NEW DELHI - Shakeel Ahmad wanders the cramped alleyways of Old Delhi offering water from a goat hide canteen slung over his shoulder, a centuries-old service welcomed by thirsty vendors toiling under the baking Indian sun.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - As other Qomolangma hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his daughter's 13th birthday party and preparing for his company's annual general meeting.
LONDON - Britain's prestigious Norland College, which has trained the creme de la creme of the world's nannies for over a century, has added anti-terrorism training to its curriculum.
LONDON - Netflix, the video-on-demand company, will not be allowed to compete at the Cannes Film Festival after this year unless it changes its policy and gives its movies a cinema release, organizers said on Wednesday.
BEIJING - It is mid-June, and the temperature has reached 40 degrees Celsius on the outskirts of Samarkand, an ancient city in Uzbekistan, where an archaeological team composed of Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists is busy excavating a large tomb of the Yuezhi people.
WASHINGTON - An American teenager has broken the world record for the most retweets, in a crusade to win a year's supply of his favorite food: chicken nuggets.
MADISON, Wisconsin - Four public schools in the United States have blocked students' access to popular social media apps to test whether behavior, school safety and grades improve with fewer online distractions.
LAGOS, Nigeria - Phizbarz is only 23 but hopes to become the next Nigerian Afropop star to be famous across Africa - and to get himself known and earn a living, he's using his mobile phone.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A conservation group is asking the public to name a rare albino orangutan that was rescued from villagers on Borneo island last month, hoping it will become a symbol of efforts to save the critically endangered species.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned the country could defeat any aggressors but insisted that the world come together to fight terrorism as Moscow marked 72 years since victory in World War II.
BEIJING - The Republic of Korea will have a new president after Tuesday's election. Amid increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul is more than ready for a positive leadership that underlines a return to the previous pro-peace policy toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan's experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging populations, warning that parts of the region risk "getting old before becoming rich".
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