You're not allowed to light a cigarette in New York bars, but there's nothing to stop a bartender from setting your cocktail on fire with a 815 degrees Celsius (1,500 degrees Fahrenheit) poker.

A white lion slips on ice while playing with a plastic drum like a kitten with a ball of yarn, but the big cat quickly regains its footing.

For many, the arrival of the new year means making new resolutions, and Nadia is among those who have such resolutions.

The coal-rich hills of Australia's Hunter Valley have long fed China's steel furnaces but the winemaking region is riding a fresh boom as the Asian power's middle classes toast their new wealth.

The world's oldest major film studio celebrates its 100th birthday this month with Hollywood stars and European players ready to toast the mythic Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin.

US cooking star Paula Deen, self-proclaimed "Queen of Southern Cuisine" famous for her dishes smothered in butter, has met a storm of outrage after revealing she has diabetes and is hawking a drug to treat the disease.

A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality.

British soul singer Adele, who shot to fame with her album "21", is to make her live comeback at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after a throat problem threatened to wreck her stellar career.

Malaysians are familiar with the word "voucher,」 as recent events have made the meaning of this word significant.

At 10 weeks, babies in France sleep through the night. By nursery school, they've mastered the art of saying "please" and "thank you." And at supper, they always clean their plates.