London is the first city in the world to implement a 24-hour, seven day a week Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards or face a charge.
Toweling his brow in a back room, away from the action on the final day of the Hong Kong Sevens, Bryan Habana reflects on his first time at the world-famous event.
In a rare interview, fashion's head of state and editor-in-chief of Vogue responds to questions concerning fashion's impact on the environment and fur.
Liz Smith had always dreamed of becoming a mother and building her own family, but her road to motherhood was rough. She suffered from infertility and went through several treatments that didn't work.
For the past 150-some years, while the Confederate battle flag has monopolized attention with its corrosive symbolism and inflammatory bluster, a different, largely unknown Confederate flag -- the Confederate Flag of Truce, which the South used in the process of surrendering to the North -- has been quietly waiting for its moment in the spotlight. That moment is now.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, has launched what amounts to a "Make Europe Great Again" campaign, in an attempt to unite far-right political parties across the continent ahead of parliamentary elections next month.
The world recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, which has changed the world for the better in many ways. It's now easier than ever to buy things with the click of a few buttons, share information quickly and safely, and give people who previously did not have a voice platforms to express their opinions.
The United States military pulled a contingent of its troops from Libya on Sunday amid a surge in violence in the capital city of Tripoli, America's top commander for Africa said.
Theresa May has faced many crucial moments in her quest to make Brexit happen. She has also taken risks that have not paid off -- especially her decision in 2017 to call an unnecessary election that resulted in her throwing away her party's majority in Parliament.
The UK government has expressed concern over a new extradition law between Hong Kong and China, as British lawmakers warned the move could see pro-democracy activists, journalists, and foreign business owners surrendered to Chinese authorities.
One of the more striking campaign ads preceding Israel's upcoming elections featured footage from 2011 of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House telling Barack Obama that the President's wish to see a restarted peace process between Israelis and Palestinians was pie-in-the-sky.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, has completed a three-week attachment with the UK's Security and Intelligence Agencies, observing firsthand the country's fight against terrorism.
It wasn't so long ago that German politicians wrote a love letter to Britain, published in The Times, pining for British humour, ales at the pub and a proper cup of milky tea. Timed just before Valentine's Day, the letter read:
Every day during the racing season, 55-year-old Zhang Yajun wakes at 4 a.m. and carefully loads bamboo cages containing his 76 cherished racing pigeons into a van. Then he drives up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) from his Beijing apartment to release them.
