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Angkor Wat

A home away from home

Angkor Wat is both a national monument and a national symbol of Cambodia, as well as appears on the flag.

14 Oct 2017 9:58 PM

In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 file picture, French Architect Jean Nouvel poses in front of a model of the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum at a cultural exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

Dome of light to delight visitors to Louvre Abu Dhabi

With the Louvre name on the Abu Dhabi museum, the outcome had to be grand

27 Sept 2017 12:54 PM

A model presents a creation for Saint Laurent during the 2018/2019 fall/winter collection fashion show on February 27, 2018 in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

Short shorts lead the way at Saint Laurent's Eiffel Tower display

The fashion house debuts its autumn and winter collection.

28 Feb 2018 7:32 AM

The lights of the Eiffel Tower are exceptionally switched off in Paris in support of the Syrian city of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP)

Eiffel Tower shuts due to strike

The Eiffel Tower was shut on Friday due to a strike by security personnel over the suspension of three of their...

13 April 2018 12:18 PM

Eiffel Tower (Photo: Pixabay)

Dark' tourism is on the rise, cashing in on human misery

It is well known that in India, which markets itself as exotic India in its pro-tourism commercials, tourists can take...

14 Feb 2019 6:54 PM

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

7 dead in building fire in upmarket Paris neighbourhood

The blaze, which took hold in an eight-storey block, left 24 people, including 2 firefighters, with minor injuries.

5 Feb 2019 4:24 AM

In the run-up to the Olympic Games in 2024, the mayor has ambitious plans to pull the City of Lights into the modern era. (photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Iconic Paris skyline to change?

Changes to the Paris skyline? Non merci.

30 May 2019 7:59 AM

Police have made contact with the climber but do not yet know why he began his ascent up the iron beams. (Photo:AP)

Security breach at Eiffel Tower after climber spotted; visitors...

The esplanade underneath the monument was also evacuated, as was a large section of the adjacent Champ de Mars park.

21 May 2019 4:31 AM

Zapata, who invented the first functional hover board, was given a USD 1.47 million grant by the French military last year for the development of an aeronautical micro-jet engine, according to Russian television network, RT. (Photo: Screengrab)

'Flying soldier' enthrals crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in Paris

A video of his flight was shared by French President Emmanuel Macron, who led the National Day celebrations.

15 July 2019 3:23 AM

The gigantic Statue of Unity, the worlds tallest, was built to honour Sardar Patel, Indias first Home Minister.

Indian politics gets statuesque

A grandiloquent gesture like a giant statue is not to be pilloried only on what it cost.

9 Dec 2018 7:30 PM

Eiffel Tower (Photo: Pixabay)

Eiffel Tower reopens after workers' strike

The SPP said that the records of her mobile tower locations suggests that she reached Sola area at around 10:00 am.

3 Aug 2018 8:56 PM

When Dalmiya pulled off a coup at 2004 AGM

When Dalmiya pulled off a coup at 2004 AGM

Chennai: The Indian cricket board's annual general meetings are never short of controversies and legal battles. The BCCI...

28 Sept 2013 3:30 AM