BEIJING: Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother’s last name, a report said yesterday, in an...
BEIJING: Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother’s last name, a report said yesterday, in an...
LONDON: A mural by British street artist Banksy which mocks government surveillance has been defaced with spray paint, leaving fans saying yesterday they...
A sailboat passes the Statue of Liberty as seen from the Staten Island Ferry on a clear and cool day in New York...
A view of the house belonging to George Lucas at Skywalker Ranch located in Nicasio, California.Caption NICASIO, United States: George Lucas, the man...
A screenshot of the game. SAN FRANCISCO: Armies of players joined the virtual fray during a test run of online play for a...
VIENNA: Security researchers have revealed two separate threats this week they say could put up to 90 percent of the world’s 2 billion...
Spanish actor Javier Gurruchaga (centre), in the role of ‘Pluto’, and other cast members perform during the preview of the Ancient Greek playwright...
A visitor looks at documents at an exhibition dedicated to the former Communist leader and KGB head, Yuri Andropov, in Moscow. MOSCOW: Amid...
LONDON: The UK is to encourage the development of driverless cars on its roads, it was announced yesterday, with a multimillion-pound research fund...
MANILA: An influential Chinese journalist and a crusading environmental lawyer from China are among this year’s winners of Asia’s Magsaysay awards, the organisers...
A guard walks among red poppies in the moat at the Tower of London yesterday. The Tower of London moat is slowly turning...
An artist’s impression of the steel Cloud Arch, which will tower up to 50 metres above Sydney’s main street. SYDNEY: A giant Japanese-designed...
An image taken by Nasa’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows “Lunokhod 2 Crater,” which is approximately six metres in diameter. WASHINGTON: The US...
A file photo of Eric Clapton performing in New York. LONDON: A year after the death of American cult singer-songwriter JJ Cale, his...
PARIS: On a summer’s day in central Paris, hundreds of tourists are enjoying a picnic in the city’s Tuileries garden. It’s a picture...
Japanese “Cosplay” fans clad in Transformers robot costumes pose for photos at the Japan premiere of the latest movie in the series, “Transformers:...
South Korean hikers climb stairs at Mount Odae-san National Park. ODAE-SAN, South Korea: South Koreans are weekend warriors. The sport of choice? Hiking....
LONDON: Britain’s broadcasting watchdog criticised the BBC yesterday after Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of motoring programme Top Gear, used an “offensive racial term” in...
