Life & Style
World Chefs: Chocolatier Harcourt-Cooze champions ‘bean to bar’
March 31, 2015
World Chefs: Chocolatier Harcourt-Cooze champions ‘bean to bar’
It’s been more than 10 years since British-born chocolatier Willie Harcourt-Cooze bought a cocoa farm in Venezuela with the hopes…
Academic: Egypt among highest in research plagiarism
March 31, 2015
Academic: Egypt among highest in research plagiarism
The head of Egypt’s Academy of Scientific Research and Technology has said that Egypt maintains the highest rates of research…
Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system
March 30, 2015
Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system
Getting too little sleep is linked to poor health, but short naps might partly offset that effect, a small study…
New apps to help business get in step with mobile customers
March 30, 2015
New apps to help business get in step with mobile customers
Nine months after Apple and IBM began working together on building mobile apps for businesses, some of the first fruits…
Eiffel Tower goes dark in symbolic move for Earth Hour
March 30, 2015
Eiffel Tower goes dark in symbolic move for Earth Hour
The Eiffel Tower went dark briefly to mark Earth Hour, the campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
March 30, 2015
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis B after…
Modi government says to push for cow slaughter ban in India
March 30, 2015
Modi government says to push for cow slaughter ban in India
(Reuters) - India will use all its "might" to ban cow slaughter across the country, interior minister Rajnath Singh said…
Loans that could take Egyptian women to prison
March 30, 2015
Loans that could take Egyptian women to prison
"Please do not right down my name. I don't want to scandalise my daughters," said Ehsan Ehab*, a 47 year-old…
Struggling middle class ‘Aldi Mums’ at heart of UK election
March 29, 2015
Struggling middle class ‘Aldi Mums’ at heart of UK election
Whether labelled "Worcester Woman" or "Aldi Mum", the struggling middle class is at the heart of the campaign for Britain's…
Friday 13 three times a year – not to reoccur for another 372 years
March 29, 2015
Friday 13 three times a year – not to reoccur for another 372 years
In 2015, three months - February, March and November - see their thirteenth day falling on Fridays, a phenomenon that…