Kathryn Sargent made history on Wednesday by becoming the first female master tailor to open her own shop in London's prestigious Savile Row.
A Chinese official has received a flurry of compliments from the online community after she starred in a series of photographs promoting the picturesque village where she lives and works.
Iraq-born architect’s most famous commissions include Vitra Fire Station in Germany and Guangzhou Opera House in China
Myanmar entered a new era on Wednesday as Aung San Suu Kyi's democracy movement took power after 50 years of military domination, with a close aide of the Nobel laureate sworn in as president.
While U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is still leading the race to her party's nomination, the difficulty she's been having with rival Senator Bernie Sanders underscores a disenfranchised and angry electorate.
Editor of The Real Singapore sentenced to 10 months in prison after admitting to publishing fabricated stories about ethnic minorities
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said here Wednesday that a platform for sharing all intelligence services is needed to fight terrorism.
For the Sabiny community in eastern Uganda, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-rooted cultural custom.
Syrian opposition delegate Bassma Kodmani stressed on Thursday the High Negotiations Committee's (HNC) wish to move quickly with ongoing talks so as to find a solution to the Syrian crisis within a six month timeframe.
A star-studded welcome dinner was held last night at Conrad Macau, Cotai Central, as a prelude to the Asian Film Awards (AFA) Ceremony to be held tonight at the Venetian Macao.
Australian Adelaide Zoo's female giant panda Fu Ni has failed to fall pregnant for a fifth consecutive year, according to Zoos SA on Wednesday.
A survey revealed on Sunday that up to 80 percent of children living in sub-divided units, partitioned flats or rooftop shanties, suffered from different degrees of backbone problems.
The Philippines’ Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday for leading presidential candidate Grace Poe to run in May elections, removing a major obstacle in her bid to become the country’s third female leader.
As Hong Kong struggles to increase its fertility rate, hovering well below “replacement” level, young mothers who gave birth at an early age often find that motherhood comes with nightmares. The young women complain that not only do they face hardships raising a child, but that they also meet with open discrimination.
It is not as if tennis does not know how to march on without Maria Sharapova. She has missed extended periods of play because of major shoulder surgery and other ailments during the past nine years.
"Fatma", a mother of twins with a demanding workload, was distraught to discover she was pregnant again. Her doctor agreed to perform an abortion, she says, only after she promised to pretend the procedure had been a medical emergency.
Emily Ting's debut feature film, a romantic drama into which she's sunk her life savings, offers Western audiences 'a refreshing take' on the city, she says. After a months-long wait, the film is now screening in Hong Kong.
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