Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in a Tokyo suburb, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-li

Jean Pierre Khoury, a 29-year-old Lebanese man, starts his day at 6 am every morning, juggling between his volunteering work at the Lebanese Red Cross and his C

Chinese singer and former member of South Korean K-pop band EXO Lu Han has come under fire after he was seen wearing a vest decorated with the Shahada, the Isla

China is releasing a series of creative cultural products inspired by the country's first domesticallybuilt aircraft carrier: the Shandong. One of the first

On Monday, photos of the wedding of renowned Chinese choreographer and dancer Yang Liping's student Xiao Han, better known as Shui Yue, and her partner topped

During a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a major roadblock for live shows, the appropriately named Chinese band Mayday held a free online concert f

The Beijing Performance & Arts Group livestreamed a performance through seven Chinese news sites on Monday to mark Children's Day.

The livestream star

From Paris' oldest bridge to Berlin's Reichstag, Bulgarian-born US artist Christo spent decades wrapping landmarks and creating improbable structures around t

Shanghai New York University (NYU Shanghai) held a virtual graduation ceremony for undergraduates of the 2020 Class on Friday.

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Staff far outnumbered visitors to the elegant Chenonceau castle in France's Loire Valley as it reopened on Saturday with meticulously prepared safeguards ag

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The decision to hold the Venice Film Festival despite the coronavirus pandemic is being hailed as a "sign of hope" for the movie world after months of closed

British luxury brand Burberry will cooperate with popular Chinese web reality show Street Dance of China Season 3 to better cater to youth culture in an atte

Archaeologists in East China's Zhejiang Province said Saturday they have discovered a prehistoric shell mound of 8,000 years old at the site of the Jingtoushan

Iceland's dance floors once again pulsed to the beat as the country's nightclubs reopened on Monday after a nine-week closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, two important locations along the ancient Silk Road, have always been veiled in mystery in th

An eerie silence has fallen over Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest, largest and most-visited markets, where a raucous mixture of languages, cu

China and Lebanon signed on Wednesday an agreement aimed at creating cultural centers in both countries, said a statement by the Chinese embassy in Lebanon.

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When the Berlin Cathedral Choir gathered for a rehearsal on March 9, the new coronavirus was still a distant concern, with fewer than 50 confirmed cases in th

Strawberry and chocolate or fig and hazelnut? Italians have been celebrating the end of lockdown with one of their favorite treats: artisanal gelatos.

"After a

May roses are blooming in Grasse, the birthplace of French perfumes, but out in the fields, some of those who pick them face a problem in 2020.

"Working with

When Chinese student Yao Han and her Chinese friend studying in the UK finished shopping in Tesco, a British young guy followed them on their way home and kep

Italy's world-famous archaeological site Pompeii reopened to the public on Tuesday as the country's coronavirus lockdown lifted - though guides outnumbered to

Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on Miles Davis's 1959 jazz classic Kind of Blue - revered by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time - has passed away aged 91

Cirque Du Soleil of Canada announced on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo that the troupe will return to the stage for their first series of post-COVID-19 shows