Japanese artist, Megumi Igarashi, who made global headlines when she created a vagina-shaped kayak back in 2014 has been convicted in an obscenity trial that lasted almost two years. On Monday, Tokyo District Court slapped the 44-year-old artist with a … Read More
About 100 mothers participated in a breastfeeding flash mob in Hong Kong over the weekend, to protest discrimination against breastfeeding in public. The non-profit group which organised the event, MamaMilk Baby Alliance, said on its Facebook page that it was … Read More
Warning: Video contains graphic imagery. Remember how your mother warned you never to look directly at the sun? Turns out, she was 101 percent correct. On May 9, an astronomical event that only takes place around 13 times a century will … Read More
Three structures donated to homeless residents and once set to be dismantled or destroyed by the city of Los Angeles were returned to the man who built them Friday. The tiny homes, which were impounded for obstructing city streets in … Read More
Amid the thousands of people evacuating their homes as a wildfire ravages Fort McMurray, Canada, some know all too well what it is like to run for their lives — Syrian refugees. They are some of the newest residents of … Read More
A photo series showing Chinese miners covered in soot has gone viral on social media in the country. The series shows coal miners from east China’s Anhui province after work, their faces blackened with soot. They posed for a picture … Read More
As the Canadian wildfires that have already forced thousands to evacuate continue to grow, the world is getting its first glimpse of damage and destruction left behind near Fort McMurray, Alberta. SEE ALSO: Destructive Canadian wildfire fueled in part by … Read More
An Etihad Airways flight has experienced “severe and unexpected turbulence” that caused injuries to more than 30 people, the airline has said. Flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi was 45 minutes away from Jakarta when it encountered turbulence. The Airbus A330-200 landed … Read More
The European Union’s executive Commission is recommending that Turkish citizens be allowed to travel to Europe without visas on short vacations and business trips, a major step toward fulfilling a key part of an agreement with Turkey to deal with … Read More
To mark National Teacher’s Appreciation Day, President Barack Obama paid a touching tribute to one very important educator in his life — his 5th grade teacher Mabel Hefty. “To my 5th grade teacher Ms. Mabel Hefty and the educators who … Read More