KUALA LUMPUR - Kimi Raikkonen ignited the Formula One season with a stunning win in Australia but the "Iceman" will feel heat from his rivals this weekend at the notoriously demanding Malaysian Grand Prix. Masterful tyre-management in a surprisingly quick Lotus put the colourful Finn top of the podium in Melbourne, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso second and Sebastian Vettel, gunning for his fourth straight world title, third....
PARIS: A French Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was unfairly dismissed on the basis of her religion, France's top court ruled on Tuesday.In a landmark decision, the Court of Cassation overturned an earlier ruling by an appeal court in Versailles which had upheld the right of her employer, a private creche in the Paris suburbs, to dismiss the woman after she refused to remove her headscarf....
MIAMI: Tiger Woods, the 14-time major golf champion whose infamous sex scandal with multiple mistresses led to a 2010 divorce, is dating ski star Lindsey Vonn, the two US sports icons announced on Monday."I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods," Vonn said in a Twitter posting and a longer statement on her Facebook page that included pictures of the couple....
KUALA LUMPUR: Gaia Studio launched its range of “Support Our Troops” T-shirt and eco-bag which allows people to publicly show their support for the Malaysian Royal Military and Armed Forces which is maintaining the country’s safety and sovereignty in Lahad Datu.
Founder of Gaia Studio, Jasmeen Zahri said: "At the onset of the Lahad Datu crisis, we saw some negative comments made by some...
UNITED NATIONS: The United States is taking aim at excessive business class air travel by UN staff as it presses a campaign to restrain the global body's multi-billion dollar budget.Complaints by the United States and other cash-strapped western nations have been bolstered by revelations that nearly three quarters of the money spent on air fares at UN headquarters goes on business class....
HONG KONG, March 15, 2013 (AFP) - With its bustling streets, shops and busy restaurants, little suggests that ten years ago Amoy Gardens was on the front line of Hong Kong's battle with a virus that caused a global health crisis.
The estate became a beleaguered symbol of the city's struggle to contain an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), named and declared a "worldwide health threat" by the World Health Organization on March 15, 2003. ...
JOHANNESBURG: As many as 28 per cent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday.Unveiling statistics that minister Aaron Motsoaledi admitted "destroyed my soul," he added that four per cent of schoolboys have the virus....
WASHINGTON: Quitting smoking sharply reduces the risk of heart disease -- even if kicking the habit comes along with a few extra pounds, according to a long-term study out Tuesday.It's no secret that those living in the throes of nicotine withdrawal can pack on extra padding in compensation. Likewise, extra weight has been linked to extra risk of heart disease....
WASHINGTON: Sleeping a mere five hours a night during a workweek with unlimited access to snacks isn't good for your waistline, according to findings released Monday.The study, led by the University of Colorado at Boulder, found that participants gained nearly two pounds (about 1 kilogram) when put in such a situation....
VATICAN CITY, March 12, 2013 (AFP) - The conclaves of cardinals which elect a new pope are laden with rituals and shrouded in secrecy, but tantalising details have emerged from previous votes of what really happens behind the sealed doors of the Sistine Chapel.
The 115 cardinals who have made their way to Rome are members of one of the most exclusive clubs in the world -- and once the doors close behind them on Tuesday with a cry of "Extra Omnes!"...
