30 Sep 2011 - 4:08pm
HONG KONG: A court has ruled Friday that a law banning foreign maids from permanent residency in the city is unconstitutional, in a landmark case that could pave the way for a flood of applications.
The legal action brought by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipino domestic helper who has lived here since 1986, has cast a spotlight on the...
30 Sep 2011 - 2:24pm
KINGSTON, September 30, 2011 (AFP) - A 56-year-old Montreal man looking to shake off a mid-life depression walked around the world in 11 years, returning this week to Canada, looking radiant after realizing a dream.
A bit thinner and with a few more gray hairs, Jean Beliveau was pushing a three-wheel stroller that carried his sleeping bag,...
29 Sep 2011 - 12:56pm
MAITLAND - They've long been considered an Australian man's temple but the humble backyard shed is experiencing a super-sized renaissance, and they're bringing blokes back from the brink.
The premise is simple: community spaces where men can do handywork, fitted out with wood and metal workshops, assorted tools and gardening areas....
27 Sep 2011 - 12:19pm
PARIS: Twenty years ago, a naked baby diving after a dollar bill turned the rock world upside down, and Nirvana's "Nevermind", the record immortalised by that image, became the soundtrack for a generation. Nevermind's release in late September 1991 also sucked Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain into a whirlwind that he would not get out of alive....
27 Sep 2011 - 12:10pm
SAN FRANCISCO: Google+ was mobbed with visitors after the social network opened its doors to the public last week, industry tracker Experian Hitwise reported Monday. Online traffic to Google's nascent social network rocketed 1,269 per cent Wednesday, a day after the Internet titan removed the need to be invited in order to join, according to...
25 Sep 2011 - 4:59pm
KUALA LUMPUR: World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei suffered an upset when he was defeated in the men's singles final of the Japan Open badminton championships in Tokyo Sunday by a fourth seeded Chinese player.
Chen Long took an hour and 13 minutes to win 21-8, 10-21, 21-19. The fourth seed advanced to the final after his compatriot and world...
24 Sep 2011 - 1:29pm
RIO DE JANEIRO: About 100,000 people turned out Friday in Brazil for the start of the world's biggest music festival, Rock in Rio, featuring an all-star line-up including Rihanna, Katy Perry and Coldplay. The event is expected to attract 700,000 people over its week-long run, with around 100,000 a day turning out to see some of the...
23 Sep 2011 - 5:42pm
KUALA LUMPUR: FIFTY years after it was formed, the National Art Gallery will now be known as the National Visual Arts Gallery. The change for the gallery, that opened on August 27, 1958, follows the new National Visual Arts Development Board Act which replaces the National Art Gallery Act 1959. The new Act, in force since August 27 this...
22 Sep 2011 - 10:57am
WASHINGTON - A new season of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" kicked off on Wednesday on NBC television with a storyline that might sound familiar to a certain French politician.
21 Sep 2011 - 6:33pm
MOSCOW - Russia's upper house of parliament Wednesday elected the ex-governor of Saint Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko as its speaker, giving her in principle the third most important post in the country.
