Daily Archives: Oct 18, 2012
Recipe: Roasted sweet corn soup with salmon
Roasted sweet corn soup with salmon (4 serves) INGREDIENTS 6 large sweet corn cobs 70 g (2½ oz) butter, melted 6 spring onions, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1...
EU Banking Union: Angela Merkel agenda for euro reform riles Francois Hollande at EU summit
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the EU to be given the power to veto member states' budgets, as leaders meet in Brussels...
Martha Stewart admits she paints soles of her Christian Louboutin heels black
Martha Stewart has admitted that she is not a fan of Christian Louboutin' signature, and uses black paint to obscure it. Martha Stewart, 71, told...
Google threatens French media ban
Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from its search results if France goes ahead with plans to make search engines to pay...
Saudi Arabia’s religious police to employ women
The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has said there is a pressing need to employ more women in the force. Speaking to the official...
Pianist Fazil Say in court for insulting Muslims values
World-famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say has appeared in court in Istanbul charged with inciting hatred and insulting the values of Muslims. Fazil Say is being...
Katherine Hepburn’s style celebrated in New York exhibition
Katharine Hepburn was an early pioneer of androgynous fashion, appearing on set dressed in high-waisted pants and button-down shirts. And now a new exhibition, which...
Apple loses appeal versus Samsung in UK
Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not infringed its tablet design rights. A judge at the High Court in...
Sylvia Kristel, Emmanuelle star, dies aged 60
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, has died aged 60. "She died during the night during her sleep,"...
Newsweek magazine will become an online-only publication
Newsweek, the 80-year-old US current affairs magazine, is to become an online-only publication. The last print edition will be on 31 December, reflecting the trend...
America’s Next Top Model will include male contestants
For almost a decade America's Next Top Model has been a female-only contest, but male contestants will be accepted for the first time starting...
Demi Moore looks healthy at GEMS gala in New York
It has been reported in recent weeks that Demi Moore has been worrying friends amid claims she's “struggling to cope” with split from Ashton...
Madagascar palms face extinction due to land clearing
An environment protection group says that the majority of Madagascar's palms face extinction due to land clearing. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...
Vitamins lower male cancer risk
US researchers have claimed that taking a daily multivitamin pill may lower the risk of developing cancer in men. Their study followed nearly 15,000 men,...Honey Boo Boo discovers cupcake ATM in Beverly Hills
Only in LA would you find an ATM machine that dispenses cupcakes and Honey Boo Boo and her family sought it out pretty much...
EU summit to focus on banking supervision and a stricter fiscal oversight
The European Union is due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels that will focus on issues surrounding the eurozone crisis. High on the agenda...