In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion ...

It’s a beautiful thing to have a mother with a full century of life experiences. Folks who endured the Great Depression, ...

Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese ...

Nikos Kazantzakis is for many the best Greek writer of the 20th century and his books have been translated more than his ...

Awadhi cuisine maestro Imtiaz Qureshi, the force behind ITC’s Bukhara and Dum Pukht, died on 16 February last year but he’s ...

Marcus Detrez displays the photos he intends to donate in Beijing on Tuesday. Detrez believes the photos document the ...

Frenchman Marcus Detrez was leafing through an album of photos depicting his grandfather's fulfilling life in Shanghai in the ...

At least 18 people have died, including 14 women, after a stampede at the main train station in New Delhi, according to local media. The deadly surge happened at about 8pm local time on Saturday ...

At least 18 people - 14 of them women - were killed in a stampede at a railway station in New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Sunday. Many of the victims were Hindu ...

“There’s minefields that should be being worked on right now, and they’re not,” he told This Week in Asia. “What can happen? People can die … lives are at risk.” ...