Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.
Paleontologists say they've found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America.
For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.
A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town."
Apple's sixth generation of iPhone may have a larger screen than its previous models, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.
When fishermen returned to the deep reefs of the Gulf of Mexico weeks after BP's gushing oil well was capped, they started catching grouper and red snapper with large open sores and strange black streaks, lesions they said they'd never seen and promptly blamed on the spill.
The lure of “paradise” has brought millions of tourists to Bali over the last decades. Last year alone, the figures suggest more than 2.6 million tourists visited the island.
The community in Bener subdistrict, Yogyakarta, has been conducting and promoting environmentally friendly activities since 2007, with Atik Soekarno and Novi Ariani as the main motivators.
Free "canteens" have been set up for wild elephants to reduce the friction with villagers caused by their return to the improved environment of Pu'er in Southwest China's Yunnan province, said Shen Peiping, Party chief of Pu'er.
Even in hard times, fighting climate change is not a luxury but a necessity, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as climate negotiators bickered about how to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to adapt to a warming world.
More than two-thirds of Chinese residents, both in urban and rural areas, are satisfied with their health service, with fewer than 10 percent being unsatisfied, the People's Daily reported on Friday, citing a survey.
“A study says that, women nowadays don’t really feel like they have to get married because they are already happy with the five Cs — career, condominium, credit cards, cars and condoms,” says actress Lola Amaria.
While most people are familiar with high blood pressure and diabetes, not many have heard about oral cancer and its devastating effects.
Colorectal cancer is cancer of the large intestine, which consists of the colon and rectum. The incidence of this bowel cancer is increasing at alarming rate in Southeast Asia and may become the number one type of cancer over the next 10 to 20 years.
Gynecology is the study of female diseases, as opposed to obstetrics, which is the study of pregnancy and its related disorders. The three most common gynecological problems which may need surgery are uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and heavy menstrual bleeding.
Honest depictions of a less glamorous side of the fashion industry have been captured by four world-renowned photographers.
Beauty salons today are not merely the place to get a stylish haircut or be pampered with a series of treatments — salon owners also touch up their places with captivating décor to transport their clients through a stress-free atmosphere when spoiling themselves for hours.
These philosophies are relevant when talking about the house of author Ayu Utami.
Brazil coach Mano Menezes failed to pick Ronaldinho on Friday for friendlies ahead of the London Games, virtually ending the player's chances of making it to the Olympics again.
Batik with one of the subtle, russet motifs of Yogyakarta was flapping lazily on a clothesline, seen through the open window of the unassuming warung to the southeast of the city.
Abdi dalem or royal servants may represent the truest form of devotion. They devote themselves to the keraton (sultanate palace) and their sultan, taking care of the palace and its arts, culture and household affairs without considering their own pay or any hierarchies of personnel.
In this day and age, for some it might be hard not to view Betawi culture as a victim —closed, fragile and pure but constantly ravaged by modern culture in its own land, the country’s capital of Jakarta.
The 11th Indonesian Dance Festival, which began this February is slated to culminate this June, includes for the first time a competition for aspiring local dancers and choreographers.
Nepalese devotees throw vermilion powder on each other during Sindur Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, on Saturday. Sindur Jatra Festival, is celebrated to welcome the advent of spring and the New Year.
The almost 75 villages and hundreds of banjar in Denpasar took around 10 days or more to prepare their temple’s paraphernalia and offerings for the Melasti ritual.
A Big Mac burger is healthier than 75 percent of NHS hospital meals, a recent study conducted in the UK has revealed.
Raden Sirait shows his love for the kebaya, traditional women’s attire, by staging a theatrical show to display his latest creations, marking his eight-year career in fashion.
Nothing lasts forever, not even a fashion model. Having gone through runways and magazine covers, where do all the retired beauties go?
Marketing consultant Monica Tan has spent US$4,000 on virtual weapons and energy boosters in her four years playing a video game.
Models present creations of Indonesian fashion designer Monika Jufry during the Jakarta Fashion and Food Festival in Jakarta on Friday.
Actor Gary Sinise is keeping a promise to help raise money for a southwest Virginia Marine who lost his limbs in Afghanistan.
Contrary to her controversial and eye-catching image, Lady Gaga is actually very modest, according to a representative from local concert promoter Big Daddy Entertainment.
With uncertainty surrounding US singer Lady Gaga’s upcoming concert scheduled in Jakarta, it has been rumored that her promoter has switched the venue to Bali instead. Bali officials, however, appear to be uncertain over the issue.
One day after he succumbed to cancer, Bee Gee Robin Gibb was hailed in his native Britain Monday as a master musician whose interests went far beyond the recording studio.
The hullabaloo on whether the Manila concert of American pop superstar Lady Gaga would corrupt the morals of the Filipino youth has made it to the pages of international publications like The New York Times and Rolling Stone.
While the majority usually channels their ideas, thoughts and emotions through writing, aspiring photographer Andra Alodita is one-of-a-kind, expressing herself through pictures.
Her exotic figure has been seen on local and international runways, fashion events and lifestyle magazines, standing out from the crowd. Meet one of the most-talked about Indonesian fashion models around: Laura Muljadi.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday.
Expectant mothers are usually busy with ante-natal classes, getting the nursery ready, and shopping for baby clothes.
Migrant worker rights group Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (Home) will open a third drop-in centre and hopes to open another shelter as well.
An exhibition about Indonesian migrant workers held in Jakarta this month received a boost of inspiration from participating artists’ experience of living in areas known to house pockets of migrant workers.
The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks.
Surfboard shaping is 90 percent hydrodynamics and 10 percent art form, according to surfboard shaper Luke Studer.
Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently reconstructed Old Town while contemplating the ups and downs of European history, including the famous shipyard strike led by Lech Walesa.
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 this year. And what a historic span it's been. Big, bold and orange, the bridge is a beloved symbol of San Francisco and one of the most instantly recognizable landmarks in the world.
For many divers, an encounter with a turtle may be an ordinary thing. But for me, getting up close with the creature when diving in Ambon’s underwater world was a dream come true.
Crystal clear water, white, sandy beaches, people sunbathing at beaches and cottages along the coast set a different atmosphere at the exotic cluster of three tiny resort islands nestled between the famed islands of Bali and Lombok.
While googling enthusiastically about tourism information on Manado, North Sulawesi, Bunaken always came up first.
