Australian Open surprise packet Zhang Shuai of China has shown no mercy to injury-ravaged American Madison Keys, recovering from a set down to progress to the quarter-finals.
For contemporary architect Katerina Tsigarida, the island of Patmos is the perfect escape. Having restored several ancient houses to their original glory, she has also made it her home away from home.
Photos shared across Australian social media reportedly showing a male kangaroo grieving over its dying mate have been debunked by experts claiming the endemic marsupial was just looking to have sex.
Digital assistants have grown in both their abilities and adoption in the last few months, learning to pass as people and show empathy – and even love.
A Chinese woman known as “Chicken Feet Lady,” who recently went viral because of her uncivilized behavior of scattering chicken feet on the subway, seems to have seen a rise in her social status after the shameful act became public. This odd twist exposes a deformed piece of social psychology.
Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Iñárritu win
While some of the actresses listed here are already on their way to movie stardom, 2016 will place them in more prominent light with a list of high-profile projects lined up.
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has reportedly apologised for mistakenly sending an SMS to a journalist, calling her a "mad witch".
This Christmas, Gloria Ombogo's elder sister who works in the hotel industry in Rwanda did not travel home to Nairobi to celebrate the holiday with them, yet this did not dampen her spirit.
Determined to defend the singer's dignity and prevent the scattering of her items of commemorative value, the friends had not set upper limits on bids for her trophies, CDs, costumes, photograph albums, and newspaper clippings.
As the year has come to an end, The Straits Times name 10 top newsmakers who inflences the globe of 2015.
The Las Vegas Strip has characters like billionaire tycoons Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn. In the world’s largest gambling market of Macau, there’s Angela Leong.
A New Zealand man was jailed for at least 19 years on Wednesday for the murder of his Chinese ex-wife.
A funny thing happened between China's first female Nobel Prize winner giving her acceptance speech in Sweden and that speech reaching her home country: Two entirely different versions appeared, and the fake one became a viral hit.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended on Monday her refugee policy, promising to reduce the refugee influx through effective measures and calling for a sustainable and lasting solution to the current refugee crisis.
Mandopop queen Stefanie Sun says English-speaking musicians here must be one step ahead of the Western market to succeed
Executive tweets that identical twin girls were born Thursday morning