Lifestyle
Purrfect for Persians: Tehran's 'meowseum'
Sprawled nonchalantly across the doorstep, a large tomcat...
Business
Reclusive Chinese water tycoon is...
Beijing, China | Until recently, few people had...
Argentina's pandemic-hit events business reinvents...
Buenos Aires, Argentina |Argentina's strict coronavirus lockdown...
Fed vs coronavirus: What can...
Washington, United States | Wall Street has tanked,...
Economic risks 'less pronounced' as...
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | European Central Bank...
Zaha Hadid's 'exoskeleton' tower an...
Miami, United States | In the heart of...
Icon of US road, RVs...
LAGRANGE, UNITED STATES-The six or...
After China, Trump trade wrath...
Paris, France | Governments across the world breathed...
Hyundai to make flying cars...
Las Vegas, United States | Hyundai announced it...
Caviar 'queen': Chinese roe reigns...
Qiandaohu, China | The caviar on the menu...
In the deserts of Dubai,...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |From...
Chicken 'billionaire' Poland is Europe's...
Kondrajec Panski, Poland |In what looks like...
In high-tech Japan, cash is...
Tokyo, Japan |Once a pioneer in cashless...
Italian hydroponics farm bets on...
Grosseto, Italy | The Italian tomato is prized...
New 'coliving' housing option spreads...
New York, United States | Nandita Iyer landed...
Grapevine timeline: DNA shows France's...
Paris, France |Grape varieties brought to France by the...
French farmers seek a pistachio...
Marseille, France |Pistachios are a staple of the...
WeWork shakes up commercial real...
New York, United States | With its free...
From Bethlehem basement, Palestinian distiller...
Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories | In his Bethlehem cellar, distiller Nader Muaddi made...
Help wanted: Tijuana offers Central...
Tijuana, Mexico | They're not just migrants, they're...
Grams of gold fuel French...
Apatou, France | Honda all-terrain vehicles have replaced...
The man who might lead...
San Francisco, United States |...
China cashing out as mobile...
Beijing, China | Yang Qianqian...
High-end luxury homes all the...
Miami, United States | Property...
In US, diamonds are a...
New York, United States |...
In China, universities teach how...
Shanghai, China | A 21-year-old...
Bringing ancient tapestries back to...
Mechelen, Belgium | The painstaking...
Havaianas: the flip-flops emblematic of...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |...
Czech 'GyroDrive' beats flying cars...
Bochor, Czech Republic | As...
In cars, do Americans care...
Detroit, United States | The...
Robot arms replace factory hands
Paris, France- Donald Trump has...
In Detroit, Shinola is 'Made...
Detroit, United States | From the...
The global chain that produces...
Paris, France | That smoked salmon...
Door-to-door book salesman takes his...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | In...
Red Sea 'megacity' an example...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | As...
TPP, RCEP, FTAAP: a user's...
Lima, Peru | Pacific Rim...
The World
'European California' Portugal woos Americans...
Lisbon, Portugal-Nathan Hadlock moved to Portugal...
Women's rights: Long way to...
Paris, France | While International Women's Day on...
A look at three women...
New York, United States | Women in the...
Lula: Brazil's embattled working-class hero
Sao Paulo, Brazil | An ex-metalworker who became...
Who's in the running for...
Geneva, Switzerland |As Roberto Azevedo steps down ...
Tanks and trinkets: five things...
Berlin, Germany | AFP | The 30th anniversary of the...
Sports, raspberries, but no sea:...
Belgrade, Serbia | Serbians will elect a new...
Vera Lynn: the 'Forces' Sweetheart'...
London, United Kingdom | As long as there...
Message, enthusiasm, cash driving Sanders...
Washington, United States |His message is clear,...
'America First' vs 'Make in...
New Delhi, India | Trade ties between the...
'I am here': Holocaust survivors...
Jerusalem- Their faces lined by age...
'Wise owl' Lagarde launches major...
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Christine Lagarde on announced a...
Battle of the Bulge heroes...
