Thousands of worshippers dressed in purple robes paraded a revered icon through Peru's capital this week in a tradition dating from 1687 when a mural depicting the same image of Christ escaped unscathed in a powerful earthquake.
American consumers are expected to spend 2.9 percent more during the holiday season as they look for bargains and pay fewer visits to stores, according to leading research firm.
Professor Xu Rongsheng was responsible for the first Web page in China, which had the address www.ihep.ac.cn and was called "China Window".
Russian spy Anna Chapman posed in the Russian version of Maxim magazine in the most provocative photographs yet to appear of the secret agent who was deported from the United States in July.
Wind has never been a commodity in short supply for the medieval town of Tocco da Casauria in Italy's central Apennine mountains.
You can see groups of migrant workers on the subway, clutching hard-hats and bundles of their possessions.
Sunnuo Qilin is a black pottery master who is trying to update the traditional craft in an effort to keep it alive.
Starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding stones suggest that prehistoric man may have dined on an early form of flat bread, contrary to his popular image as primarily a meat-eater.
More than 200 of the world's most significant cultural heritage sites could be severely damaged or lost which would cost developing nations over $100 billion in lost revenue, a new report showed.
One of the most common business needs is one that many of us often stumble over and even fear -- making introductions.
Five Germans fed up with seeing fruit rotting on trees in towns have set up a website telling people where to find trees bearing free fruit and encouraging them to pick it.
The NBA has joined hands with Shanghai Film Group to release a film starring top basketball players.