The oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS will begin his military service on Dec. 13, becoming the first in the band to enlist, local media reported on Thursday.

The highly popular Big Bad Wolf Book Sale returns with a bang after two years, welcoming thousands of excited readers seeking affordable titles.

Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species have postponed until Friday a vote on whether to approve a proposal to protect sharks.

Zara owner Inditex agreed last week to pay a one-off bonus of 1,000 euros ($1,041) to all full-time shop workers in Spain in February, according to unions that are seeking better wages for their members in the face of galloping inflation.

Adidas said it initiated the probe after receiving an anonymous letter making several allegations against the musician, who now goes by Ye.

Chile's massive Atacama desert is a unique and fragile ecosystem that experts say is being threatened by piles of trash dumped there from around the world.

Javier Maluf will quietly put on a shirt worn by Diego Maradona against England, but other fans at the World Cup have more noisy plans for Friday's second anniversary of Maradona's death.

Dutch artist Noella Roos exhibits an authoritative body of works painted over 10 years in Bali. Pentimento invites the audience to learn about Western painting by exploring the human form.

"The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week," Twitter's new owner said, responding to his own post asking, "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?"

Other discoveries include more than 50 bronze coins from the late Roman period as well as a silver coin from around 170-171 AD to commemorate 10 years of rule of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. 

The row started with something minor: 'Edu' was laughing at something on his phone but refused to show it to his girlfriend 'Ali'. She got upset and they started arguing. 

The Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) celebrates an inclusive list of winners as the nation echoes similar joy at the country’s film industry achievements this year.

Creative director Alessandro Michele is leaving French luxury goods company Kering's PRTP.PA star label Gucci after seven years, Kering confirmed on Wednesday.

The wildfire popularity of streaming platforms has hoisted Nigerian and other artists from English-speaking Africa to unprecedented popularity around the world.

Switzerland is banking on the train to bring young European holiday makers into the Alpine country during the forthcoming ski season, the national tourism agency said on Wednesday.

We are used to perceive creativity as something without rules and boundaries. But perhaps that is only applicable when creativity is still within ideation stage. At some point, the creative ideas need to be executed. That’s when constraints must be taken into account. 

Indonesian contemporary artists scrutinize the country's present and future through their work in the Fragmenting Today, Reshaping Tomorrow exhibition.

Viewers will be able to vote via a secure online platform, and a full list of eligible countries will be published nearer the time of the event, usually held in May.

Tjong (2022) is Herry Gendut Janarto’s second novel and takes as its main character a totok (Chinese-born) Chinese Indonesian, Tjong Kei Lin, born to an impoverished family in Guangzhou, China. 

Corrida in which the animal usually ends up killed by a sword thrust by a matador in shining costume, is for supporters an age-old tradition to be preserved, for critics a cruel ritual that has no place in modern society.

Senators Klobuchar and Mike Lee, the top Republican on the committee, did not provide a date for the hearing or a list of witnesses.

Bandung, West Java, post-punk unit Leipzig talks about getting lost in its semantics, the absence of rationale in their chaotic stage acts and avoiding any accountability related to their debut studio album.

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After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users—and everybody else—increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like?

Elton John performed his final North American concert of his farewell tour on Sunday, with a star-studded show at the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium.

Spain's high-speed rail market is heating up with a new operator starting passenger services on Friday, making the country the first in Europe with three players in the sector.

The second entry of the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe is a much-welcome improvement with committed performances by Pevita Pearce and Reza Rahadian. Unfortunately, the franchise still lacks the element of fun.