Mogok, Myanmar: Every week Aye Min Htun prays he will find the ruby that changes his life, one of thousands of people scratching...
Mogok, Myanmar: Every week Aye Min Htun prays he will find the ruby that changes his life, one of thousands of people scratching...
Berlin: The first reprint of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany since World War II has proved a surprise bestseller, heading for its...
Chennai, India: By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in India's tech hub Chennai. But in his spare time, he is...
FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico: Maria Yam Pérez scrambles eggs over a wood-saving, earth-block stove and stirs in freshly chopped chaya, a spinach-like jungle...
BEIRUT: The screams of a dozen Syrian and Palestinian children pierce the air of a community centre in Lebanon's Shatila refugee camp. Yet...
SOLOMEO, Italy: Brunello Cucinelli says he feels like the Roman emperor Hadrian: responsible for the beauty of the world. And as he gazes...
JAKARTA: Only a year ago, this stretch of the Ciliwung river in Indonesia's capital was foul-smelling and clogged by a thick layer of...
Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and former NBA player Michael Jordan are among the 20 wealthiest American celebrities, Forbes reported on Wednesday....
Yakawlang, Afghanistan: "I make my money for me," declares Afghan beekeeper Jamila pointing emphatically at her chest. Her small honey-making business provides not...
Newly widowed, Kay McCowen quit her job, sold her house, applied for Social Security and retired to Mexico. It was a move she...
Butembo, DR Congo: In DR Congo's war-infested Great Lakes region, carpenter-turned-sculptor Sauveur Mulwana has left a trail of monumental statues over the past...
Ottawa: Ancient spuds recently dug up on Canada's Pacific coast are blackened and surely unedible, but are the first proof, say researchers, that...
Santiago: The world's oldest mummies have just had an unusual check-up. More than 7,000 years after they were embalmed by the Chinchorro people,...
New Delhi: Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world's most famous diamond the Koh-i-Noor surpasses them...
Havana: She needs help sitting down, but no sooner has she done it than Alicia Alonso is tapping her foot three times and...
DAKAR: More than 300 communities across four West African countries with some of the world’s highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) are...
Moscow: In Russia, elderly women are usually expected to forget about fashion and watch their grandchildren. Not 71-year-old Olga Kondrasheva, who is fighting...
Los Angeles: Breast implants, a photo of the brain of John F. Kennedy, a cheerleader's outfit and the sketches of a serial killer:...
