Dutch teenager Laura Dekker headed for the open sea on Wednesday after winning a year-long battle with child welfare authorities over her ambition to become the youngest person to sail the globe solo.
Wearing shorts to work in Hungary might not merit a second glance but in India you are likely to be deemed a slacker who won't make senior management, according to a global Reuters/Ipsos poll on business attire.
Dozens of U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give at least half their fortunes to charity as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men -- Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
Starbucks Corp will begin testing summer drinks with a base of green, unroasted coffee on Wednesday as it works on new products to drive sales and differentiate itself from rivals like McDonald's Corp.
British Girl Guides have demanded Prime Minister David Cameron introduce labeling to distinguish between airbrushed and natural images of women in glossy magazines and advertisements.
Attitudes to love and marriage continue to change since the first Marriage Law was introduced in 1950, and have to play catch-up with people's evolving love lives since then.
About 10 years ago, when phones merely made calls, I had a barroom discussion with a group of colleagues about the advantages of having a mobile device that was connected to the Internet.
Porters at Britain's historic Billingsgate fish market began a campaign on Tuesday against reform plans they say would destroy the 680-year-old institution.
Teenagers who spend excessive amounts of time on the Internet are one and a half times more likely to develop depression than moderate web users, a study in China has found.
It happens every year. When monsoon rains lash Mumbai, the city turns into a cesspool, which along with its potholed roads and gridlocked traffic, mocks its ambition of becoming a global financial center.
Japan's health minister on Tuesday called for a nationwide check on the whereabouts of elderly residents in response to a media frenzy over several missing centenarians.
The Dutch military has an unusual recruiting problem -- it has too many aspiring soldiers and not enough money.
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