Daily Archives: Jan 26, 2014
Good cholesterol HDL can become dysfunctional and contributes to heart disease development
According to a medical team at Cleveland Clinic, good cholesterol, or HDL, also has a nasty side that can increase the risk of heart...
Geneva peace talks: Syria to allow women and children to leave besieged area of Homs
UN mediator at the Geneva peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that Syria will allow women and children to leave the besieged area of...
Sundance Film Festival 2014: Whiplash wins grand jury prize
Damien Chazelle's Whiplash has won the grand jury prize and the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The opening night...
La Braña 1: Ancient Europeans had blue eyes and dark skin
Researchers have found that a 7,000-year-old man whose bones were left behind in a Spanish cave had the dark skin of an African, but...
DGA Awards 2014: Winners Full List
Outstanding Directorial Achievement Winners at 66th Annual DGA Awards 2014: Feature Film: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Dramatic Series: Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad, <<Felina>> Movies For Television And...
DGA Awards 2014: Alfonso Cuaron picks up top film honor for Gravity
Alfonso Cuaron has picked up the top film honor from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for space drama Gravity. The prestigious win for Gravity...
Who died in American Horror Story: Coven? Season finale.
Spoiler alert! American Horror Story: Coven came to an end thanks to Fiona’s daughter Cordelia. When Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) got her "sight" back, she had a...
Pope Francis’ peace doves attacked by seagull and crow at Angelus prayer
Two white doves released by Pope Francis and two children in Vatican City as a peace gesture have been attacked by a seagull and...
Karl Slym dead: Tata Motors managing director dies in Bangkok
Karl Slym, managing director of India-based Tata Motors, has died in Thailand where he was attending a board meeting. Tata Motors said in a statement...
Fifty Shades of Grey first poster released
Universal Pictures and Focus Features have released the first poster of the adaptation of E.L. James’ novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The poster depicts business...
Arseniy Yatsenyuk rejects Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint him as prime minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced that Ukraine’s opposition protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to appoint him as prime minister. Arseniy Yatsenyuk...
Grammys 2014: Stars line up for music awards battle
Jay-Z, hip-hop duo Macklemore and Lewis and Pharrell Williams are among the stars who will be vying for glory when the prestigious Grammy Awards...
Thai protesters surround polling stations blocking early election vote
Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their leaders has been shot dead...
Anti-World Cup protest: Brazil police arrest 128 people in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo police say they have detained 128 people during clashes that followed a demonstration against this year's football World Cup in Brazil. A car...
Xu Zhiyong sentenced to four years in prison
Prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong has been sentenced to four years in prison, a Chinese court has ruled. Xu Zhiyong, who campaigned for children's...
Wedding couple atop Kiev barricades
A newly-married couple has climbed to the top of a protest barricade in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to celebrate their wedding. Anti-government protesters have been...