Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died Wednesday, his doctors said. He was 104.

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died Wednesday, his doctors said. He was 104.

A 29-year-old Indian inventor on Tuesday won $50,000 to help him make a new low-cost mobile phone for the blind that uses a Braille display.

Expectant parents in Japan who can't wait to show the world what their baby will look like can now buy a three-dimensional model of the foetus to pass around their friends.

Famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is in critical condition with worsening kidney function, a clinic where he has been hospitalized for two weeks said Saturday.

Famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is recovering from gastrointestinal bleeding in a Rio de Janeiro hospital, his doctors said Friday.

Renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer remains hospitalized in a Rio hospital Thursday with doctors reporting that the 104-year-old's kidney function worsened.

Renown architect Oscar Niemeyer remains hospitalized in a Rio hospital Thursday with doctors reporting that the 104-year-old's renal function worsened.

Brazil's star architect Oscar Niemeyer, 104, is back in the hospital after suffering another bout of dehydration, hospital officials said Wednesday.

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk on Friday received The Sonning Prize, Denmark's highest cultural award, for his contribution to European culture in a ceremony at the University of Copenhagen.

Dorothy's blue and white dress and her sparkling ruby slippers have travelled from Oz to London's Victoria and Albert museum, where more than 130 of cinema's iconic costumes star in a new exhibition.

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, whose vision helped shape his nation's futuristic capital Brasilia, is in hospital being treated for dehydration, his medical team said Wednesday.

Norway's Queen Sonja inaugurated a new contemporary art museum on the shores of the Oslo fjord Thursday, a giant glass, steel and wood complex resembling a sail designed by Italy's Renzo Piano.

Costume designer Yvonne Blake won a top Spanish cinema award on Saturday for a 50-year career in which she has won an Oscar and dressed the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando.

British costume designer Yvonne Blake won a top Spanish cinema award on Saturday for a 50-year career in which she has won an Oscar and dressed the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando.

A silent killer that stalked Nikita Khrushchev, Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro and other world leaders as they gave historic speeches has been exhumed from the United Nations headquarters.

A shopping centre near Milan is claiming an unusual record -- the biggest vertical garden in the world, covering a surface of 1,263 square metres (13,600 square feet) with a total of 44,000 plants.

Google on Monday announced that it bought the company behind photo-sharing application Snapseed in a move evidently aimed at countering Facebook's acquisition of Instagram.

Scientists on Wednesday reported they had invented an invisible tag using the widely-used "quick response" code to help thwart banknote forgers and criminals who sell bogus drugs or fake vintage wine.

Paris' famed flea market kicked off a week of design-linked events across the capital Friday, with a treasure hunt through its 400-odd booths crafted by the likes of star designer Philippe Starck.