New Zealand is adding 17 occupations including prison guards, welders and aviation engineers to its Immigration Green List, which provides a fast-track to...
New Zealand is adding 17 occupations including prison guards, welders and aviation engineers to its Immigration Green List, which provides a fast-track to...
Jericho, Palestinian Territories: The United Nations' cultural organisation inscribed the "pre-historic site of Tell es-Sultan" located near the occupied West Bank city of...
Bogotá: Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who was known for his oversized depictions of people and animals, has died aged 91, President...
Paris: As global corporations face increasing pressure to report their ethical and environmental credentials, it is spurring a booming industry in businesses looking...
Tokyo: One of Tokyo's last handmade umbrella shops has weathered many storms and is now thriving thanks to booming demand for parasols as...
Doha: Ivy League university Harvard recently made history by hiring its very first Filipino language instructor. This move followed the university's earlier announcement...
The Hague: A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a daring...
Washington: A hotly anticipated biography of Elon Musk describes the turbulent tycoon as a man driven by childhood demons, obsessed with bringing human...
Geneva: Porcelain figurines, a white faux-leather sofa and a foosball table: these are among the items in a House of Savoy auction, providing...
Paris: More than 50 world sites hope for inclusion on the UN's coveted heritage list at a meeting opening in Riyadh Sunday, while...
London: A sale of thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury got under way on Wednesday in London, with...
UNEAU, Alaska: On the morning of the flood, Amy Ballard arranged her twins, Brighton and Broderick, on a hummingbird-and-butterfly blanket for their photo....
Many Peruvians can no longer afford to eat their own national dish, ceviche, as the El Nino weather pattern hits harvests and stokes...
Strangers recognize Sam Barsky all the time. They recognize him when he's walking through a Trader Joe's in his home state of Maryland,...
Berlin: Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a...
Not many people can churn out novels like Jennifer Weiner does. Since 2001,she has delivered a newbookalmost annually, many of them bestsellers. But...
Paris: The for-hire electric scooters that have become ubiquitous in Paris and other cities worldwide will be banned in the French capital on...
Kyra Pellant doesn't like silence. So she banished it from her life. The 29-year-old in Los Angeles wakes up at 6 a.m., pops...
