Making the most of their evening, Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk were spotted at the 2011 Marie Claire Prix de la Moda Awards last night (November 17). The Real Madrid soccer stud and his Russian supermodel girlfriend looked to be having a marvelous time as they canoodled at the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain. [...]
Our love of certain foods is often commensurate with how messy they are – it’s impossible to slurp spaghetti, gnaw barbecued ribs or nibble a toffee apple and maintain a level of decorum that might please a demanding aged aunt. And the pomposity-busting power of such dishes leads us to love them all the more. They [...]
Stephane Mattei, TV producer Breakfast at Le Ceylan, tel: (33-49) 551 4240, is a must for its first-class people watching — nearly all of Ajaccio stops by. Next, take a stroll along rue Fesch, the main commercial strip, stopping at the Fesch Museum, tel: (33-49) 521 4817, which boasts one of the largest collections of [...]
A team of engineers claims to have created the world’s lightest material. The substance is made out of tiny hollow metallic tubes arranged into a micro-lattice – a criss-crossing diagonal pattern with small open spaces between the tubes. The researchers say the material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and has “extraordinarily high energy absorption” [...]
The Obama administration plans to impose fresh sanctions against Iran’s petrochemical industry, diplomatic sources familiar with the plans said Friday. U.S. sanctions already prohibit American companies from doing business with Iran. The goal of the new measures is to bar foreign companies from doing business with Iran’s petrochemical industry by threatening them with being banned [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo is hoping a combination of his and Real Madrid’s impressive form can help maintain their quest of bringing silverware back to the Santiago Bernabeu despite a challenging pre-Christmas fixtures list. Jose Mourinho’s Real side are on a ten-game winning streak in all competitions which, in the Primera Liga, has given them a three-point [...]
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, says he is very worried about the growing number of monks and nuns setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. He told the BBC he was not encouraging such actions – saying there was no doubt they required courage, but questioning how effective [...]
President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao conferred Saturday in a surprise meeting on the sidelines of a major Asian summit, focusing on the economic matters that have prompted disputes between the two major world powers. The session was not a formally planned moment of diplomacy but rather a late add-on to let the [...]
A tripartite agreement for constructing the Tipaimukh Dam and a hydroelectric project on the river Barak (named Surma after entering into Bangladesh territory) in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur was signed on October 22, Indian media said. National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPCL), India’s premier hydropower company, and a ‘Mini Ratna’ Category-I Enterprise of [...]