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Placido Domingo appeared at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden late Thursday both as a tenor and in his new guise as a baritone.

Spanish singer Placido Domingo marked his 40th anniversary at London's Royal Opera House with a gala concert late Thursday that was greeted with one of the longest and loudest curtain calls the venue has seen in years.

A team of computer security researchers recently developed a proof-of-concept 'spy' app for the iPhone 4 capable of tracking typing on a nearby keyboard using the device's native accelerometer and gyroscope. Even a basic, widely available mobile device such as the iPhone is sensitive enough to enable the app to pick up data such as whether the keystrokes come from the left or right side of the keyboard and the relative distance between punched keys.

Resplendent in a turquoise empire-line dress, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, conducted her first solo engagement as a royal Wednesday, but also on display was a childhood secret: a three-inch scar on the left side of her temple.

Paramount Pictures is laying off about 120 people in a reorganization of its global theatrical division, the company announced Thursday.

The Blues host the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.

Nokia, the leading phone manufacturer in the world, announced a new phone technology that allows users to bend and twist the device in order to control it.

Barroso said the deal demonstrated how the European union (EU) can unite even during the most stressful of times.

Russian miner Polymetal will price new London-listed shares at the lower end of their indicated range, raising up to 446.2 million pounds ($710 million), as global market turmoil weakens investor sentiment, two sources close to the deal said.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the capital of Thailand, Bangkok, by truck, boats, and trains, as floodwaters descend upon the metropolis of 12 million people, with severe flooding expected over the weekend.

The soul singer Amy Winehouse, who passed away on July 23 at her London home at age of 27, died from over-drinking, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. Oct. 26. The alcohol in the singer's system was found five times of drunk driving limit.

Major European energy groups posted big jumps in profits on Thursday, driven by higher oil and gas prices and new capacity coming onstream.

The popular game we all know is hitting developing economies to target the non-smartphone market.

British singer Amy Winehouse had more than five times the legal driving limit of alcohol in her blood when she died on July 23 aged 27, British media reported on Wednesday.

European leaders roundly hailed all the agreements.

Moammar Gadhafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya's southern desert so that he can turn himself into The Hague war crimes court.

We Need to Talk About Kevin, an unflinching portrayal of a mother's troubled relationship with her son starring Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, won the London film festival's best picture award on Wednesday.

The Arbor, Senna and The Interrupters are among the top nominees for the fifth annual Cinema Eye Honors, one of the top awards given to nonfiction films.

Nokia found out too late that the name for its new Windows Phone, lumia, means prostitute in Spanish. Here are five other hilariously bad translation mistakes.

The NBA world tour roster hasn't been officially settled just yet with only three days until the tour begins. A handful of headline stars such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose all pulled out on Wednesday.