LIFESTYLE

BERLIN: Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points f

CANNES: Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance routines, Bollywood musicals are beloved by millions

NEVADA: Pop stars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift won the big prizes on Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards, which also honored legendary performers Madonna and Prince.<

LONDON: A former army helicopter pilot was yesterday named as the first “home-grown” British astronaut to head to the International Space Station.

The Tabuk Flowers and Fruits Festival, which showcases some 200 beautiful varieties of flowers and fruits, was launched yesterday by Tabuk Gov.

Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad whi

When amateur actress Etsuko Shigemoto walks out in front of a Paris audience in an all-Japanese production this month she will forget about being 87 years old.

Fitness experts are shining a new light on group classes from Zumba to yoga because they believe the right lighting can transform the four walls of a fitness studio from

MOSCOW: A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month’s mission in orbit yesterday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned

BEIJING: A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 km from his home, has met up with his biological parents again thanks to Google Maps, Hunan TV said.