Not many of us realise that the refrigerator can be a great storage space for our regular toner and the night under-eye cream. Organic stuff feels refreshing, especially when you come back from work at the end of a hot day. Smoother skin The ‘cool’ vegetable cucumber is extremely versatile in the kitchen. You can [...]
France’s presidential election race resumes on Friday, irrevocably altered by the killing of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman whose murders have shifted the political debate in favor of incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Mohamed Merah’s cold-blooded shootings of seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren, forced politicians to suspend normal campaigning while a giant manhunt closed in on the [...]
Whitney Houston was a chronic cocaine user who had the drug in her system when she drowned in a hotel bathtub, coroner’s officials said Thursday after releasing autopsy findings that also noted heart disease contributed to her death. The disclosure ended weeks of speculation about what killed the Grammy-winning singer on Feb. 11 on the [...]
EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on the UK-born wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, diplomats say. Asma al-Assad is among 12 Syrians to be added to a number of figures, including the president, who are already subject to sanctions. It was unclear whether the ban would stop [...]
A US soldier accused of gunning down civilians in southern Afghanistan is to be charged with 17 counts of murder. Robert Bales, an army staff sergeant, also faces six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault, an official told AP on condition of anonymity. Bales, 38, is suspected of leaving a US [...]
The Japanese defense minister said Friday that he had ordered the country’s military to prepare a missile defense system ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea next month. North Korea said last week that it is planning to carry out a rocket-powered satellite launch between April 12 and 16, alarming countries around the [...]