One student's letter about not being able to attend class has inspired people to help, while calling attention to issues of poverty in the province.
CARACAS, Venezuela — At a small home with a leaking tin roof near Venezuela’s capital, Johandrys Colls proudly shows off...
Ten-year-old Joseph was sleeping on the street beside his unsold plantains in Victoria Garden City in Lagos when media personality...
A Chinese father has offered himself as a "bride" to anybody who can help pay for his young daughter’s cancer treatment.
Mumbai’s slums are getting a colourful makeover thanks to an organization that aims to change how people perceive deprived areas...
While there are those who found the gesture heartwarming and inspirational, some critics questioned why it had to be recorded at all.
Itinerant workers, abandoned children, forgotten victims of Mao-era re-education camps: all find space in Wang Bing’s lengthy cinematic explorations of...
A 69-year-old elderly woman from HK was arrested for shoplifting, but she can't remember if she really committed the crime.
Sitara Wafadar yearns for long hair like other girls. Instead, the Afghan teenager has disguised herself as a boy for...
Americans waste nearly 150,000 tons of food per day, amounting to about one pound (422 grams) per person, and fruits and vegetables are mostly what gets tossed, a study revealed on Wednesday.
