Dressed in Chelsea soccer shorts and a wide-brimmed hat, Than Tun toils away in his paddy field on the outskirts of Yangon. Grueling work that once helped Myanmar become the world's largest rice exporter is today a lonely job for farmers.
Cuba is far from seeing a McDonald's or Starbucks open anytime soon, but the diplomatic thaw with the United States is bringing more visitors to the sweltering island.
US health regulators have questions about the data submitted by tobacco maker Swedish Match in its bid to become the first company to market a smokeless tobacco product as less harmful than cigarettes.
A study of Australian exercise routines has found that people need to workout vigorously enough to work up a sweat to reap any benefits.
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter acknowledged on Wednesday that al-Qaida was seizing territory amid the chaos in Yemen, but vowed that Washington would continue to combat the extremist group despite the ongoing fighting.
Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires.
Syria said on Wednesday that military action is needed to solve the worsening situation in the Yarmuk refugee camp, one day after it said it was ready to offer Palestinians its firepower to support their battle with the Islamic State group there.
Japan's imperial couple arrived in the Pacific island nation of Palau on Wednesday, the site of a fearsome battle with US troops, on a rare overseas visit related to World War II.
CIA director John Brennan gave a staunch defense of the nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, expressing surprise at Teheran's concessions and describing criticism of the accord as "wholly disingenuous".
Germany's economy minister branded Greece's demand for 278.7 billion euros ($312 billion) in reparations from World War Two II as "stupid" on Tuesday, while the German opposition said Berlin should repay a forced loan dating from the Nazi occupation.
Greece has not asked Russia for money to help cope with its debt and financial problems and wants to resolve them within the European Union, a Greek government official said on Wednesday.
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