The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Monday, the zodiac calendar was to enter the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning shopping centers and office buildings, and government departments have ...
For most people, in most places, 2015 has been a pretty good year.
The past year has seen a number of tugs-of-war, as conservatives promoted past glories and preservation of the status quo while liberals lobbied for unprecedented levels of tolerance.
Reconnecting with home can be a cause for reflection: Where have I been, and where am I going? Is there another life to return to?
Germans are expected to spend less on Christmas presents this year and instead open their wallets to charities as the country faces a record influx of refugees.
A recent survey revealed quite a few inconvenient truths about what people like and don't like when it comes to New Year's cards.
This year's most memorable buzzwords in Japan were recently announced, with the words "bakugai" and "toripuru surii" jointly taking home the top honors.
A closer look at the Japanese words that have made headlines and become part of the lexicon over the past year.
China's financial hub of Shanghai said Sunday it was canceling its famed Lunar New Year lantern festival in the wake of a stampede that left 36 people dead. The announcement illustrates the spreading effects of the Jan. 1 disaster, in which surging crowds trampled people ...
Some wailed and some staggered with grief as relatives of the 36 people killed in Shanghai's New Year's Eve stampede visited the disaster site Tuesday for seventh-day death commemorations, which are a revered ritual in China. But each family was allowed to stay only about ...
Revelers crowded New York's Times Square and converged on the beaches of Brazil and skyscrapers of Dubai to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters. But tragedy struck in Shanghai, Baghdad was ...
A huge blaze believed to have been ignited by firecrackers razed nearly a thousand shanties and killed three people in a creekside slum in the Philippine capital, one of more than a dozen fires across the country linked to raucous New Year's celebrations. Strong winds ...
