Life
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From budget beauty to a luxe Lanka
How Sri Lanka is transitioning to a luxury getaway, and how affluent Indians seeking rich cultural and culinary experiences are key to the pivot
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Japan's skateboarding youth turn street culture into Olympic gold
The efforts are producing spectacular results, with Japan winning three of the four available golds on the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago
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June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor
Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said
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Zarny: Myanmar refugee turned Tokyo designer
Zarny's parents came to Japan as political refugees in 1993 when he was eight. As a teenager, dressing with style became a way for him to avoid being bullied
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Slow art: The master illuminator of Tehran
In the age of AI-assisted graphic design on computer screens, the centuries-old tradition of Persian illumination offers an antidote to rushing the creative process
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First stretch of smart highway opens in the US
In 2020, Cavnue was selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to develop a highway corridor for connected and automated vehicles
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Swiss collection of Impressionist masterpieces shines under a new light
Around 50 paintings, including works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas, are being shown in brighter surroundings at the Hermitage Foundation in Lausanne
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Air pollution drives 7 percent of deaths in big Indian cities: study
Smog-filled Indian cities, including the capital, Delhi, suffer from some of the world's worst air pollution, choking the lungs of residents and posing a rising threat to health still being revealed by researchers
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New cars have gained nearly 400 kg in seven years
Data analysis shows that between 2016 and 2023, the average unladen weight of new cars rose from 1,553 kg to 1,947 kg.
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Revenge savings: New trend among Chinese youth
"Revenge savings" describes the desire to limit spending as much as possible
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Google's greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AI
Google's climate-changing emissions have increased 48 percent in the past five years, at odds with a touted goal of becoming carbon neutral for the sake of the planet