evenings.in

WASHINGTON: French finance minister Christine Lagarde on Tuesday clinched the top job at the IMF, keeping the international lender in the hands of a European at a time of growing concern over a possible Greek debt default. Lagarde will become the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund when her five-year term as managing [...]

London, Sep 27 (ANI): Imprisoned George Michael is apparently planning a huge freedom party to celebrate his release from the jail. The 47-year-old star, along with his partner Kenny Goss, has plans to fly off to South of France for a bash. He was overheard while excitedly discussing the idea with Goss, 50, who visited [...]

London, Sept 21 (ANI): The discovery of paintings by a forgotten 17th century painter has led to an art historian claiming that denim jeans originated in Italy nearly 400 years ago and not in France. Jeans are believed to have originated either in Nimes in France, “de Nimes” gives us the word denim, or in [...]

London, Sep 21 (IANS) An Al Qaeda female suicide bomber is believed to be on the prowl in Paris, triggering a terror alert, a media report said. Daily Telegraph Tuesday reported that there were fears of suicide bomb plots against the Paris transport network. Intelligence officials were looking for a female suicide bomber who they [...]

London, Sep 18 (ANI): New simulations have suggested that Uranus may have batted back and forth between Jupiter and Saturn before being flung out to its present location. Previous modelling has shown that Jupiter and Saturn moved out of their initial orbits in the early solar system, scattering nearby objects, reports New Scientist. In some [...]

Rome, Sep 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s anti-immigrant North League party has introduced a bill in the lower house of parliament seeking ban on burqa, the full body veil worn by Muslim women. According to the legislation, wearing burqa will be punishable by a year in prison, fines of 150 to 300 euros for the wearer and [...]

Lyon (France), Sep 18 (DPA) Michael Llodra and Gael Monfils combined for a pair of wins Friday to put France into 2-0 command over Argentina in their Davis Cup World group tie. Llodra handed France the early margin in the semi-final with his defeat of Juan Monaco 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, and Monfils followed up [...]

London, Sep 17 (ANI): An official biography has claimed that Rachida Dati, a rival and former justice minister, targeted French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to oust her from the Elysée Palace to bring back President Nicolas Sarkozy”s second wife. The book says that Bruni-Sarkozy received a police and security services file in March – including [...]

London, Sept 17 (ANI): The European Union has reportedly agreed to make trade concessions to Pakistan to help it overcome the impact of floods. According to the BBC, although details of the concessions have not been yet revealed, British diplomats believe that they could potentially be worth millions of dollars and added that the deal [...]

London, Sep 17 (ANI): French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy obtained police and intelligence service reports to find out who was behind rumours that she and her husband were having affairs, a new authorised biography claims. The authors of Carla and the Ambitious say Bruni-Sarkozy used confidential records of telephone calls and text messages to confront [...]

London, Sep 14 (ANI): Former actress Brigitte Bardot, known for her breathtaking looks and was courted by some of the world”s most desirable men, has revealed in an interview that she has been on the brink of suicide on a number of occasions. “You can be barefoot and have worries. I have really been on [...]

London, Sep 13 (ANI): One of France”s best-known film directors, Claude Chabrol, who has made more than 50 films during his career, has died at the age of 80. Chabrol is best known for 1960s and 70s thrillers such as ‘The Unfaithful Wife’, ‘The Butcher’ and ‘This Man Must Die’. He was a member of [...]

Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) If you sleep, eat and drink movies and always wanted to get up close with Bollywood, then wait no more. Opt for a special tour package that will take you to film sets, popular shooting locales and even the homes of superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Bollywood Tourism [...]

Melbourne, Sep 6 (ANI): After as many as 34 years, a village in France that built the country”s only council-funded UFO landing pad has received its first craft. Ares, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, decided to try and attract Martians to its triangular “UFOport” with its very own fake Martian craft. The man-made UFO “landed” on [...]

London, Sep 6 (IANS) Singer Victoria Beckham and her husband, footballer David are reportedly planning to permanently move to the US. If sources are to be believed, Victoria and David are set to put their mansion in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in England, up for sale for $27.83 million as they prepare to move to the US, [...]

Vientiane(Laos), Sep 6 (DPA) Indian President Pratibha Patil was to pay a state visit to Laos later this week, official reports said Monday. Patil was scheduled to arrive Thursday for a five-day visit to the land-locked communist country at the invitation of President Choummaly Sayasone, the Lao Presidential Palace announced in a statement. Laos, a [...]

Nevada (US), Sept 4 (ANI): Hindus and Jews have strongly criticized Italy for reported dismantling plan of Roma (Gypsy) settlements in Rome. Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a joint statement in Nevada today, said that after France crackdown on Roma, [...]

London, Sep 4 (ANI): Experts in the UK say that tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe. Poly Implant Prostheses – or PIPs – had been under scanner after a French inquiry identified problems. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said [...]

London, Sept 3 (ANI): Former British PM Tony Blair has revealed how he had a passionate affair with a woman in France when he was young. The confession is in the French edition of his autobiography. Blair spent several months as a student working in a French bar. “One day, I fell in love with [...]

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Be it soccer legend Diego Maradona, tennis star Martina Hingis or football World Cup hero Diego Forlan – they have all visited the plain two-storey Missionaries of Charity headquarters here that houses Mother Teresa’s grave. It’s a must-see for foreign tourists visiting eastern India even 13 years after her death. Sep [...]