Whether it's shares, commodities or precious metals, prices have rebounded sharply.

Walesa and Gorbachev join Chancellor Merkel on walk of memories.

Few places on Earth exist where the future is inextricably linked with the past. Berlin is one, says Sharon Stephenson.

Nobody denies that from the moment Nikolai Valuev turned professional he was promoted as a freak.

Former supermodel Cindy Crawford says she would have little chance of making it big in the fashion business today with her curvy figure.

Johnny Depp has revealed that he does not want his children to follow in his footsteps and become actors.

The fashion industry is about 'dreams and illusions' - and that doesn't include seeing overweight women on the runway, says Karl Lagerfeld.

A Nelson cabbie has been denied compensation after being stood down for refusing to wear a uniform that reminded him of a childhood spent under Nazi occupation.

New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.