7.40 am | 21 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Shop 'till you drop it's not, but U.S. women are finally starting to buy clothes again....

1.47 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Their spluttering engines, bone-rattling suspensions and outdated designs once ruled the streets behind the Iron Curtain. But now the Trabant and its ...

1.39 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Shrews, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection society ...

1.07 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

If you want to hear one of the world's leading orchestras and taste a menu created by a renowned chef, the New York Philharmonic may have the answer....

1.05 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Six wedding dresses, a didgeridoo, a toupee and a massage table are among thousands of items lost in Australia's mail system in the past year and now ...

11.40 am | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-pounder burgers topped with a d...

11.21 am | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

A volcanic landscape of lifeless nudes and a Brazilian jumble of whitewashed wood topped a sizzling sale of Latin American art that was reminiscent of...

9.00 am | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The average British woman "hosts" 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study....

1.16 pm | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

As Pakistanis face an acute shortage of sugar, some families have found an easily available alternative to sweeten their tea: instead of a spoonful of...

9.18 am | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

A one-ton nude sculpture by Colombian Fernando Botero sold for USD 1.14 million, outstripping its top rival, a delicate portrait of crumpled paper, in...

9.18 am | 19 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Ken Allcock, 66, had never seen an opera and his wife Eileen hadn't been in about 50 years, but both were enchanted by Handel's "Tolomeo", brought to ...

4.02 pm | 18 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

After writing two emotional books about cancer and a girl who survived horrific accidents, author Sally Collings needed a break, so she asked children...

9.23 am | 17 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The average British mother relies on just nine different meals to feed her family, a study has found....

9.07 am | 17 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Lingering violence and raw sewage in the water are no deterrents for a group of wealthy, young Iraqis who spend their free time jet-skiing along the T...

10.42 am | 16 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

In perhaps another sign of a recovering economy, millions of dollars worth of wines and spirits sold at three different auctions in New York over the ...