For Dimitra Dionysopoulou, who lives in the shadow of the Acropolis, there is no mistaking the signs of the Airbnb takeover in her neighborhood.
Cuba’s love affair with 1950s-era American cars is still intact, but the communist-run island also has a lingering attachment to a stalwart of Soviet-era leftovers: the motorcycle sidecar.
Europe’s first underwater restaurant opens in Norway Wednesday with more than 7,000 customers booked in to eat among the fish.
A Netflix Inc. experiment that began with viewers picking a movie character’s breakfast cereal may expand to letting the audience choose the best on-screen date or the safest path to escape an ax murderer.
Barefoot in a blue striped shirt, Ahmad al-Hamadi walks from school to a cemetery in the Yemeni capital where he works to help his family survive.
It took a while, but finally and with the carefully curated help of Oprah, Big Bird and Goldman Sachs Apple has at last unveiled a new streaming TV service,...
Apple looks to begin a fresh reinvention Monday as it rolls out Hollywood stars for its new streaming television service, part of a broad shift of direction...
Decades into the U.S.-led war on drugs, coca plantations continue to surge like a green tide across ally Colombia’s Catatumbo region.
Scientists are closing in on a way to help young boys undergoing cancer treatment preserve their future fertility - and the proof is the first monkey born...
For breast cancer survivors, the risk of tumors returning casts a long shadow, with recurrence possible up to two decades after a diagnosis.
With snow covering the mountains ever since the first big storms of the season rolled over Lebanon around New Year’s Eve
Hundreds of civilians and military personnel braved storms earlier this month to compete in “Alpha Patrouille des Cedres,” a backcountry ski race around the...
Remote-controlled robot jockeys lined up at a major camel racing festival in northeastern Egypt, as owners came under pressure from campaigns to stop using...
Google Tuesday unveiled a streaming platform called Stadia that allows video game play on any internet-connected device, eliminating the need for games...
When California legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016, Gene Grozovskiy decided he would show tourists the big change behind the scenes. Now he’s seeing...
Swimming with the famous golden jellyfish in Palau can be put back on the bucket list following a two-year ban, but bathers may be stung with a hefty price...
If you like gawking at breathtaking sports cars with enormous engines, flowing aerodynamics and expensive carbon-fiber bodies, then you are in the right place...
The most expensive new car ever sold is a one-off Bugatti luxury sports car that has gone for 16.7 million euros ($18.9 million).
After years of war, the scent of laurel oil once again wafts from a small soap workshop in Aleppo, signaling the revival of a landmark trade in the battered...
The humble cassette - that tiny little plastic rectangle containing the homemade mixtapes of yesteryear - is back, joining vinyl as a darling of audiophiles...
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem would not be so meek “or worried about approval” if she had her life again.
Destroyed first by the Nazis and then by government cuts, Italy’s very own “Trans-Siberian” railway has reopened thanks to the work of hobbyists, taking...
Under a large circus-style tent, Dior showcased its latest haute couture collection to a crowd of Mideast-based fashionistas, social media figures,...
Like Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz,” the Southern California city of Lake Elsinore is being overwhelmed by the power of the poppies.
You wouldn’t think the poorest country in the Americas would be anyone’s shopping dream.
A star racing pigeon named Armando has fetched a record 1.25 million euros in an online auction, Belgian media reported Sunday.
The music booms and lights flash as Masatane Muto, a wheelchair-bound disc jockey, uses is eyes to put on a show at a recent Tokyo music festival.
A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes but experts say more work is needed to tell if using...
Google is looking to transform internet-age game play, with an expected launch of a streaming service that uses the tech giant’s power in the internet cloud.
Long relegated to providing comic relief or playing supporting parts, plus-size actresses are finally getting their due with juicy front-and-center roles in a...
We’ve all dreamed while stuck in traffic jams of being able to just lift off and fly over the gridlock.
The most distinguishing feature of Jamie Adams’ new ale isn’t its hoppy bite but its compelling backstory - brewed from yeast in bottles of beer that went...
It began with a solitary, 15-year-old girl camped out in front of Sweden’s Parliament next to a handwritten sign: “SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE.”
Famous for his high-speed car chases, James Bond is hardly an obvious tree hugger.
Facebook grappled Thursday with a widespread outage, forcing millions of people to taste life without the world’s largest social media platform.
Tapping fingernails triggering goose bumps, whispers sending shivers down the spine: the brain-tingling world of ASMR has the internet clamoring for sounds...
It’s a trend driven less by nostalgic baby boomers than by an eco- and fashion-conscious younger set, many of them drawn to the analog attractions of pens,...
Her jackets and jeans, bangles and bags can instantly send tongues wagging and designers’ sales soaring.
Vienna has been named the city with the best quality of life for a 10th consecutive year in a survey published Wednesday.