Recuperating New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder, who has had an operation to repair his long-term abdominal injury, is keen to prove his fitness after being included in the Black Caps' preliminary squad of 30 for the World Twenty20...

Ford has launched its first made-for-India compact car, as the US carmaker continues its push into fast-growing Asian markets.The four-door Figo, Italian for "cool", is Ford's first car designed...

A papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumours, backing a belief held in folk traditions, researchers say.University of Florida researcher...

Helping drivers to avoid traffic jams is the promise of new technology available in selected Nissan all-wheel-drive models.X-Trail Ti and TL and Patrol Ti models equipped with satellite navigation...

On March 9, the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS), an organization of cosmetic surgeons in the American Medical Association, announced the results of their annual cosmetic surgery...

A battle has broken out for the hearts and minds of Japan's notoriously sweet-toothed consumers as two of the key players in the donut market unleash their new ranges for the spring season. Krispy...

Sony said Tuesday it would start selling 3D televisions in Japan in June, aiming to ride a new wave of interest in the technology thanks to recent movies such as sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar". The...

Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated (SI) Power List. The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the No. 1...

The first World Sport Destination Expo (WSDE) will be held alongside the final week of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (5-9 July) at the SCC, Johannesburg, South Africa. “Sport, Sport Events and...

Tour Baltimore on foot with the Heritage Walk Volksmarch is a walking style that people of many ages and fitness levels can take part in. It gets it's name from the German word for people - 'people'...

Michael Brewer , 15, has continued to make impressive strides riding his bicycle and his skateboard, jumping on a trampoline, tossing basketballs and footballs, and pushing himself to be the same kid...

Michael Brewer , 15, has continued to make impressive strides riding his bicycle and his skateboard, jumping on a trampoline, tossing basketballs and footballs, and pushing himself to be the same kid...

For years, man has been trying to build a jetpack which would actually be safe and cheap enough to be used by anyone other than Lee Majors on the title sequence...

Spanish retailer Zara tops this week's ranking of most popular Facebook fashion brands, followed by Swedish 'arch rival,' H&M. Thought up by marketing company Stylophane, the newly launched...

2K Games on Monday announced a deal with Playboy to use some the iconic magazine's vintage covers and centerfold photos to set the mood in its "Mafia II' videogame. "While most mob-inspired games'...

The US soft drinks industry said Monday it had slashed the amount of high-calorie sodas sold in schools as part of a broader attempt to combat raging obesity. Leading companies, including Coca-cola...

The sketch of a polar bear by Karl Lagerfeld on the invitation to his autumn-winter show for Chanel on Tuesday was already a big hint. As a howling wind came over the sound system, screens were...

Polyvore users are keen on accessories this week, with necklaces in all shapes -- pearls, multi-chains, statement pieces -- being exceptionally popular. (Relaxnews) - Polyvore users are keen on...

Chairman, President and CEO Bahram Akradi received more than $3.6 million in total compensation in 2009, down 36 percent from the nearly $5.7 million he received in 2008. In 2009, Akradi earned a...

PARIS — With no Lindsay Lohan to create buzz — it has been reported that she wasn’t even invited to the show — Emanuel Ungaro and its chief designer, Estrella Archs, had to...

PARIS — Bravo to the bloggers who alerted the designer Olympia Le-Tan that the “book bags” she invented last year had mirror images in the Kate Spade collection for autumn...

With 3D television, the entertainments of Avatar could be enjoyed in your own living room. Photograph: 20th Century Fox The friendly green monster Shrek, the blue-skinned Na'vi of the planet...

   March 9: Lindsay Lohan is suing E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her. Msnbc's Tamron Hall...

March 8: Chef Daniel Angerer of Klee Brasserie in New York City is offering a cheese appetizer made from his wife’s breast milk. Would you order this very personal menu item? TODAY’s Kathie Lee...

BILLINGS, Mont. - The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon into a classroom wall during a...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, advised the Houston Astros Baseball Club in the establishment of its new Latin American baseball...

Cisco Systems on Tuesday unveiled super-fast Internet hardware that promises to boost US competitiveness and bolster economic recovery by moving mountains of data at astounding speeds. The leader in...

New York leaders are pressing for a so-called fat tax on the soft drinks industry, saying that sweet beverages are responsible for an upsurge of obesity across the United States. State Health...

When Hollywood it-girl Lindsay Lohan, who designed Ungaro's spring/summer collection together with Estrella Archs, didn't appear at the label's runway show in Paris this fashion week, rumors surfaced...

A "tame" virus could prove to be a future weapon against prostate cancer, early research suggests. Scientists who administered the virus to six volunteer patients found it killed...

This Irish-inspired family-style dinner features potatoes, parsnips, carrots, onions and cabbage. Irish Beef Potato Dinner 4 Yukon Gold potatoes (about 650 g/1 1/3 lb total) 3 parsnips (about 250...

The private show that took place Tuesday, to the classical music Mr. McQueen had been listening to as he cut and fitted the 2010 autumn collection, was a requiem for a great designer. His vision of...

PARIS — The South of France is suddenly smothered in unseasonable snow. Climate change is in the air. And nowhere more so than in the frosty chill that rose from ice sculptures on the set of...

PARIS — The wall is pitch black, yet as eyes adjust to the dark, outfits appear like cats in the night: the gleam of satin on a lapel, the sheen of a button, the outline of “le...

PARIS — It could have been a scene from a Fellini film: black-clad nuns with strange habits; hats encasing the heads like wimples; gilded chains dangling with graven images; capes in sheer...

The problem for brands, like Chloe, that have embraced the menswear style: How to tell them apart? Almost any piece from the designer Hannah MacGibbon — the camel coats, the darker tan...

Paris in winter has a fairy-tale quality. There are silver skies, palatial buildings and enchanted forests of shivering black trees lining the avenues. There are beauties and there are beasts —...

Striped, long-sleeved T-shirts are a French staple, as Gallic as garlic or a beret, and their enduring appeal has turned them into a classic that is having yet another revival this...

American Idol ’s season 9 semifinals was a definite improvement over the deeply troubling Top 24 week, so I’m optimistic that the remaining 16 contestants will perform well enough this...

(AP) — BEIJING - It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang-failing to thank her country and its government after her gold medal finish at the Vancouver Olympics. ...

The French have long been considered masters of cuisine but Britons spend longer in the kitchen and prepare a wider variety of international food, according to a survey out Tuesday. The French eat...

An electric power button symbol inched past other entries to win New York's condom wrapper design contest, the city said Tuesday. The winning design shows the familiar "on" symbol found on computers...

A German woman fearing that Earth would be sucked into oblivion in a black hole failed on Tuesday in her court attempt to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher. The Constitutional Court in the...

Antiretrovial drugs to suppress the replication of HIV. Photograph: Corbis/Krista Kennell There was a bit of a party atmosphere in London last night as HIV/Aids experts and campaigners arrived for...