Designer turns the tables with high-end indigenous fashion

Centuries ago, Spanish colonizers forced their Bolivian servants to wear the puffy skirts that have come to symbolize the country's "cholitas", or indigenous women.

Two former aides to Park quizzed over political scandal

Prosecutors on Monday questioned two former key presidential aides over allegations they helped a shadowy confidant of President Park Geun-hye meddle in state affairs and secretly visit her office.

Farms help nation welcome sarus cranes lost for 50 years

A fuzzy-headed baby sarus crane hatched on a rural farm this fall offers a glimmer of hope for wildlife conservationists, organic farming advocates and a nation grieving after the death of their beloved king. That's because this chubby chick named Rice is the first of its auspicious species to survive after hatching in the wild in Thailand in 50 years.

'Utter devastation' after major quake

A powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake pummeled central New Zealand on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and setting off hundreds of strong aftershocks.

6 Chinese tourists airlifted out of quake-hit town

A first batch of six Chinese tourists has been airlifted from the worst-hit town of Kaikoura to Christchurch after a deadly quake rocked much of New Zealand early on Monday.

Trump names Priebus, Bannon to senior White House roles

US President-elect Donald Trump was weighing contenders for other top jobs in his administration after choosing Washington insider Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and firebrand outsider Stephen Bannon as senior counselor.

Iraqi troops recapture Nimrud, a 3,000-year-old Assyrian city

Iraqi soldiers recaptured the town of Nimrud on Sunday and the nearby ruins of the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city which was overrun and bulldozed two years ago by Islamic State militants.

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Kerry vows to keep fighting to protect climate agreement

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he will continue his efforts to implement the Paris Agreement on global warming until the day President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan 20.

US to resettle refugees languishing on islands

The United States has agreed to resettle an unspecified number of refugees languishing in Pacific island camps in a deal that is expected to inspire more asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat, officials said on Sunday.

Spreading message of the medicine

Growing up in Peru, Orlando Leiva Meza developed a fondness for Chinese cuisine and martial arts. But it was his decision to become a traditional Chinese medicine doctor that has cemented his ties with China.

Rowling gives voice to movie for a cause

J.K. Rowling came to town for a movie and a cause.