Employees at Activision Blizzard planned a work stoppage on Wednesday to protest sexism at the US video game company, according to a rallying cry echoing on social media.

Coffee drinkers returned to Starbucks cafes in a big way last quarter, fueling a surge in sales and better-than-expected profits, according to results released Tuesday.

On a remote island in Breidafjordur Bay off the west coast of Iceland, a thousand-year-old harvest takes place -- the hunt for elusive eiderdown, used to make some of the world's best duvets and quilts.

Cheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70.

The uncertainty that had plagued tourism since early 2020 was back, to the despair of Tselios and others in an industry that is Greece's economic mainstay and provides one in five jobs.

Many people around the world have found new ways to cope with the pandemic and staying at home 24/7, including Indonesian plant enthusiasts who have taken up gardening and gone on to spread therapeutic joy through plant swapping.

Indonesia is seeing a rise of social media influencers who create encouraging poems with one common characteristic — minimal poetry or prose with equally minimalist artwork as its background.

The dog drinks skip the alcohol, but the canines can enjoy a "Howlapaw Sling" of raw carrot juice or a "Great Expawlor" tray full of shots of apple and raw beet juices.

Owners using the Swimmy app can earn up to 1,200 euros (US$1,413) per month by renting out their pools, said Estefania Leiva, communications director at the Spanish arm of Swimmy, which was founded in 2017 in France.

A group of 26 artists and 45 models celebrated the eighth annual NYC Bodypainting Day, using the human body as their canvas to promote messages like body positivity.

For a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are flocking back to catch the spectacular sunrise above the clouds.

Fans remembered British singer Amy Winehouse on Friday, paying tribute outside her former home in the London borough of Camden on the 10th anniversary of her death.

In the resort of Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, eastern England, beach huts run along the shore for miles, in some places rising up in five tiers.

A man who fended off attacks from a wild grizzly bear for a week straight in the Alaskan wilderness is recovering from his injuries after he was found stranded at an encampment, the US Coast Guard said. 

Israeli Avi Zinger said the ice cream he makes usually brings joy, but Ben & Jerry's decision to stop selling in occupied Palestinian territory has cast his factory into a political storm. 

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.