Time waits for no man, or woman — even a queen, as Marie Antoinette found to her cost amid the tumult of the French Revolution in the late 18th century. France’s last queen was to have received the "most complicated and most sophisticated" watch possible back in 1783 at the behest of an admirer.
Hurling a hedgehog at a teenager has landed a New Zealand man a date in court, a report said. William Singalargh picked up the animal and threw it about 5m at a 15-year-old in the eastern North Island town of Whakatane in February, the <i>Herald on Sunday</i> reported.
Workers in Britain are "safer" to greet colleagues of the opposite sex with a handshake than a kiss, a common greeting in other parts of Europe, a study released on Friday said. A survey was conducted among 1 200 workers by recruitment firm Office Angels.
They knew it would be risky to exhibit a homoerotic version of Christ’s Last Supper, but curators at the museum of Vienna’s Roman Catholic cathedral weren’t ready for a barrage of angry messages and calls to be shut down. The source of the dispute is a retrospective honouring Austria’s cherished artist Alfred Hrdlicka.
Three Somali civilians were killed and six others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked the southern town of Baidoa, witnesses said, in what an official described as a suspected Islamist attack. ”The three were killed [when] a heavy explosion hit the main street in Baidoa,” Ali Hassan Moalim, a witness, said.
As climate-change guilt among tourists grows, hotels and resorts are finding they need to do more to please the green consumer than simply ask them to re-use their towels. Undersea air-cooling systems, intelligent lighting and spas constructed entirely from mud are all being employed to woo tourists concerned about their carbon footprint.
Cardiff City booked a place in the FA Cup final for the first time in 81 years as Joe Ledley’s goal clinched a 1-0 semifinal win over Barnsley on Sunday. Cardiff-born Ledley’s first-half volley at Wembley was enough to set up a final clash against Portsmouth on May 17.
The Telkom South African National Aquatic Championships came to a thrilling climax at the Kings Park Aquatic Centre in Durban on Sunday evening with an unprecedented 20 swimmers posting Olympic ”A” qualifying times. It was a fitting ending to a sensational Olympic trial for the country’s swimmers.
Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked a fluent 102 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul added an unbeaten 86 to pilot the West Indies to a series-levelling six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test on Sunday. Sarwan and Chanderpaul added a record 157 for the fourth wicket to spur the home team to the victory target of 254 for four.
Current South African road cycling champion Malcolm Lange continued to fine-tune his form in preparation of the defence of his Elite national title in East London next month when he won the Maluti Challenge in Bethlehem at the weekend. The seasoned MTN Energade professional outsprinted a strong field.