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.

A teenager who was shown in a TikTok video doing a backflip inside a white rhinoceros enclosure at the Singapore Zoo was charged in a district court on Monday.

Police and wildlife officials initially raided the property on June 27, saying they were rescuing the animal after videos of it appeared on the social media app TikTok, and neighbours raised the alarm. 

It’s said in the music industry that exporting is key to gaining fame at home, and this also seems to be the case for locally made effects pedals that are making (sound) waves in other countries.

Surrenders of dogs to shelters have risen sharply in recent months as owners in poorer communities have lost income or their homes during the pandemic, said Allison Cardona, deputy director of Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control, which oversees animal shelters.

In its pink-walled interior, customers can purchase lattes dusted with cat silhouettes and accompanied by paw-shaped biscuits while cats lounge lazily in an adjacent room.

Italy's players were feted as heroes on Monday with a day of celebrations culminating in an open top bus ride through Rome after beating England in a dramatic penalty shootout to win Euro 2020 at Wembley.

Iran on Monday unveiled an Islamic dating application aimed at facilitating "lasting and informed marriage" for its youth, state television reported.

British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the "experience of a lifetime" -- and one he hopes will usher in an era of lucrative space tourism.

Malta said Friday it would be the first European country to close its borders to anyone who has not been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, following a spike in Covid-19 cases.

Nightlife fans across France can again crowd into clubs from Friday, despite warnings over a looming surge in Covid cases due to the more contagious Delta variant which looks set to become the dominant strain in the country as soon as this weekend.

The era of space tourism is set to soar, with highly symbolic flights by rivals Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin scheduled just days apart.

The recent COVID-19 case spike in Indonesia has not stopped several groups, including rock stars and government officials, from claiming that the virus is not as dangerous as people think.

"I have given birth to 15 children but I have no one," sobs Marie Ebop Ndjock, 77, her head buried between her arms on the table.

Rock stars are turning to YouTube to host their own talk shows. A permanent pivot or a pandemic pastime?

Between increasing house prices, income decline and the pandemic, many Indonesian millennials are deciding to put their dream of having a house on hold.