VENICE, Italy - With the flow of Chinese tourists to Europe on the increase, sector operators from both sides have started discussing how to better smooth their trip and make their stay easier in the continent.
RIO DE JANEIRO - With a crown on his head, Marcio Matolias carefully retouches his sand castle, sculpting and smoothing with a shovel as bathers cool off nearby in the suffocating January heat.
LOS ANGELES - She waited 90 years and saw a trail of men and Disney princesses get there before her, but on Monday Minnie Mouse finally got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
SEATTLE - Spam, trout, fried chicken, moon pies and anything slathered in mayonnaise - those are some of the flavors of the Republic of Korea's home cooking that might seem just a bit familiar to the Western athletes and sports fans preparing to descend upon the country for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
The value of the United Kingdom's daycare nurseries shot up thanks to a cheap pound and interest from Chinese investors, according to property adviser Christie& Co.
ANKARA - Turkey's offensive against US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria's Afrin region poses a new challenge to its already ailing ties with the United States, said local experts.
DAVOS, Switzerland - The global economy and geopolitical tensions are taking a back seat to a more immediate problem at this year's Davos summit of political and business leaders: Heavy snow is burying the venue.
ALLAHABAD, India - Millions of Hindu devotees are gathering in northern India for the Magh Mela - one of the world's biggest religious festivals involving ritual bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges river.
JAKARTA - A moderately strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook the Indonesian island of Java on Tuesday, damaging buildings near the epicenter and shaking office buildings in the capital.
BERLIN - A German male nurse serving a life term for killing six hospital patients with lethal drugs out of "boredom" will face trial for another 97 murders, prosecutors said on Monday.
SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain - Thick smoke fills the cobbled streets of San Bartolome de Pinares as the sound of galloping hoofs edges ever closer to a bonfire crackling nearby.
MONROVIA - George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar soccer player in the 1990s, and has spent the last 13 years building political credibility to match his status as a sporting icon.
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