Aid agencies warn of huge crisis at South Sudan camps

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Sunday 08 April 2012

This old watering hole in the Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan hasn’t had water for months. But the women and children here know there is some deep underground. So they dig, scoop up the mud,…

Video Games Score Spot at Smithsonian’s American Art Museum

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Sunday 08 April 2012

Our old friend PacMan. He and his buddies from the Stone Age of computer programming may fill us with nostalgia, but there’s no doubt: video games have come a long way in 40 years.

Gaming…

Graduates Become Human Billboards to Pay Off Debts

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Sunday 08 April 2012

When Ed and Ross left university, desperate to find ways of paying off 25 thousands pounds each in debt, they hit upon a novel idea: not to sell their bodies, but their faces. For a fee, firms can have…

Thai ‘cyber scouts’ patrol web for royal insults

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Thursday 12 May 2011

Jubilation and adoration as Thailand’s King celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2006.

No one can dispute the genuine reverence many Thais feel for their now ailing sovereign – but some…

Tango fever sweeps South Korea

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Wednesday 11 May 2011

They come from Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Singapore, China, Canada, and Argentina of course… to dance … the tango … in South Korea. The 3rd Seoul Tango Festival kicked up some serious 3…

Fashion remembers McQueen’s ‘Savage Beauty’

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Thursday 05 May 2011

The Met Ball – the fashion gala of the year, hosted by Vogue editor Anna Wintour. This year the glitterati honored a much-missed designer, Alexander McQueen, who took his own life last year……

Going greener with a natural gas car

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Tuesday 03 May 2011

The Honda Civic GX. It’s the greenest car that no one in America has heard of yet.

[Edward K. Miller, Senior Manager of Communications at Honda North America ]: “So this is the natural…

Prince William: Diana’s son and a ‘normal’ royal

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Thursday 28 April 2011

He might be born to be king, but this is where Prince William is at his most natural – rolling up his shirt sleeves, and talking to ordinary people, like here on this trip to Australia. And his ability…

First pan-Asian girl band hopes to make world ‘Blush’ (video)

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Friday 22 April 2011

Introducing Blush – billed as the first ever pan-Asian girl band. Aged 18 to 28, the singers come from China, Japan, the Philippines, India and South Korea. They sing in English and aim to take the…

Rio’s historic sites no match for Olympic glory

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Sunday 17 April 2011

Elegant statues, stately city squares, downtown Rio is littered with reminders of Brazil’s grand colonial past.

[Regina Bustamente, Professor of History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro]:…