Bastogne, Belgium | Seventy-five years after the snow...
Reduce waste, save money: France's...
Roubaix, France | At her home in Roubaix,...
New York exhibition details 10-year...
New York, United States | With...
UAE eyes new frontiers with...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |The...
Spanish royals visit Havana for...
Havana, Cuba | Spain's King Felipe VI begins...
Iron Curtain to green haven:...
Gabrene, Bulgaria | Where 30 years ago barbed...
Nobel season wraps up with...
Stockholm, Sweden | This year's Nobel season has only honoured...
Training ship “Juan Sebastián Elcano”...
Manila/ The training ship of...
In Belgrade, a struggle to...
Belgrade, Serbia | Moments after she was born...
Joel Verschoot, the man with...
Ingelmunster, Belgium |Belgian pigeon breeder Joel Verschoot could probably have settled down...
Ivory Coast's 'Floating Island' points...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | The seaside resort offers...
Israeli farmer remixes ancient scents...
Almog, Palestinian Territories |At his farm near...
Ghana draws African-American tourists with...
Cape Coast, Ghana | US preacher Roxanne Caleb...
Greenland isn't for sale but...
Washington, United States | President Donald Trump's reported...
Sports
Five bright new talents who shone in India-England series
Ranchi, India- India beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test ...
Ukraine twins smiling through bombs to go for Olympic gold
Kyiv, Ukraine - As synchronised swimmers, Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva are used...
'This is best Nigeria team I've played in': Super Eagles captain Troost-Ekong
Abidjan, Ivory Coast -Born in the Netherlands and educated in England,...
Women's squad seeks its share of Saudi football boom
Taif, Saudi Arabia - As Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar pack Saudi stadiums,...
Basque brothers Lucu and Ollivon -- From village people to the bright lights
Saint-Pée-Sur-Nivelle, France - The village of Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle is not too well known...
Arm wrestling grips India with glitzy dreams
New Delhi, India -Athletes flex muscled biceps before going hand-to-hand in...
From Raging Rhinos to Lionel Messi - U.S. Open Cup has unique history
Fort Lauderdale, United States -Lionel Messi has one of the largest...
What to look out for in Euro 2024 qualifying
Paris, France - The road to Germany resumes this week as Euro...
The stars signing up for Saudi's football project
Paris, France - Saudi Arabia has emerged as a force in the...
Women wrestlers battle for equality with Swiss 'schwinger kings'
Romanel-Sur-Lausanne, Switzerland - Traditional Swiss wrestling, known as "schwingen" in German, has...
Five Premier League new signings to watch
Premier League clubs have splashed out over $1.3 billion on...
Rugby World Cup dreams for the girls of Romania
Bucharest, Romania - At the entrance to the changing room of CSM...
Japan-based Koroibete wins Australia's top rugby award
Sydney (AFP) – Japan-based Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete was named Australian...
Fastest men's marathons in history
UPDATING after London Marathon official results Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum ran the...
Berlin patients use ping-pong to ease Parkinson's pain
BERLIN, April 16 — Luci Krippner’s eyes never leave the...
Sextet shine in cycling's new golden age
Paris (AFP) – Mathieu van der Poel's triumph at Paris-Roubaix is...
Beijing kids with autism get help from horses
On a crisp spring day at a Beijing equestrian club,...
Can Paris 2024 deliver a 'climate positive' Olympics?
Paris (AFP) – Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics say they...
'Stand Up And Fight': Albanian Women Footballers Break Taboos
Elbasan, Albania - Emanuela Rusta battled combative crowds and misogynistic headlines for...
Travel
The 'tube houses' that dominate Hanoi's streets
Hanoi, Vietnam | Tall, thin and brightly coloured, Hanoi's "tube houses" dominate...
Cure for summertime blues: Europe gears up for tourists
Paris, France | European tourism has had its worst time in...
Neglected creator of 'Bambi' celebrated in Vienna show
Vienna, Austria | While the 1942 Disney film "Bambi" is world...
