Designer Philippe Starck on his guilt over materialism.

I care about the environment. I care about being “green” and try to “do my part”, whether at work or in my personal life. I buy organic. I recycle, reuse and try to reduce. I compost.

Two teenage Bulgarian sisters have been rescued by Italian police from a circus in which one of them is said to have been forced to swim with piranhas.

A direct air service has resumed between Russia and Georgia, 18 months after it was suspended by Moscow in a row over alleged spying.

No division of beverages!

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California has reported that the average total operating cost of the agency’s three hydrogen fuel cell buses is a whopping $51.66 per mile, 32 times the average total cost per mile over the conven

Opposition supporters in Georgia are blockading the main street of the capital, Tbilisi, outside parliament

With the independence of Kosovo, it seemed that Russia had backed down on its threats to recognize other separatist regions and indeed it did.

A Texas man is facing charges for selling liquor without a license after he was found peddling bottles of vodka containing dead baby rattlesnakes.

I have a small stack of to-read books but it has remained small because I am often on the road. When I was younger a personal library seemed a worthy goal, but considering the moving I do from country to country it is just not practical.

If you were my husband, I’d give you poison! If you were my wife, I’d drink it!