Mergers and acquisitions dominated activity on Wall St, with almost US$10 billion of deals announced as the S & P 500 Index held near a four-month high.

You can't get much more Italian than a Dolce & Gabbana show.

A female skydiver goes on trial today accused of the mid-air murder of her close friend and alleged love rival.

Call them old-fashioned, but these nudists just want good, clean fun in the sun.

America's latest political oddball is a Republican woman who declared masturbation is a sin and has dabbled in witchcraft.

The most ill-starred cricket tour of modern times turned uglier this morning when two players were involved in a fight.

The woman who provoked outrage by dumping a cat in a rubbish bin has been charged with two criminal offences, the RSPCA in Britain said today.

The All Blacks selectors will seriously consider ditching a backup hooker and halfback from their year-end tour squad to make room for more rugby World Cup fringe contenders.

A French quadruple amputee has swum the English Channel in 13.5 hours with the help of flipper-shaped prosthetic legs.

Team New Zealand, who have a second Med Cup title almost in their grasp, will look to finish the season off in style.

Many years ago I was sitting with a friend at a pub in Ireland when an American tourist came in and began studying the menu. He approached the bar and asked the barmaid for "a quicky".

Researchers found people who were more introspective tended to have larger volumes of nerve tissue in an area of the prefrontal cortex.

Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson has turned in another good performance in the UK.