Hollywood, history combine in Churchill art auction
Rabat, Morocco |Hollywood's Angelina Jolie and Britain's iconic wartime prime...
The towering sea wall legacy of Japan's 2011 tsunami
Japan (https://www.afpforum.com/AFPForum/Search/Results.aspx?pn=1 smd=4 mui=1 thi=655 lng= fto=1 q=8771743148497290873_0...
New Yorkers rediscover city's pandemic-deserted tourist spots
New York, United States | New Yorkers are taking advantage of...
Up for grabs: Tokyo art exhibit invites theft
The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those...
Egypt unveils two new airports to lure back tourists
Cairo, Egypt | President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated two more airports...
Liverpool 'Beatles pub' gets top architectural listing
Liverpool, United Kingdom | It's a Liverpool institution that was a favourite hangout of The Beatles. Now,...
God save the pub: Britons rally to rescue local watering holes
Ryton, United Kingdom |In the heart of picturesque old Ryton village in northeast...
Rome unveils tomb that may belong to wolf-suckled king
Rome, Italy |An ancient tomb thought to belong to Rome's...
Egypt village turns a profit on used tyres
Mit El Harun, Egypt | Residents of the Egyptian village of...
Michelin strips star from French culinary beacon Bocuse
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France | Two years after the death of renowned French...
One of Thailand's last Chinese opera troupes lights up Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand | An ancient world of swords, warriors and folklore...
Mass snow wedding and crystal towers at China's ice fest
Harbin, China | China's annual ice festival in Harbin has kicked...
Real People
Anitta, the Brazilian superstar making a splash at the Grammys
Los Angeles (AFP) – There is no clear frontrunner...
Television's A-listers ooze glamour on Emmys red carpet
Television's biggest stars on Monday hit the red...
After sensational trial, Johnny Depp releases an album
Fresh off his highly publicized, controversial defamation suit,...
'Elvis' puts the King back in spotlight in N.American theaters
Baz Luhrmann's rock'n'roll biopic "Elvis" hip-swiveled to the...
Beverly Hills 9021...oh: Planning row pits new against old in ritzy US zip code
Beverly Hills (United States) (AFP) – It's a dispute...
Mariah Carey, Eurythmics, Pharrell enter Songwriters Hall of Fame
Mariah Carey sparkled as her peers inducted the beloved...
Paul Anka: Pop's oldest teenager keeps doing it his way
Juan-les-Pins (France) (AFP) – Paul Anka -- the silky-voice...
Top Spanish designers Victorio and Lucchino get own museum
Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Top Spanish fashion designers Victorio...
Julie Andrews 'gobsmacked' by Hollywood award, six decades after 'Mary Poppins'
Nearly 60 years after preaching virtues of patience...
'A great joy': punk laureate Patti Smith granted France's highest honor
As a child, punk-poet icon Patti Smith was...
New York sneaker expo presents some of Virgil Abloh's last works
Some of Virgil Abloh's final creations will be...
Matthew McConaughey urges 'gun responsibility' at White House podium
Actor Matthew McConaughey took the podium at the...
The Rolling Stones open 60th anniversary tour in Madrid
British rock legends The Rolling Stones open their...
K-pop supergroup BTS 'devastated' by US hate crimes
South Korean K-pop sensations BTS didn't sing a...
ABBA superfans flock to avatar show in London
Glammed up in satin knickerbockers, sequins and platform...
'Life imitated art', says 'Black Panther' star in Welsh twins drama
Black Panther star Letitia Wright says she got...
Horror master Cronenberg makes art from 'beautiful' kidney stones
Canadian film-maker David Cronenberg has been shocking audiences...
'Speaking to the soul': Kyiv orchestra starts European tour
Ahead of their first concert since the start...
Happenings
SOUTH AFRICA—Models pose during a fashion competition at the annual Durban July horse race, in Durban, South Africa. The Durban...
Red Bull Air Race World Championship
HUNGARY—Japan's Joshihide Muroya with his EDGE 540 V3...
