TARUKA, Nepal - The bulls have easy lives for most of the year. They don't pull plows or wagons. They are fed eggs, rice, corn and buttermilk.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming - How does a bighorn sheep say "cheese?"
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Sitting behind a computer in a classroom and communicating in English with her tutor thousands of miles away in Canada, Anahita whispered with pride that she receives online education from teachers in the United States and Canada every day.
Tourists returned to Europe in their droves in 2017 after concerns about terrorism kept them away the previous year, but the United States became less popular during the same period, possibly as a result of President Donald Trump's behavior.
California senators Scott Wiener and Richard Pan have introduced a new bill to officially recognize the Lunar New Year and encourage awareness of the day's cultural significance to people of Asian descent in the state.
MOSCOW - People living in some of the coldest places on earth are hunkering down as temperatures fall to near-record lows that are even defeating thermometers.
BERLIN - Dozens of sports shoe enthusiasts stormed Adidas stores in Berlin on Tuesday to snatch a pair of shoes launched in collaboration with the public transport network that incorporate the same pattern as the subway's seats, as well as an annual ticket.
ANKARA - Turkey has become the world's second biggest scripted TV content exporter after the United States since the early 2000s, as its soap operas have reached more than 400 million people in more than 140 countries, covering the US, Russia, the Balkans, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
The European Union unveiled ambitious plans on Tuesday to tackle the mountain of plastic waste that is starting to build following China's decision to no longer import and recycle a wide range of such products.
TOKYO - The Japanese government called on public broadcaster NHK on Wednesday to make sure a false alarm warning of a missile launch of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will not be repeated, with tensions still high because of Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
SEOUL - The Republic of Korea's trade deficit in kimchi, its proud traditional side dish of fermented cabbage, reached an all-time high last year as low-priced Chinese imports flooded the market, statistics showed on Wednesday.
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Cape Town, one of the world's iconic tourist destinations, could run out of water by April as the city's worst drought in a century risks forcing residents to join queues for emergency rations.
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