Flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga ditched the music and switched to the media on Monday with a stint as a guest editor at the London headquarters of the global free newspaper network
Euro zone finance ministers are ready to back an EU/IMF bailout of Portugal at a Monday meeting overshadowed by the arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges.
British police said on Monday they had been warned of a bomb in central London, a day before Queen Elizabeth makes a historic visit to Ireland. Media reports said the coded warning
A French lawyer said on Monday his client was considering filing a legal complaint against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn over an alleged sexual assault on her almost a decade ago. Lawyer David
A new mobile application allows less-savvy wine consumers to scan bottle bar codes to get instant tasting notes, scores and food pairings. The free app, called Natalie MacLean Wine Picks & Pairings,
Saudi Arabia condemned what it described as a "criminal attack" that killed one of its diplomats in Pakistan on Monday and said it would investigate alongside Pakistani authorities, the state news agency
The arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges has plunged France's Socialists into turmoil and thrown wide open the race for the presidency. France was mesmerised on Monday by
Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism too, causing the body to use less energy, according to a European study. The results, reported in the
Taiwanese hairdresser Tsai Shiou-ying has won many prizes for her cutting and decorative hair extensions in a four-decade career. Now she has gone one step further, making decorations including shoes, brooches, fruit
* Euro Group to meet on peripheral debt * Equities weaker The arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges added to existing uncertainty about the euro zone debt crisis
