Culture & Society

Afghan female powerlifters flex their muscles   Lifting weights heavier than themselves, the group of around 20 women are flexing their muscles in a country where sport has long been the domain of men. Inside the Afghanistan...

Oscars 2018: The Winners Compiled by ANDREW R. CHOW    Jordan Peele wins best original screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards. Credit Patrick T. Fallon for The New York Times The 90th Academy Awards rewarded a...

From Time’s Up to Inclusion Riders: Women Take Charge at the Oscars By BROOKS BARNES and CARA BUCKLEY     From left, Frances McDormand, Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster at the Oscars. Credit Patrick T. Fallon for...

Cuba's Capitol reopens after years of restoration   Capitol, an imposing neoclassical gem previously shunned as a symbol of US imperialism now to become the seat of Cuba's national assembly in the capital Havana. People visit the...

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates   Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to...

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...

Landmarks around the world light up for Chinese Lunar New Year   Thousands across the world have celebrated the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year by lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish...

Haitians shrug off daily struggles and get into the Carnival groove   Carnival in Haiti goes back to 1804 and not even the country's devastating 2010 earthquake was enough to eliminate celebrations.   A dancer performs as she...

Lady and the Unicorn: Mona Lisa of the middle ages weaves a new spell Brigid Delaney   The tapestries on display at the Art Gallery of NSW have appeared in everything from the writings of George Sand...

In Pictures: Millions celebrate Lunar New Year   People around the world usher in the Year of the Dog with dancing, feasting, prayers and ceremony. Incense sticks of various sizes were placed into an urn at a...