Angelina Jolie receives honorary Oscar for humanitarian work

A tearful Angelina Jolie accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from director George Lucas.

Jolie’s latest project Unbroken, which she will soon begin ...

Ranbir Kapoor inaugurates International Children's Film Fest in Hyderabad

Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor was seen at the inaugural ceremony of the 18th International Children’s Film Festival, India (ICFFI) held in Hyderabad on yesterday...

Syria’s polio outbreak demands an immediate response

ON TOP of all the human misery inflicted upon the people of Syria by civil war, now comes the polio virus. The disease, which can lead to irreversible paralysis and death a...

From Plates that Grow Food to Certified Cocoa: UN Awards Innovative Green Enterprises at Green Economy Symposium

Fully biodegradable plates implanted with organic seeds in Colombia to provide food after use, a social media website to promote car-sharing in Viet Nam,certified cocoa for...

Comedy needs more female writers, says Veep’s Armando Iannucci

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s heels may clatter down the corridors of power in the American sitcom Veep – now back for a second season – but her gender is not the...

Obama Says Health Law Critics ‘Grossly Misleading’

President Barack Obama defended his health-care law, saying the flawed online insurance exchange will get fixed and accusing critics of “grossly misleading” the...

A Dynamic Dialogue for Sustainable Development Goals

Major Groups and other stakeholders will have an intersessional meeting with members of the Open Working Group on sustainable development goals on 22 November, just before ...

Ewan McGregor to make Broadway debut

Ewan McGregor is to make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Sir Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play The Real Thing.

The Trainspotting star will play Henry, a p...

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CRITICAL ‘WATCHDOG’ ROLE OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS IN NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the twenty-first International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions, delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secret...