Polish pianist Romuald Koperski got a thunderous ovation after he finished his 101-hour piano recital in Poland`s northern city of Gdansk, setting a new world record for the longest piano playing.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- It`s official - "Avatar" is the new king of the world... or at least, the worldwide box office.
Chef and Artist Jim Denevan creates freehand drawings in the sand, often with nothing more than a found stick and a rake. His monumental drawings are temporary, created in areas which will soon be reshaped by wind or water.
Egyptian archaeologists discovered tombs of the workers who built the great Pyramid of Cheops at El Giza, Egypt`s Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Sunday.
A Russian actor has been given a posthumous Federal Security Services (FSB) award for the best role portraying intelligence officer Stirlitz, Russia`s equivalent to James Bond.
1. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 was the most disappointing event of the year. Environmentalists and scientists had great hopes for the summit to be effective in curbing global warming. However, despite days of discussion, its participants failed to agree on a document that could replace the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2012. Only a few leading countries signed a declarative and non-binding document, which was not approved by the other delegates.
President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Thursday that Russia has survived the global economic crisis with no major losses.
You probably don`t think twice about sending personal messages through your work e-mail. But sending e-mails about a seemingly innocuous hobby cost one financial advisor his job when his employer tapped into his work account and read his messages.
American officials have been holding secret talks with Russia and the United Nations in an attempt to strengthen internet security and rein in the growing threat of cyberwarfare.
A Proton M booster rocket with three Glonass M navigation satellites blasted off from the Baikonur space center on Monday in this year`s final launch, a spokesman for Russia`s space agency said.
Actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, star of the legendary Soviet-era Seventeen Moments of Spring spy serial, died on Friday in Moscow at the age of 81.
The overwhelming majority of Russians (79%) consider the death penalty an acceptable punishment for crimes such as child sex abuse, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center said.
A drunk man in the Perm Territory in Russia`s Urals was saved by his cat when his apartment caught fire, regional emergency services said on Friday.
Villagers in Britain`s Westbury-sub-Mendip have turned a decommissioned red telephone booth into the smallest library in the world, Earth Times reported.
A project co-founded by Russia`s top courts and RIA Novosti news agency aims to raise the people`s legal awareness and streamline the judicial system, the country`s top judges said on Wednesday.
Darya Zhukova, the girlfriend of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, has given birth to her first child, and the Russian billionaire`s sixth, in California, Moskovsky Komsomolets reported on Saturday.
Sales of alcohol fell by 15% in Russia in the first nine months of 2009 compared to the same period last year.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the management of a nightclub in the Urals where a fire killed 103 people of gross negligence, and called for harsh punishments.
Spy thriller "The Tourist" could be Angelina Jolie`s next feature project. According to The Hollywood Reporter`s Risky Biz Blog, sources have claimed the 34-year-old is in negotiation to star after "Hancock" star Charlize Theron, who has long been attached, dropped out from this remake of Sophie Marceau-starring French film, "Anthony Zimmer".
Peru`s Machu Picchu ancient ruins, Antoni Gaudi`s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona and a New Orleans elementary school are among the cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect or overdevelopment, a preservationist group said Tuesday.
Chosen by college students and music fans across U.S., nominations for the sixth annual mtvU Woodie Awards have been announced. New rappers Drake, Asher Roth and Kid Cudi are listed in one category each.
Renewed interest in the Beatles and Michael Jackson slowed the decline of U.S. album sales in the third quarter, although the industry is still on track to fall for the eighth time in nine years.
Chinese researchers have unearthed the fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings in northeastern China, which they suggest is a missing link in dinosaurs` evolution into birds.
A scandal marred the opening of Moscow▓s Kurskaya metro station. Architects reconstructed the inscription praising Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. "Stalin raised us to be loyal to the people, inspired us to labor and deeds," the inscription in the hall of the metro station says.