Ho Chi Minh City: They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene's sin-filled Saigon in "The Quiet American", but the colonial-era buildings of...
Ho Chi Minh City: They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene's sin-filled Saigon in "The Quiet American", but the colonial-era buildings of...
BUCHAREST: Visitors to Romania who yearn for a taste of communist era kitsch now have an entire museum to enjoy. From the mundane...
Melissa Ferry is a big believer in the benefits of allowing students to use fidget toys in the classroom. She points to research...
RENO, Nev.: A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy's is now the most retweeted...
Srinagar, India: Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in the 1990s,...
Rome: The Arabic translation of the "The Secret Agent" by the English novelist Joseph Conrad was recently published by the Mediterranean Publishing Institute,...
Jerusalem: Palestinian fashion designer Natalie Tahhan is hard at work in her Jerusalem studio, replacing the painstaking processes of cross-stitching and embroidery with...
Vatican City: Forty new Swiss Guards were sworn in at the Vatican on Saturday, the latest halberd-clutching soldiers of the pope to serve...
Chicago: As a police officer patrolling the streets of Chicago, Antoinette Alcazar admits to being overwhelmed at times, needing escape from the everyday...
I always worry that saying a book proves something can be done diminishes it a little bit. To praise a book this way...
Reykjavik: "What a view!!" Britain's celebrity chef Jamie Oliver exclaimed under a photo he posted on Facebook of a salmon farming cage nestled...
KORTRIJK, Belgium: A Belgium-based group of refugee musicians has banded together in an orchestra that blends musical influences as diverse as their home...
Beijing: It'll be free. It'll be uniquely Chinese. It'll be an online encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia — but without the participation of the...
Kabul: The photos in the window promise much: languorous, kohl-rimmed eyes and bright, bold nails -- but once you enter the beauty parlours...
Hong Kong: Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday for one of its most colourful festivals, a whirlwind of music and costume...
An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out of school has spent three years creating what he hopes is the world's biggest...
Cairo: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 4,000 year old model garden outside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of...
Geneva: When Canadian Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak sold her print "Enchanted Owl" in 1960, she pocketed $24, but when the piece was resold...
