Tanning
In the late nineteenth century, high fashion dictated the maintenance of alabaster skin. Creamy white skin signified a person of privileged status, not an unfortunate sun-darkened field labore...
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Berlin (dpa) - Winter leaves behind many traces, including on the
skin. At the end of the cold season, people often look pale in the
face while their legs...
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European Union experts warned Thursday sunbeds and tanning lamps may increase the risk of skin cancer, and advised against their use by children and other people at high risk.
"We nee...
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MANILA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Philippine government
rejected an offer of 500 million pesos ($11.2 million) by beer
and tobacco magnate Lucio Tan in 1986 to settle cases against
him relating to we...
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Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnam has released three of the four
Vietnamese-born US citizens it arrested in November and accused of
involvement in terrorism, the US embassy here confirm...
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Singapore (dpa) - A woman whose family was deprived of an
Australian holiday because she twice mentioned the word "bomb" has
been compensated by the Civil Aviation Authority...
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Berlin (dpa) Young people nowadays long to have the perfect sun
tan and for a growing number of teenagers, visiting a solarium has
become a regular part of their week...
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Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnam on Thursday confirmed the "urgent arrest"
of three of the four foreign pro-democracy activists who had been
reported missing in the communist country,...
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Hanoi (dpa) - A Vietnamese man is suing the country's budget
airline for charging him a wheelchair service for his disabled
wife to board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to H...
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At least seven civilians, including four children, were killed during a military operation against al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern Philippine island, officials said Tuesday.The victims' fam...
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Singapore (dpa) - An abused Indonesian maid received a rare open
court apology and 4,000 Singapore dollars (2,547 US) in lost earnings
from the employer who slapped her, new...
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