Paris will become the first metropolitan area in the world to experiment with an extensive system of self-service hire cars.

A Muriwai-based company's panel mounting system is holding together an exhibit celebrating the fashion house's 125th anniversary.

Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?

England were 81-5 in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the third Test against Australia.

Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

The fight to prevent a house designed by Arthur Conan Doyle from being converted into flats is to be taken to the UK's High Court.

Great Britain is expected to be blanketed with up to eight inches of snow this weekend, as another icy front grips the country.

Former expat Georgina Robertson has brought the fashion influences of France and England home with her to New Zealand.

He is from another era of current affairs television and tonight (Friday afternoon NZ time) that era will end.

Viva meets Rene Redzepi, the passionate purist behind the world's best restaurant.

The embalmed head of one of the most infamous kings of France has been identified by scientists 400 years after his assassination.

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has condemned Swedish prosecutors' decision to lodge an appeal blocking her son's freedom.

The Netherlands' free-wheeling dope days may soon be over if the country's new centre-right coalition government has its way.

Researchers claim to have found the first proof that getting a regular eight hours' sleep a night can make you appear more attractive.

Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.

With her infectious cackle and outrageous dress sense, Anna Dello Russo - influential blogger, editor-at-large, street-style icon - is putting the fun back into dressing up, and gathering a huge following in the process.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled to appear in a London court on Tuesday seeking to fight his extradition to Sweden.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will reportedly appear in a London court tonight (NZT), in a second attempt to win bail. He's also issued a statement, through his mother, saying he's determined to fight for the future of WikiLeaks.

The founder of WikiLeaks has issued a plea from jail for his supporters to keep fighting, accusing Visa, Mastercard and Paypal of being instruments of US foreign policy.

A new tour takes in the grand settings of Prince William and Kate Middleton's courtship.