Czech film festival honours De Niro

5 July 2008, 1:56 am

Karlovy Vary's 43rd inte1rnational film festival has opened in the Czech Republic with US actor Robert De Niro taking centre stage to receive its top award, a Crystal globe, for his contribution to the ...... read more

US Embassy returns to historic Berlin address

4 July 2008, 8:41 pm

The U.S. Embassy in Germany returned to the site it occupied before World War II, marking the occasion Friday with a ribbon cutting by former President Bush and Ambassador William Timken.The former president and Chancellor Angela Merkel planned to speak before Fourth of July fireworks on Berlin's Pa... read more

Global warming will worsen the food crisis

4 July 2008, 4:17 pm

The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon ...... read more

Merkel takes tough stance on Zimbabwe sanctions

4 July 2008, 11:38 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a tough stance against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, condemning his re-election last week as illegitimate and vowing in an interview with The Associated Press that the European Union would seek 'all possible sanctions' against the country's government and l... read more

Japan disappointed by Bruni's no-show

4 July 2008, 6:49 am

JAPAN's top government spokesman has said the country would be disappointed that Carla Bruni, former model and wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, would not be visiting for a wealthy nations' summit next ...... read more

Argentines find lost 'Metropolis' scenes

4 July 2008, 1:11 am

Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic 'Metropolis,' recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday.A long-lost original cut of the 1927 silent film sat for 80 years in a private collection and then in the Museum of Cine... read more