TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A gaunt 92-year-old man in a wheelchair sunbathes in a narrow courtyard, motionless, his eyes closed. Nearby, a few dozen other elderly men with short gray hair exercise slowly as an instructor gently calls out: "Don't strain yourselves."
Britain should be doing more to encourage people living in the United Kingdom to learn and speak English, said Sajid Javid, the nation's secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
IRRUA, Nigeria - A battle is being waged on two fronts against an outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has killed 110 people in the country this year.
PARIS - Hubert de Givenchy, the aristocratic French fashion designer famous for the "little black dress" and styling Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has died aged 91, his partner said on Monday.
CAIRO - While most men of Sobhi Mohammed's age are relaxing in their twilight years, this 80-year-old prefers lifting weights, and putting his much younger gym mates to shame in the process.
BOSTON - A winter storm packing a powerful snowy punch bore down on the northeastern United States on Tuesday, closing schools, snarling travel and threatening to knock out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
The Syrian army on Monday secured the evacuation of civilians from recently-captured areas in the capital Damascus' eastern Ghouta countryside, state news agency SANA reported.
Japan should clarify its stance on Korean Peninsula issues and avoid using it to ease domestic political pressure, an expert said, as Tokyo has shown its anxiety over the upcoming DPRK-US dialogue.
Liby Group, the largest manufacturer of domestic cleaning products in South China, was listed as a "green factory" and "green design product" supplier by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in October.
SYDNEY - Australian economists collectively gasped two weeks ago when US President Donald Trump announced that Washington would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel products and a 10 percent barrier on aluminum imports.
It's time to attend to an injured Terracotta Warrior.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - To their detractors, they're dirty, alien invaders whose incessant chatter ruins Sunday morning lie-ins.
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