Grand Egyptian Museum to open August 2015, says minister
CAIRO: Expected to be a “monument” in itself, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) entered its third and final phase of construction this week and will open in August 2015, the…
Spielberg shares storytelling secrets in Paris
Steven Spielberg caught the filmmaking bug as a 12-year-old boy, and half a century on still goes "crazy" when he doesn't have a story to tell, he admitted to fans…
Soldiers, Bedouin killed in Egypt gunfight
CAIRO: An Egyptian army officer and conscript were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with Bedouins that broke out when military police tried to remove them from state land in…
Clout on the catwalk can come with tweeting
Social media is giving a voice to models who, for the most part, have built their careers as pretty, non-speaking faces. They'll tweet what they had for breakfast, post behind-the-scenes…
Hormone helps obese shed weight: study
An appetite-curbing hormone found in the gut may help overweight and obese people shed weight, lower blood pressure and reduce cholesterol levels, according to a study released Wednesday. Known as…
Guggenheim gives nod to Helsinki museum
The foundation that administers the iconic Guggenheim museums has given Helsinki the go-ahead to build a state-of-the-art museum, city officials said Tuesday. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation handed over its…
World’s ‘most expensive’ tea grown in Chinese panda poo
Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea — panda poo. The former calligraphy teacher has purchased 11 tons…
IMF to visit Egypt this week for loan talks: source
WASHINGTON: Egyptian authorities and the International Monetary Fund will begin talks in Cairo this week on a possible 18-month IMF loan program worth about $3 billion, an IMF source said…
Egypt: Israeli pilgrimage ‘impossible’ this year
CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had told Israel that it would not be "appropriate" for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-century…
Assad takes defiant message to Damascus street
DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al-Assad made a rare public appearance vowing to defeat a "conspiracy" against Syria on Wednesday, a day after he blamed foreign interests for stoking months of deadly…