The island of Madeira off Africa’s northwest coast only has 450 hectares of vines used to make the wine officially designated as Madeira.

Gucci’s new creative director Alessandro Michele unveiled a veritable feast of beanies and flouncy, nipple-flashing outfits as Milan Fashion Week started with a...

Cyberspace was being consumed by an acute philosophical debate on Friday over a picture of a dress many claim is obviously white and gold but others argue just as...

The intended subject of the review for this week had been Hyundai’s Santa Fe SUV, and that was the car on which I had done my research. But as the proverb goes, the...

At one time or another, we’ve all contemplated the idea of a utopian world free of conflict, where poverty and pollution have been eliminated and where everyone drives...

In case you thought the jury was still out on whether size matters, the 2015 Cadillac Escalade is definitive proof that while bigger may not necessarily be better, it...

With Lent underway, many Christians are abstaining from certain foods, especially meat.

Hollywood stars who chose to wear the creations of Lebanese designers on the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards topped the lists of the best dressed of various U.S....

This winter has been unbearably harsh. Admittedly it’s not quite a Boston whiteout scenario, but dramatic enough by poorly infrastructured, underresourced Lebanon...

Watch what you say in your living room. Samsung’s smart TV could be listening. And sharing.

American parents may not have the resources of the National Security Agency, but it’s not that hard for them to snoop on their smartphone-addicted kids.

Felicia Zander had a brain hemorrhage when she was six and spent more than a year in and out of hospital for X-rays, MRIs and about a dozen operations under general...

“I’m not sure I can do this,” I said to myself while climbing a few steps to take a practice ride for a zip line.

There was a time, not all that long ago, when the remote island of Tasmania off Australia’s southern coast was the most feared destination in the British Empire.

When he arrived in the Sultanate of Oman almost 20 years ago to set up shop as a surgeon, Dr. Khaled Abdul Malak had not yet discovered his dormant passion for...

Frequent sauna baths may help you live longer, a study of Finnish men suggests.

In research that contradicts years of health advice, scientists have said that babies at risk of developing a childhood peanut allergy can avoid it if they are given...

Health trends come and go, but one post-birth fad is gaining a foothold in the United States among some new mothers who extol the benefits of eating their own placentas.