LONDON - Britain has become one of the first countries to require large companies to report pay discrepancies between male and female employees under a law that came into effect on Thursday - as part of a push to promote gender equality in the workplace.
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a handful of nerve cells in the brainstem that connect breathing to states of mind. The finding, published in the journal Science, explains how slow breathing induces tranquillity.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Residents of Bangladesh's coastal Khulna city are largely dependent on groundwater but during the summer months the water level falls drastically.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - After 10 hours at sea, Halldor Armmansson surveys the bins of freshly caught cod lining the deck of his boat.
KABUL - Jumping from one wall to another in a ruined building on the western edge of Kabul, Jamil Shirzad explains the rise in parkour among youngsters in Afghanistan.
HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq - Some Iraqis in this town get massages in a spa or take muddy baths and relax in the morning sun on the banks of the Tigris. Others beg for food or rise at dawn to queue for water.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - Russia is open to extending its partnership in the International Space Station with the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada beyond the currently planned end of the program in 2024, the head of the Russian space agency said on Tuesday.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - On one of the busiest streets in Kathmandu's Thamel tourism hub is a red, three-story building with a board outside which reads, "Seeing Hands Nepal".
PARIS - The world's most lethal scorpion, the death stalker, has been caught on high-speed camera for the first time lashing out with its lethal stinger, scientists reported on Tuesday.
AARLE-RIXTEL, Netherlands - Just decades ago there were thousands. Now only about 30 Dutch clog-makers remain, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes more often found today as fridge-magnets rather than footwear.
LOS ANGELES - Harrison Ford will not face any penalties over mistakenly landing on a taxiway at a Southern California airport earlier this year, the actor's attorney said Monday.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A sapphire rush has brought tens of thousands of people into the remote rain forests of eastern Madagascar, disfiguring a protected environmental area and prompting calls for military intervention.
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