US, Japan ink trade agreements

The United States and Japan signed limited trade agreements in Washington on Monday, but critics said they fell short of the wide-ranging Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, trade pact the US abandoned when Donald Trump became president.

Turkey ready for Syrian operation

Turkey said on Tuesday it had completed preparations for a military operation targeting Syrian Kurds after the United States began pulling back its troops, while Syria called on the country's Kurds to rejoin the government side.

3 win Nobel Physics Prize for discoveries in cosmology

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been won by three scientists for their work on understanding our universe.

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3 get Nobel Medicine Prize for learning how cells sense oxygen

The 2019 Nobel Prize for research in physiology or medicine will be awarded to scientists Peter J. Ratcliffe of Britain and Americans William G. Kaelin and Gregg L. Semenza "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability".

New whistleblower may give Democrats fresh leads

WASHINGTON - US House Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine may have fresh information to work with after a new whistleblower stepped forward with what the person's lawyer says is firsthand knowledge of key events.

Police look for 2 men in Kansas shooting that killed 4

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Two men opened fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early on Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others in a shooting believed to have stemmed from an earlier dispute, police said.

Macron pours cold water on Johnson's proposals

The prospect of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed Brexit divorce deal being rubber-stamped by the European Union faded on the weekend when the French president said it needed an overhaul to stand any chance of success.

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GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK

The profile of grandmas is changing with more and more elderly women adopting a fashionable lifestyle in keeping with the times, writes Yao Yuxin

Asians strive for a zero-waste lifestyle

Daisy Tam Dic-sze, an academic in Hong Kong, decided to develop a crowdsourcing application last year to help solve one of the city's biggest problems - food waste. The Breadline app connects bakeries with volunteers to collect leftover bread for charity groups.

Indian couple tie the knot as their green wedding leaves no signs of trash

When Veena Balakrishnan became engaged last year, she and her fiance Vignesh agreed to host an eco-friendly wedding. Balakrishnan, an entrepreneur and environmental advocate in the southern Indian city of Chennai, said she was keen to avoid a typical marriage ceremony that results in huge amounts of waste.