Cannes Less About Films and More About the Glamour

"Partying and celeb-spotting have elbowed aside the movie business at the Cannes Film Festival. Celia Walden reports 'What's 'Le Festival', Mummy?" asked the neat little French boy seated opposite me, as our TGV...

'Shamed' Austrian man kills family with ax

I wish this weren't real.  Another father murders his family."(CNN) -- An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday....

Chinese-Canadians reach out to quake victims

Chinese-Canadians across the country are coming together to help victims of the massive earthquake in Sichuan, China.  It's great to see people help each other out in times of duress." Efforts to help...

Renault-Nissan Creates Even Cheaper Car

Renault-Nissan has announced a joint venture with Indian firm Bajaj to produce a $2,500 (£1,276) car.Does the world's poor really need cheap personal automobiles?  Nevermind the environmental cost,...

Japan's military blasting off to space

Japanese MPs have backed plans to scrap rules restricting the use of military technology in space.While I think Japan's desire to go Star Wars is largely defensive (China's been pretty active on this front as...

Breaking Wind... down into usable energy

USA to increase number of wind power plantsI'm glad we're finally moving in the right direction when it comes to harnessing clean energy.  I remember learning about all the different types of energy (solar,...