul: South Korean Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan meets with foreign media to discuss Korean economic outlook.
Europe
Moscow: The Russian Parliament is expected to give initial approval to a Kremlin-backed bill that would impose harsh new requirements on all foreign-funded non-governmental organisations in Russia....
Europe
Paris: US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is in Paris to see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas will also be meeting French President Francois Hollande.
Europe
Rome: A general strike is to be launched against the first target of Prime Minister Mario Monti's spending review program.
Europe
Nicosia: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will lead his commissioners on a visit to Cyprus to meet with the Cypriate government on the priorities and policy issues of the 6-month...
Europe
Athens: The debt inspectors from the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund, known as the Troika, will begin their second day visiting officials of the new...
Europe
Bucharest: Romania's Parliament will have a vote of confidence over Romanian President Traian Basescu, who has accused lawmakers trying to impeach him of seeking to undermine the country's legal...
Europe
Brussels: A temporary artificial beach is opened along Brussels canal.
Europe
Milan: Far right groups will gather in Milan to hold a rally and summit on their solutions for the Euro crisis.
Europe
Pamplona: Revellers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a party in the town square ahead of the famous running of the bulls.
Middle East
Various: Latest images of violence in Syria, expected to be heightened after Friday prayers.
Middle East
Tehran: Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani leads the Firday prayer in Iran's capital. He will comment on major local and international issues.
Middle East
Various: Palestinians and international activists will protest against the Israeli built West Bank barrier and to raise awareness of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Middle East
Karbala: Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims are heading to the holy city of Karbala this week for religious ceremonies that are expected to peak on Friday. These pilgrims have been subject to...
North America
Colorado: Despite being doused with rain the western wildfires that have stretched across the state of Colorado continue.
North America
Pittsburgh: US President Barrack Obama concludes a two day tour of Pennsylvania after addressing a campaign event in Pittsburgh.
Entertainment
Rihanna sued her former accountants Thursday, blaming them for tens of millions of dollars in losses, shoddy bookkeeping, a failure to recommend she trim expenses when a 2009 tour was losing money...
Neil Young and director Jonathan Demme have teamed up again on another concert film, this time tackling the last two shows of Young's solo tour in 2011. Recorded at the iconic Massey Hall in Toronto...
It seems too bizarre to be true: A Frenchman convinced a Texas family that he was their son who had gone missing three years earlier - despite a thick accent and different eye colour. That's the hook...
Despite high ratings, a rabid fan base and an Emmy-award win well into its run, 'The Closer' is on the brink of closure. The crime drama kicks off its seventh and final season Monday (9 July 2012)...
A spectacular laser show concluded the official opening of Europe's tallest building in London on Thursday (5 July). The Shard tower is 1016 feet (309.6 metres) high, with 11-thousand glass panels...
"I hate getting my picture taken, and I hate seeing myself on TV," says Canadian born singer Daniel Powter. "I'm really insecure that way. I think I look like a fool, so watching videos and things...
The culture clash between a French bourgeois family and a group of Spanish maids who live upstairs, creates the humour in new movie 'The Women on the 6th Floor'.
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If you're thinking of having an affair you'd better watch out or you may get a knock from the crew of 'Cheaters'. Now in its 12th series, 'Cheaters' is a US reality TV show which sets out to expose...
Metric are back with their latest studio album 'Synthetica'. The video for the first single, 'Youth without Youth', features rock chick lead singer Emily Haines coupled with an array of random...
A former household aide to U2 bassist Adam Clayton has received a seven-year prison sentence after an Irish jury unanimously found her guilty of embezzling more than 2.8 million euros from the...
Elton John, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, David Guetta and Tinie Tempah performed at a three-day music festival in Ibiza. Tiesto, Fatboy Slim and Labrinth also played at the inaugural Ibiza 123 Rocktronic...
James Murphy has plenty of reasons for ending his band LCD Soundsystem, but he still jokes that it was a "bad idea." "Deciding to quit your band kind of on a whim, it's a bad idea, and it was just...
Comedian Andy Samberg has conquered America thanks to his appearances in films like 'That's My Boy' and 'Hot Rod' and his work on iconic comedy show, 'Saturday Night Live'. Samberg recently announced...
Matisyahu has always been an anamoly. The Hassidic reggae singer has managed to balance his art with his religion and still reach a mainstream audience. But the artist says he's recently felt pangs...
Eduardo Sanchez, the director of legendary-horror 'The Blair Witch Project', is set to terrify us again with his latest offering, 'Lovely Molly', a psychological horror movie.
Film File
In Film File this week:
Director Oliver Stone premieres his new thriller 'Savages' in Los Angeles, with stars Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta and Blake Lively. A drug war breaks...
Horizons
Thousands of ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled Myanmar are living in makeshift camps in China. The temporary shelters are lacking in food, water and proper sanitation.
It's hoped Argentina's first international green technology trade fair will boost regional business. Company leaders from South America are looking to exploit the potential of harnessing energy from...
