Beirut Explosion: Healing the Wounds
London Fashion Week kicked off Thursday in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic with Britain's Burberry putting on a live virtual display of its latest collection which broke with the traditional catwalk show.
China is offering state-sponsored marriage counselling to couples before they tie the knot in an attempt to slow rising divorce rates.
The current director of France's Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, the target of a massacre by terrorist gunmen in January 2015, said Wednesday the magazine had "nothing to regret" for publishing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that angered Muslims around the world.
The only Black designer belonging to Italy’s influential fashion council is demanding a "long overdue cultural reform’’ from her colleagues under the slogan:...
"Put your masks on!" repeats the DJ, shouting vainly into his microphone, but the dancers below, dripping in sweat, don't seem to care.
A tearful young Lebanese woman clutches her cat to her chest -- like many Beirutis, she was relieved at being reunited with her pet after the blast that...
Sara Buie lined up a summer lifeguard job to help pay for a new laptop, textbooks and a backpack for her freshman year at Virginia’s James Madison University....
A total of 156 countries have joined the global COVAX scheme intended to ensure fair distribution of supplies of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance...
A British COVID-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost all cases, an...
A Dutch start-up has created a biodegradable "living coffin" made of a fungus, instead of wood, which it says can convert a decomposing human body into key...
Facebook is launching a new initiative this week to encourage Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential election, the latest effort by the social network...
India's famed Taj Mahal and some schools reopened on Monday as authorities pressed ahead with kickstarting the nation's coronavirus-battered economy despite...
Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation.
A Bosnian fan of both Ford trucks and Elon Musk's Tesla could not just sit on his hands waiting for the electric carmaker to release its Cybertruck, expected...
Tesla Inc's rapid rise to become the world's most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon...
On a summer's evening, the streets of central London echoed to what has become a rare sound during the coronavirus pandemic: the chatter and laughter of...
A restaurant on Spain's northeastern Mediterranean coast is pioneering a dining experience that allows customers to avoid most face-to-face contact with staff...
The devotion of dogs to people has been remarked upon for centuries. In Mexico, one man’s love for his dog cost him his life.
The world's biggest cosmetics companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something like this: If your husband's lost interest in you, if your...
Ask a woman if she’s been called the B-word by a man - perhaps modified by the F-adjective - and chances are she’ll say, "You mean ever, or how many times?"
On July 27, 1980, the former Shah of Iran died of cancer while in exile in Cairo, 17 months after being driven out by his country's Islamic Revolution.
What started as a shop on London’s Bond Street in 1847 selling cigarettes and tobacco has paved its way into becoming the leading international tobacco...
Bikes are booming across the globe as people seek to avoid crowded buses and trains for their daily commutes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic -- or get...
Bedford High School canceled its senior prom, and a persistent pandemic means prospects for dances to be held this fall are slim to none.
Campaigners for Japan's nightlife workers say they need realistic guidelines for how to stay safe and remain in business amid the novel coronavirus, which has...
On one side are parents saying, let kids be kids.
Fatma Youssef stuffs rice, chicken or meat and vegetables into boxes spread on her dining table -- tens of them in the last few weeks.
Forget Beluga caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon or ortolan, the tiny bird that French gourmets put a napkin over their heads to eat so they can savor every...
Video may have killed the radio star, but on the reaction to the first ever digital Paris fashion week, the queens of the catwalk can breathe easy.
A six-month old cat named "Pupi" who survived a trip with his Tunisian owner across the Mediterranean before landing at Lampedusa is in good health and will...
Young Palestinian soccer players, all amputees and many on crutches, were back on the field in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time since coronavirus...
Uber unveiled plans Tuesday to launch grocery delivery through its recently acquired subsidiary Cornershop. The new service will roll out in cities in Canada...
The first ever digital Paris fashion week started Monday to mixed reviews from fashionistas.
Timothy Kane, CEO of Goodway Technologies Corp, has never been so popular. Making machines that spray disinfectant, once a niche business, is now an essential...
School districts across America are in the midst of making wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus...
Asking people in English pubs to keep their distance is going to be tough after they’ve had a few of their favorite tipples.