Cannes, France: He is worshipped as a saint in thousands of Vietnamese temples, held up as a prophet of European unity and a...
Cannes, France: He is worshipped as a saint in thousands of Vietnamese temples, held up as a prophet of European unity and a...
BANGKOK: Business is booming for Siri Seatea's traditional dress shop in Bangkok. "Out of the 30 years I've been running this shop, this...
MARMUL DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN: In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created...
TOKYO: A woman mayor in western Japan protested sumo's male-only rules Friday in a speech she was forced to make outside of the...
Zagreb: A Croatian man walked 200 kilometres (130 miles) carrying a heavy wooden cross on his back to protest the country purchasing military...
Sarajevo: Even if few can understand their lyrics, including the band members themselves, Bosnian rock fans have taken a new local group that...
NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn.: What makes a grown woman cross an ocean and sleep for three nights on the street in a "pink princess...
KERBALA: A small group of Iraqis including a soldier who fought in the civil war have turned to model making to deal with...
Tokyo: A relaxing soak in a hot tub is a time-honoured stress reliever but the advantages are not confined to humans -- with...
Paris: Neanderthals had large, protruding noses to warm and humidify cold, dry air, a study into the distinct design of our extinct European...
Tokyo: Faced with a growing number of injuries from deer bites, authorities in Japan's Nara Park have issued tips on feeding the hundreds...
BUFFALO: Cellphones are still absent from most U.S. schools but new data shows them steadily gaining acceptance as administrators bow to parents' wishes...
BOSTON: A new illustrated book about the theft of $500 million worth of artwork from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum went on sale...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Streets. Schools. A bridge in Burkina Faso. The name of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. can be found across Africa,...
BOSTON: Jonathan Garland's fascination with architecture started early: He spent much of his childhood designing Lego houses and gazing at Boston buildings on...
NEW YORK: Anita Shreve, the best-selling novelist who explored how women responded to crises past and present in her native New England in...
Paris: Areas of the Amazon previously thought to be uninhabited may have been home to up to a million people in the centuries...
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed its first female performer from the Arab world few months, smashing cultural taboos as the US-based pageant seeks...
