A Florida-based produce company is looking to titillate the eye and the taste buds by offering a new red-colored celery to give a "colorful crunch" to salads and dips.
Japan is planning to recruit dozens of foreigners to visit the country and give advice on how to make things more travel-friendly for non-Japanese speaking visitors even as it aims for higher tourist numbers.
A German entrepreneur is bypassing a European Union ban on light bulbs of more than 60 watts by marketing his own brand as mini heaters.
I've always been a bit leery of leaving Beijing during the Golden Weeks.
Several years ago, many of the Dashilar's historic hutong neighborhoods were torn down to make way for redevelopment.
As temperatures drop, heating bills are set to skyrocket. METRO's Todd Balazovic gets expert advice on how to heat your home while keeping your wallet -and the environment -happy.
Fast food giant McDonald's Corp is finding a new role for itself in Hong Kong -- as a wedding planner.
A Hungarian economist turned artist is using digitally manipulated photographs that create almost apocalyptic imagery from real life to promote environmental awareness.
Not only can young Japanese women look forward to a longer life than their male peers, now they also make more money.
Thousands of Australians poured onto the streets and into churches on Sunday to mark the impending canonization of a feisty nun who died a century ago as the country's first Roman Catholic saint.
Google has been working secret, though in plain view of other drivers, on vehicles that can drive themselves.
Berlin's Festival of Lights illuminates the German capital.