Egyptian falconers gathered in the desert of Borg al-Arab near Alexandria to celebrate World Falconry Day, hoping to increase awareness of the sport and help preserve the ancient tradition.
Kenzo Takada, the Japanese designer who retired at the height of his career nearly 20 years ago, wants to show the world how he came up with the pathbreaking designs that helped catapult a wave of Japanese creators onto the Paris stage. After years of taking time for himself, “I again needed to do something, to work,” he told AFP. “I am very happy, but at times I feel nostalgic.”
The first formal count of polar bears in waters between the United States and Russia indicates they’re doing better than some of their cousins elsewhere. Polar bears are listed as a threatened species because of diminished sea ice due to climate change.
Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in the desert, miles from the Nile-side city that has been the seat of power for more than 1,000 years. Often, what lies behind the billboards are Cairo’s most overcrowded neighborhoods, with shoddily built homes and dirt roads frequently inundated with sewage water.
Legend has it that the intricate needlework used in embroidery known as “Lefkaritiko lace” was of such high quality that Leonardo Da Vinci himself bought a...
In an Egyptian schoolyard, hundreds of fans watched as amateur fighters with painted faces and dramatic costumes recreated an American-style wrestling show.
Poor countries around the world are facing a dangerous shortage of toilets that puts millions of live at risk, according to campaigners marking World Toilet...
It was the Roaring ’20s. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House, the New York Yankees had just won their third World Series title and Mickey Mouse made his...
Would-be fathers have long been advised to wear boxer shorts and avoid hot tubs, to avoid too much heat damaging their reproductive chances.
Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health.
The World Week of Italian Cuisine inaugurated its third edition over the weekend, beginning an international weeklong run of foodie events to celebrate and...
As a group of tourists, foreign NGO workers and a smattering of Lebanese gather next to the St. George Hotel on Beirut’s waterfront,
SpaceX got the green light this week from U.S. authorities to put a constellation of nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit in order to boost cheap, wireless...
The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetically...
Adventurer Ross Edgley became the first man to swim around the coast of mainland Britain as he completed a 2,865 kilometer-trip to make a triumphant return to...
The Philippines’ most famous resort island, Boracay, will reopen Friday after a six-month cleanup intended to fix the damage done by unrestrained mass tourism.
Ford won't be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China - despite President Donald Trump's claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese...
The Ford Mustang – an iconic American brand and a symbol of cool – reached a major milestone Wednesday as the 10 millionth vehicle rolled off an assembly line...
Rome’s monumental problems of garbage and decay exist side by side with the Italian capital’s glories, including the Colosseum.
In ancient times, Arab tribesmen dug diversion tunnels to protect their trading post of Petra against desert flash floods.
Marilyn Monroe’s Golden Globe Award sold for a record-breaking $250,000 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, auction officials said late Saturday.
Inside the machine-crammed Mouhtarides factory near the Greek-Turkish border, Ioanna Pistola deftly spins a silk thread in a loom, ignoring the deafening...
A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele.
There are more gorillas in the mist a rare conservation success story, scientists say.
He sleeps fully dressed, dreading a midnight wolf attack on the flock of sheep penned in close by his hut, high up in the French Alps.
A Black Panther “slash claw” and a plastic Power Rangers sword are among the items topping a consumer safety group’s annual list of worst toys for the holiday...
San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy “iGen.”
Sealed in a vault beneath a duke’s former pleasure palace among the sycamore-streaked forests west of Paris sits an object the size of an apple that...
When Iraq’s female cycling team snatched bronze and silver medals at a landmark pan-Arab race, it was thanks to athletes from the autonomous Kurdish region.
A $300 bottle of wine sold in the United States and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places: at the foot of the Himalayas in China, where farmers sing...
Hundreds of Iranian women attended a crunch football match in Tehran, in a rare step seen Sunday as a “victory” by local newspapers and hailed by FIFA as a...
Every so often, 33-year-old Masaki Kitakoga slips into a tiny booth with a desk and a chair and belts out karaoke tunes for 90 minutes completely on his own.
Michael Jackson’s iconic black “Bad” jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, was sold for $298,000 late Saturday, about three times its original asking...
The planet’s top models transformed into angels for the glitzy Victoria’s Secret fashion show Thursday, donning wings, barely-there lingerie and plaid for a...
Soaring birth rates in developing nations are fuelling a global baby boom while women in dozens of richer countries aren’t producing enough children to...
If a tree falls in the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, it doesn’t matter if there’s no one around.
A cult German board game whose fans include Hollywood actors Mila Kunis and Woody Harrelson may not seem the most obvious vehicle for raising awareness about...
“Go on Rocky, find it! Good boy!”
As a young dancer compared with ballet legends Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rolando Sarabia made headlines around the world when he abandoned Cuba...