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The Technical and Vocational (TVTC) Training Council began promoting local tourism in the region with the cooperation of Saudi Scouts Association this week in Makkah mal

LOS ANGELES: Amy Adams not only connects with her character’s determination in “Man of Steel” but also feels blessed to have featured in the movie.

AT A SNAIL FARM in lake-rich northern Poland, one of a growing number of breeders across the country, it is easy to accidentally step on a mollusc making a break for fre

THE BELGIAN VILLAGE of Doel is facing its final battle for survival against plans to expand the adjacent port of Antwerp that will erase it from the map to make way for

MOSCOW: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is undergoing a planned checkup in hospital linked to his battle against diabetes, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined Twitter, describing herself as a “pantsuit aficionado” and a “hair icon.” The former New

BERLIN: An obviously tired German bank employee fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transformed a minor transfer into a 222 million euro ($ 293 million

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Impoverished Haiti is not renowned for its bodybuilders.

Since the Arab Spring began, Egypt has seen different avatars of its people stand defiantly in the face of police crackdown, calling for a regime change that adheres to

LONDON: Children whose mothers work during their early years do as well at school as those with stay-at-home mothers, debunking a common parenting myth that has piled gu