Six works, including a giant Battenberg cake and a huge cockerel, are in the running to win a place on Trafalgar Square's vacant Fourth Plinth, one of the most high-profile public art commissions in the UK.
The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.
Families are finishing more of their back-to-school shopping earlier this year than last year, according to a survey released Thursday.
The light from three blazing torches plays on the juggler's face, picking out the beads of sweat running down his sooty forehead.
Beijing gets a bad rap when it comes to creativity.
Are you feeling the love, China? Because my home state of California is sending plenty your way this week. It's the pandas that create a sudden urge to come see what they love about China.
Male managers in Britain earn 10,000 pounds ($15,587) a year more than their female counterparts and it could be almost 60 years before that gap is closed, a Chartered Management Institute survey said on Thursday.
Harvard retains the crown as top university for the eighth year in an annual ranking of the world's universities which is dominated by the United States but shows China's performance improving.
A German bank robber led his pursuers straight to him after taunting police in an email over their efforts to catch him.
Germany's highest court has ruled a law which makes homosexuals living in civil partnerships pay higher inheritance tax is unconstitutional.
Britons spend almost half of their waking hours watching TV and using their mobiles or other communication devices but are paying less to do so, media watchdog Ofcom said on Wednesday.
A new McDonald's ad featuring Gallic champion Asterix enjoying a burger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who see it as an insult to their national heritage.
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