Japan Wacoal's Latest Swimsuit Collection
JAPAN — Models (from left) Momoko Yokomachi, Seira...
The Snail Games Model
UNITED STATES—Models pose for photos outside the Snail...
Tara Saved my Son
UNITED STATES—Tara a 7-year-old female cat looks out...
Longest Pizza in the World
ITALY—People look at the longest pizza in the...
The 33rd Annual Mermaid Parade
UNITED STATES—A parade participant poses in costume for...
Art of the Construction Site
GERMANY—A child walks past the work "Truck" by...
Weird World
The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
Washington, United States -NASA announced it had used a...
Who doughnut? Australian woman charged over Krispy Kreme truck theft
Sydney, Australian - An Australian woman was charged Thursday with...
Fungi and flatworms: Scientists want more diverse nature emojis
Washington, United States - Too many cats, not enough crustaceans:...
Cambodian artist turns tyres into giant King Kong
Kandal, Cambodia - A giant, snarling gorilla rears from the...
House with all mod cons, inc. meth lab: $1.5 million
Los Angeles, United States- Do you secretly dream of being...
Cheers and sneers as Bulgaria unveils EU's highest flagpole
Rozhen, Bulgaria - A soaring mast in the mountains of...
Spell it out: Paris' Champs-Elysees hosts mass 'dictation'
Paris, France - Not to be outdone by US-style spelling...
Thai cadets break world record with mass martial arts ritual
Hua Hin, Thailand - Thousands of Thai army cadets, university...
Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy
Los Angeles, United States - Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the...
Developers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons
Beijing, China - Struggling developers in China (https://www.manilatimes.net/topic?eid=46756 ename=China lang=en) have started...
Suspected Rome bank robber foiled by tunnel collapse
Rome, Italy - An Italian man had to be rescued...
Su-bear-ru: Bear spends night in US couple's car
Los Angeles, United States-A bear that let itself into...
From tomato tossing to playing piggy: Europe's weirder summer festivals
Paris (AFP) – Summer is here, which means the...
Taiwan Man Invents Stroller For Fish To 'Explore Other Worlds'
In Taichung, Taiwan, Jerry Huang can be seen...
A paw-some day trip: dogs ride Japan bullet train
KARUIZAWA, Japan – On Japan’s bullet trains, dogs...
Elephant in the room: Thai family gets repeat mammoth visitor
Bangkok, Thailand | Some families living in a jungle may be...
Good Health
Singaporeans with dementia find their groove at silent disco
SINGAPORE — Under flashing disco lights, residents at a Singapore...
Has there finally been progress in treating schizophrenia?
Paris, France - For decades there has been almost no...
Swedish kids take the plunge in icy lake survival lessons
Sollentuna, Sweden- The frigid water under the frozen Ravalen lake...
From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer
Paris (AFP) – Could humanity finally be gaining the...
After miraculous comeback, damselfly in distress again
Paris, France - When the damselfly reappeared in France in 2009...
Global Fund raises $14.25 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
New York, United States - The Global Fund to Fight...
Looking for reasons to be cheerful about climate action
Paris, France - With a sunny smile to the camera...
'Synthetic embryo' breakthrough but growing human organs far off
Paris, France - Stem cell scientists say they have created...
New acne treatment 'exciting', but Europe will have to wait
Paris, France - A new drug touted as the first...
Fourth person 'cured' of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight?
Paris (AFP) – AIDS researchers announced that a fourth...
Theme parks, vaccinations and basketball: California gets back to normal
Universal City, United States | Natalie Lucia knew her Los Angeles...
G7 vows action on Covid vaccines, climate change
Carbis Bay, United Kingdom - G7 leaders on Sunday vowed to...
Ancient traditional healing rituals go digital in virus-hit S.Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa | Incense burned gently in the corner of...
Egypt's 'Scorpion King' turns venom into money
Dakhla Oasis, Egypt | Surrounded by thousands of live scorpions in...
'Chasing the virus': How India's largest slum beat back a pandemic
Mumbai, India |When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India's...