TEHERAN, Iran - Iranian theater director Hossein Parsaee calls Victor Hugo's classic a "masterpiece without borders" but his groundbreaking production of Les Miserables that has hit the stage in Teheran has a few unique twists.
NEW YORK - The National Society of Film Critics (a US film critic organization) on Saturday chose Chloe Zhao's low-budget debut feature, The Rider, as best picture of 2018.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - With its imposing columned facade, hunting trophies and oil portraits, the Rand Club in Johannesburg's city center is a relic of South Africa's colonial past.
For people who are escaping the wintry mainland for tropical areas like Sanya city, their vacation starts as they begin packing.
SHANGHAI - Long Zhijiao, 25, took her parents to Iceland to see the legendary Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis this year. The unconventional trip was truly unforgettable.
URUMQI - Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region received around 2.1 million tourists during the recent three-day New Year's Day holiday, which started on Dec 30, 2018 - a year-on-year increase of 40.58 percent.
LOS ANGELES - Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, unveiling the very first stages of the solar system's history.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The sweet aroma of mutton smoke drifts through a maze of crumbling alleyways, a barbecue tang that for decades has lured meat-eaters from across Pakistan to the frontier city of Peshawar.
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai authorities suspended ferry service and began evacuations on Thursday ahead of a powerful tropical storm that is expected to pound the Southeast Asian nation's famed southern beach resorts.
MOSCOW - The number of confirmed dead from a New Year's Eve gas explosion in a Russian apartment block jumped to 37 on Thursday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of the partially collapsed building.
ATHENS, Greece - Three migrant fishermen received Greek citizenship on Wednesday for helping rescue dozens of people who were forced into the sea by flames from a summer wildfire that caused 100 deaths.
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