Herat, Afghanistan: Hunched and shrivelled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and vases...
Herat, Afghanistan: Hunched and shrivelled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and vases...
Kazo, Japan: A crop once deemed so important it served as a form of currency, Japanese rice has fallen out of favour with...
Rio de Janeiro: Ballet is a world conjuring images of luxury and entertainment, a preserve for the cultured, the elite. That may be...
London: A walking and talking robot appeared in Britain's parliament for the first time on Tuesday, prompting Twitter users to seize the chance...
Amsterdam: Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum is to restore the Rembrandt masterpiece "The Night Watch" under the full gaze of the public, as well as...
Oslo: Archaeologists said on Monday they have found what they believe are traces of a Viking ship buried in southeast Norway, a rare...
Tokyo: From tiny one-person cubicles in underground stations to camping tents under towering skyscrapers and even karaoke clubs: in workaholic Japan, salarymen are...
BOSTON: For 35 years, Ruth D'Eredita tried to dismiss her former professor's behavior - the way he touched her, groped her and kissed...
Lebanon: At a new private museum in Lebanon, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile is displayed alongside millenia-old statues retrieved from the...
Najaf, Iraq: In the covered alleyways of old Najaf in Iraq, poetry and philosophy books compete on laden shelves with economic treatises, the...
Tokyo: Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous...
LONDON: Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments...
Paris: Defenders of the French language on Thursday pleaded with people to stop using the English term "fake news", recommending they refer to...
MAE LA NOI, Thailand: When Noknoi attended high school in northern Thailand, she dreaded roll call every morning, when the teacher would call...
Paris: When Canadian scientist Donna Strickland got the early morning call informing her she just won the Nobel Physics Prize, she could barely...
LONDON: Young British people are more likely to call out inappropriate behaviour after the #MeToo movement heightened global awareness of sexual harassment, a...
PARIS: Arrayed between elegant stone buildings and run-down railway tracks in the northwest of Paris lie bustling playgrounds, plant-filled ponds and stretches of...
Vatican City: Two Chinese Catholic bishops are to take part for the first time from Wednesday in a synod, or advisory body meeting,...
