In her yellow-and-white striped beach hut, Melanie Whitehead boils the kettle for a cup of tea and sits gazing out over the North Sea.

With no expertise, no experts, and no money, an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver in Papua set up a rehab center for street children addicted to glue.

"There are other identities besides that of man and woman, and they must be respected," said President Alberto Fernández at the presentation of the new document, adding there were "a thousand ways to love and be loved and be happy."

Inspired by nostalgia for 90s power-pop bands like Green Day, Blink 182 and Weezer, up-and-coming Indonesian artist Cellosux is ready to usher in his own “punk revival”.

Want to know how it feels to have so much money that you can randomly splurge on mansions, houses, tigers and even end world hunger – and still have some to spare?

Nuno Duarte claps in Tokyo's Aomi Urban Sports Park and the sound echoes around the empty stadium, which will host Olympic sport climbers and 3x3 basketball players -- but no spectators.

For fans like Tom Cogdall, a 63-year-old retired Army officer who lives in Milwaukee, it was a long time coming.

Tokyo 2020's cutesy Olympic mascots are plastered across the host city, but they have competition in mascot-mad Japan, where cuddly characters promote everything from prisons to health screenings.

The popular TikTok video-sharing app was blocked Wednesday in Pakistan for a fourth time because of "inappropriate content", the country's telecommunication regulator said. 

Even the best online education matters little if students can barely afford to log on.

Ten years after the bloodiest attack in Norway's post-war history, survivors of the Utoya massacre say the country needs to finally face up to the far-right ideology behind the massacre.

It's a neighbourhood watch with a difference. A clean-nosed crew, sniffing out trouble and keeping the streets safe for school kids: meet the pups of Tokyo's real-life Paw Patrol.

A local community that focuses on excessively decorating their vehicle with colorful decals is all about satisfying their lust for anime and grabbing people’s attention on the streets.

Graced with rolling vineyards, bountiful big game, the iconic Table Mountain, endless sandy beaches and vast cultural riches, South Africa would have expected to cash in on a post-virus travel boom.

A ram the size of a small pony tosses its head inside a sumptuous pen illuminated by flashing disco lights, before lunging at some ewes half its size.

Inside an unassuming store in New York's Greenwich Village, around a dozen men unlock black briefcases, remove sports cards and begin to trade them -- a growing hobby and industry that has boomed during the pandemic.

Thrill-seekers might soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks -- and envy-inducing Instagram snaps -- from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off. 

In a beachside suburb of Senegal's capital Dakar, fisherman Madiop Dieng urges police officers to get dozens of youngsters out of the water. 

Jeff Bezos sets his sights on a new frontier in space in the coming days after building a gargantuan business empire which has in many ways conquered the Earth.

Carefully preserving an animal takes patience and attention to detail -- luxuries Pakistani Jahangir Khan Jadoon says he doesn't always have when a bereaved pet owner rushes into his workshop. 

Swiss luxury goods group Richemont, which owns the jeweller Cartier, said Friday that sales had climbed above their pre-pandemic level thanks to customers in Asia, the Americas and Middle East. 

Sales rose by one percent in the group's first quarter or three months to late June, compared with the equivalent period in 2019 before the pandemic erupted, Burberry said in a statement.

With little fanfare, Rubah Di Selatan has made itself known among European and South Korean audiences by staying true to its Yogyakarta roots. Entering 2021, the neofolk band is ready for its next move.

The country’s culinary industry is honing in on the emerging vegetarian trend.

After nine decades in print from prerevolutionary to modern Indonesian history, legendary Javanese magazine 'Panjebar Semangat' is nearing its end.

"Wesh, "wesh", "wads", "ska", "fol"... the hunt was on for that elusive word in French that would ratchet up the bonus points and unlock the top prize.

The pool, which holds the equivalent of six Olympic swimming pools, has been verified by Guinness World Records as the world's deepest swimming pool for diving. Deep Dive Dubai says it is 15 meters deeper than any other.

It isn't easy being a fan of the South Korean boyband, but members of BTS ARMYs in Indonesia have found a sense of belonging and purpose in the band's messages of love and compassion.

The pop band announced it would be releasing a new single soon with a female vocalist and "Britpop" sound.

The regulations, aimed at stopping gym-goers breathing too hard or splashing sweat on others, ban gyms from playing music with a faster tempo than 120 beats per minute during group exercises like zumba and spinning.