People with disabilities answer all kinds of questions about their lives during a recent seminar at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Celebrities were out in force in 2019 to lend their names and star spotlights to causes ranging from homelessness to climate change and indigenous rights.

Hu Guanmei, 64, has never quarreled with her family. According to her, the secret is to sing Dong songs.

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said on Monday that talking to US President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.

Finding love is never easy, as actress Sharon Stone discovered when she was blocked on dating app Bumble after multiple users reported her account as fake.

A senior dance artist from Central Java’s Surakarta, Suprapto Suryodarmo, died on Sunday at the age of 74. Mbah Prapto, as he was called with affection, ran the Lemah Putih art center, whose artists hail from around the globe.

Yanti Lidiati strives to boost the potential of her hometown, Ibun district. 

Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, wrote an open letter of thanks to Britain's midwives on Friday after spending several days observing a hospital maternity unit, calling their work humbling and crucial.

Tom Hanks was awarded honorary Greek citizenship on Friday, the state Athens News Agency said, adding an official touch to a long love affair with the country.

The sister of the late British pop icon George Michael was found dead on Christmas Day, three years to the day after the singer-songwriter passed away.

Olivia Newton-John, the UK-born Australian singer who found worldwide fame in the hit movie "Grease", was given a damehood in Britain's traditional New Year Honours unveiled on Friday.

As the year draws to a close, we take a look at which women managed firsts in their fields.

It’s clear that renowned painter and sculptor Kartika Affandi, who just turned 85 in November, has been boisterously independent for all eight decades of her life.

Charlie McMillan is no ordinary city official -- he's only seven months old and a new face of the anti-abortion movement in America.

Norwegian author Ari Behn, who was previously married to the country's Princess Maertha Louise,  died on Wednesday aged 47, his manager told AFP, saying he had committed suicide.

Allee Willis, who wrote the theme song for the hit television show "Friends," has died at age 72, her partner Prudence Fenton announced Wednesday.

One of Bollywood's leading directors called on three superstar actors to break their silence about a new citizenship law that has triggered riots in India, saying they could influence millions of fans.

After a torrid 2019 in which the queen's son Prince Andrew was implicated in an underage sex abuse scandal, many in Britain are again asking if the monarchy has gotten too big -- and rich -- for its own good.

Britain's Prince Philip, 98, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, is "all right" in hospital where he has been under observation for three days, his son Prince Charles said on Monday.

On the outskirts of suburban Jakarta, housewife Dita Agusta lives with more than 250 cats she has taken in off the streets, creating a shelter for the animals she hopes will one day be adopted.

French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, who described himself as a "sensual obsessive", has died in Paris at the age of 86, his family told AFP on Sunday.

In a short online video, a Chinese man with a round face and a buzz cut pops open a beer cap with a single chopstick.

When a 9.1-magnitude quake opened a faultline deep beneath the Indian Ocean, it triggered a tsunami as high as 17.4 meters (57 feet), killing more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.

American actress Rosanna Arquette spoke to The Jakarta Post about her activism, being involved in the new Untouchable documentary and Harvey Weinstein.

Prince Philip, the 98-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, went into hospital on Friday for precautionary treatment on a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said.

A group of Indonesian students has won silver and bronze medals at the 2019 International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in Doha, Qatar.

What makes scientist Intan Suci Nurhati, the only Indonesian chosen as one of National Geographic’s 40 Women of Impact, truly happy is encouraging young people to understand and love science.

Film actor Idris Elba has arrived in his father's native Sierra Leone for the first time, the government said, where he is due to receive citizenship and celebrate Christmas with the president.

Eight-year-old Ryan Kaji earned $26 million in 2019 on his YouTube channel, making him the highest-paid creator on the platform, according to a list published Wednesday by Forbes magazine.

Suni’s love for jamu is not one driven by business opportunity, but rather accumulated as she grew up.