Japan is celebrating the record-breaking Emmy Award wins of the American television series Shogun. Many Japanese, however, say they have not watched the series. Shogun is a historical fiction that explores the country's warring dynasties in the feuda...
The Brazilian sport of footvolley is a popular activity on sunny days along Rio de Janeiro's coast. But, recently, people stopped to watch one especially exceptional player: a three-year-old named Floki. But the young player is not a child. Floki is...
James Earl Jones' Darth Vader Voice Can Speak Anew with AI During his more than 60-year acting career, James Earl Jones' voice became a star of its own. Jones died this week at the age of 93. One of Jones' career decisions continues to be an issue of...
Remembering American Actor James Earl Jones American actor James Earl Jones died Monday. He was 93 years old. His agent, Barry McPherson, said Jones died at his home in the Hudson Valley area of New York. The cause of death was not reported. Jones wa...
One of the most popular foods in South Korea is kimchi. It is a kind of fermented cabbage or other vegetables. Now farmers, manufacturers and scientists say climate change is affecting the quality and quantity of the napa cabbage used to make the dis...
Labor Day is a national holiday to celebrate workers in the United States. The holiday, on the first Monday of September, is on September 2 this year. For Americans, the holiday also informally marks the end of summer. The hot days of summer turn to...
Cambodia has celebrated the return of numerous cultural art pieces stolen during the country's civil war period. Prime Minister Hun Manet recently led a ceremony to welcome the pieces, called artifacts, back to Cambodia. The event took place at the n...
In the 1970s, a lack of community investment resulted in a large number of people leaving Harlem, a well-known New York City neighborhood in northern Manhattan. Nearly 50,000 people, about a third of the area's population, left to escape violence, cr...
Americans are showing more interest in owning unusually small cows, goats, donkeys and other small farm animals. These animals are cute. They require less food and space. And they might even help cut the grass. People who farm for fun are known as ho...
Researchers are one step closer to understanding how Britain's ancient circular structure, Stonehenge, was created. The circle of huge rocks stands in southern England near the tip of northeast Scotland. Its so-called altar stone lies flat in the cen...
From the United States and Britain to Russia and South America, cats often appear in famous public places. Cat fans say the animals bring value to the places where they live. Cats can add a cute element or reduce the number of rodents. Sometimes, cat...
For many years, cups of instant noodles have been a favorite among Korean Air passengers. However, they will no longer be available for economy-class travelers starting August 15, said a spokesperson for the Seoul-based airline. Korean Air said its d...
Singapore's House of Seafood restaurant is the country's first eatery to offer insects to customers. The change comes after the city state's food authority recently approved 16 kinds of insects for humans to eat, including grasshoppers, grubs and mea...
A popular rapper in Puerto Rico has kept his job as a doctor to help deal with a shortage of medical workers in the United States territory. Many Puerto Ricans know Dr. Pedro Juan Vzquez by his performing name, PJ Sin Suela. But others are now gettin...
Italy's Historic Trains Draw Visitors to Less Popular Areas As it moves across central Italy, an old train pulling carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National Park and the Abruzzo highlands. Across 100 kilometers, t...
