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NGOs launch legal action against France over climate
The NGOs allege that France, where greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2015, has not met its short-term climate objectives
Europe’s rhinos the latest target
The killing of a rhino in France is a warning that poachers may have found a new hunting ground – zoos.
World gets ready to rock for Live Earth
From New York to the Antarctic, from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, the world is getting ready to rock on Saturday as organisers of the Live Earth events seek to raise awareness of…
New Yorkers hope for moustache renaissance
”I think it’s sexy,” Donald Bradford says of the bushy growth that has adorned his upper lip for the past two months.Largely shunned since the 1980s, moustaches are enjoying…
‘God or the Girl’: Catholic priesthood hits reality TV
God has finally come to United States reality television — and against all guesses the oddball match has delighted the Roman Catholic Church. God or the Girl pits four aspiring…
Eye to eye, in search of a soulmate
”The eyes are the window of the soul.” For New York’s partying singles, that’s the new credo for a good time and possibly a new partner. In a dimly-lit Manhattan bar, with soft…
US may soon salute Mrs President
Americans are getting used to the idea of being led by a female president, with political observers dreaming of a showdown between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Senator…
Writing is on the wall for New York graffiti artists
Having waged a long and largely successful war against its prolific graffiti artists, New York is seeking to disarm the city’s hold-out "spray-painting punks" once and for all.…
Iron stomach needed for exhibition of Chinese bodies
Skinned and dissected, muscles, tendons and organs in full view, 22 bodies provided by a Chinese university have become one of the most controversial exhibitions seen in New York…
Former Tyco executives sent to jail
Former Tyco International chief Dennis Kozlowski and his top lieutenant, Mark Swartz, were each sentenced to up to 25 years in prison in New York on Monday for looting the…
‘Dentally speaking, we all want to go to Hollywood’
Dazzlingly white, perfectly aligned … and now with a touch of glamour: New York cosmetic dentists are offering smiles fit for a movie star. Recently, a semi-permanent prothesis —…