As spring melts away a long winter deep in Latvia's vast forests, the stillness is almost imperceptibly broken by a rhythmic drip, drip, drip.

French architect Jean Nouvel presented what he called "joie de vivre" offices at Milan Design Week, telling AFP in an interview that he was waging war against "cloned and alienating" work spaces.

"Gangnam Style" star Psy unveiled Friday the follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking humour -- but fans had to wait for the all-important video.

Tourists in Paris are reminded to be on guard against increasingly brazen and aggressive pickpockets after staff at the Louvre walked out Wednesday to protest against violent working conditions.

Findings from a report by the US military spy agency suggest North Korea could be capable of launching a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.

Even Kim Jong-Un's threats of nuclear war can't divert world attention from the main event on the Korean peninsula this week -- the launch of Psy's hugely anticipated follow-up to his global hit "Gangnam Style".

Frail, her memory failing her, and with few visitors for company, Margaret Thatcher's final months were a marked contrast to her zenith striding the global stage.

Undeterred by North Korea's apocalyptic threats of nuclear war, a daily convoy of tour coaches still happily wends its way to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas.

In a brown friar's robe and sandals, Tomas Gonzalez doesn't look like a death threat-defying, government-challenging, hardcore migrants' rights activist. But appearances can be deceptive.

From smiling family man with a common touch to hardened military leader ready for all-out war: North Korea's propaganda machine has given leader Kim Jong-Un a visual makeover in the past month.