Culture & Society

Cleaning snails proves lucrative for Cameroon woman   A female entrepreneur in Cameroon ventures into cleaning and cooking snails and ends up making a fortune out of it.   Snails are mostly sold alive in West African markets...

Hit film about Istanbul’s cats finally comes home to Turkey Melis Alemdar   Turkish filmmaker Ceyda Torun lived in Istanbul before moving overseas with her family. She never lost her fondness for the city or the...

A glimpse of Homs' lost cultural heritage in an Istanbul gallery Melis Alemdar   Since 2011, Homs has become famous around the globe as a symbol of the Syrian uprising. The "Echoes of Homs" exhibition offers a...

'Chinawood' hopes to challenge Hollywood for cinematic dominance   China inaugurated the Qingdao Movie Metropolis this weekend, dubbed "Chinawood", which aims to become the global capital of film production. But as a tool of soft power,...

  Oscars 2018: The complete list of nominees By Michael Rothman and EMILY SHAPIRO https://youtu.be/mJBH1q8rnjw The big day is here! The 2018 Oscar nominations are in and "The Shape of Water" led the way with a whopping 13 nods,...

Mongolian reindeer herders' way of life under threat   In the vast and wild forests of northern Mongolia, a centuries-old way of life is migrating closer to modernity. One of the world's last nomadic reindeer people near...

Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church   Archaeologists say they have found almost fully intact temple and burial grounds of Saint Nicholas in Antalya. Turkish archaeologists have dashed the hopes of millions of...

Why is Kaia Gerber suddenly the centre of the fashion universe? Hadley Freeman   Cindy Crawford’s daughter is just 16 and already all over the catwalks. In her weekly advice column, our style expert asks if celebrity...

Here's How The Romanovs Spent Their Final Days Before Their Tragic Execution By Natalie Zamora   The slaughter of the Russian Royal family, the Romanovs, was a shock all over the world. It still is today, even...

1,000-year-old China Song dynasty bowl sells for record $37.7m   Bowl, originally designed to wash brushes, breaks record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby’s says. A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song dynasty sold at auction for $37.7m...