The Heineken Open'er Festival is underway in Poland. Headlining acts include Bjork and Franz Ferdinand - but the biggest show in town is the bad weather.
The traditional game of skipping - or jump rope - is the latest exercise sweeping the United States in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. It's a serious issue as obesity kills nearly six thousand...
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Africa
Maban: Ahead of the one year anniversary of South Sudan becoming a country, Bishop Tutu and Mary Robertson visit thousands of displaced people in the border area.
Asia
Tokyo: US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and foreign ministers from Germany, France, India, Pakistan and Australia assemble at a...
Asia
Beijing: Cuban president arrives in Vietnam.
Europe
Various: In St Petersburg Russia LGBT community hold a pride march authorised by city officials, in spite of a recent city law that bans 'homosexual propaganda'. Clashes with right wing groups and...
Europe
Pamplona: The city celebrates the first day of the running of the bulls, the first of eight runs.
Europe
Moscow: Hundreds of young women race in a High Heel Race competition organised by Russian Glamour magazine in central Moscow.
Europe
Paris: Demonstration in support of Syrian democracy.
Latin America
Mexico City: Reactions to the announcement by the Federal electoral institute of PRI's Pena Nieto victory in last Sunday's presidential election.
Middle East
Tripoli: Libya's National Congress election is expected to begin, with 4,000 candidates registered for election to a new legislative chamber that will draw up the nation's new constitution.
Middle East
Tel Aviv: Israelis demonstrate against military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Middle East
Bethlehem: Palestinians celebrate UNESCO voting on emergency status of Nativity Church.
Entertainment
South Korean singer and actor Jang Keun-suk held a press conference today to promote his Asia tour, The Cri Show 2.
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One elderly thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and five others slightly injured as thousands of adrenaline-fuelled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city...
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan today concluded a three-day mission to combat child trafficking in Myanmar, in his role as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. In an exclusive interview with AP in Yangon...
Young pandas have been enjoying their first experience on a custom-built slide at China's Chengdu Panda base. The pandas were filmed sliding down the wooden chute, rolling around in the grass and...
Angelina Jolie arrived in Bosnia today to attend the Sarajevo Film Festival, this time as the city’s honorary citizen. 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' was released last year. In April, authorities...
Entertainment NOW
This week on Entertainment Now:
First, the complete destruction of the world. That premise sends Steve Carell and Keira Knightley hurtling towards inappropriate age-gap sexiness as they go...
Horizons
Technology experts who will run the 11,000 computers and servers at the logistical heart of London's 2012 Olympic Games say they are confident of defending their systems against attempted cyber...
A puppet master in Mali is breathing life into an ancient puppet tradition for a new generation.
As wildfires continue to rage across the United States, an elite group of highly-trained, firefighters prepares for action. In the western states, 'smokejumpers' parachute into remote areas to deal...
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Asia
Tokyo: US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and foreign ministers from Germany, France, India, Pakistan and Australia gather to...
Asia
Jakarta: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde visits Indonesia.
Asia
Pyongyang: North Korea marks 18th anniversary of death of Kim II Sung, the nation's founding father.
Asia
Jakarta: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives in Indonesia.
Asia
Beijing: Cuban President meets with Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang.
Asia
Phnom Penh: ASEAN Foreign Ministers arrive ahead of the opening of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting on Monday.
Europe
Reims: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with French President Francois Hollande in the north-eastern town of Reims in France. The two leaders will attend a mass in honour of the 50th...
Europe
Much Wenlock: Opening day of Much Wenlock games, the place which gave birth to the modern Olympic games.
Latin America
Lima: Thousands of people will hold hands in an attempt to break the Guinness record of the biggest 'hug'. Organizers are calling it 'hug to end violence against children' and hope to embrace 52...
Latin America
Havana: US college baseball stars play a five-game series against their Cuban counterparts, as the two nations torn by five decades of bad blood bond over one of the few things they have in common -...
Entertainment
The 1960s mop top is gone, but Ringo Starr is still sporting a peace sign. The former Beatle marked his 72nd birthday in Nashville Saturday by holding a "peace and love" moment at noon. He asked...
Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie spoke to hundreds of young film-makers in Sarajevo on Saturday. She talked about her industry experience as part of the annual Sarajevo Film Festival and as an...
Sigourney Weaver may have taken on aliens and ghosts in previous productions but in her new USA Network mini-series 'Political Animals' she says she may have discovered her toughest opponents. Weaver...
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Tsunamis, nuclear explosions and other disasters form the basis of Eyal Gever's 3D art work. Gever's attention-grabbing sculptures are created from software he's developed to further his craft.
Ever wonder how we are able to focus on what one person is saying in a crowded room full of animated conversations? Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have made a striking...
Turning rebellious dogs into lovable pets is a challenge that a special dog training centre in Jakarta is willing to take up. Run by a former lawyer, the centre focuses on a psychological approach...
The glory days of flight during the last century are being celebrated at Queensland Air Museum. Cockpits and cabins of various types of aircraft, including those from World War I, are on show so that...
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