He, she, they: Americans and the choice of gender pronoun
A few years ago Emily Gardner, who identifies as “more feminine than not,” instructed family members of a new preference to be referred…
The long-dead medieval Age of Chivalry will soon have its modern counterpart in today’s rising Age of Incivility —unless we...
The contestants in the beauty pageant sashayed in red bathing suits, paraded across the stage in evening gowns with plunging necklines and answered questions about climate change and human rights.
TIBET — Two days ahead of the Year of the Earth Pig, people in the Tibet autonomous region have geared...
Bench parkas, widely known in South Korea as “long padded coats,” have become must-have winter fashion items in recent years.
Some 25 percent of all elderly South Koreans -- defined as those aged 65 or older -- ate every meal by themselves throughout the past year, and they were 30 percent more likely to develop depression than those who had company while eating, a study showed Tuesday.
Montevideo, Uruguay — Ahmed Ahjam spent more than 12 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, but now he has seen a dream come true by starting a business in the country that welcomed him when the nightmare ended.
SINGAPORE — Upcoming Hollywood movie Crazy Rich Asians, based on the bestselling book by Singapore-born, United States-based author Kevin Kwan, is centered on the lives of the ultra-rich and famous in Singapore. So it is only fitting that the film's world premiere, held in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, reflected some of that fabulous glitz and glamour.
With the advent of a super-aging society in Japan, how to deal with end-of-life medical treatment and nursing care is an issue that everyone must think about. The Yomiuri Shimbun focused on a practicing doctor in Gifu who promotes home-based treatment and a system in which patients are cared for at home during their final days. The following is the first installment of the series.
More than 70 percent of college freshmen encounter problems adapting to a new environment, according to a recent research report.
There is a wall mural in the compound of a rundown textile mill located in the Hindu-majority Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai that carries a haunting verse penned down by Urdu poet Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli in the aftermath of Partition: “Hindu bhi sukoon se hai Musalmaan bhi sukoon se, Insaan pareshaan yahaan bhi hai wahaan bhi” (Hindus are at peace, Muslims are too, it’s the humans who are worried here [India] and there [Pakistan] too).
