South Korean City Turns to Matchmaking to Increase Low Birth Rates While Christmas music played, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near the capital of Seoul with their names written for others to see. They were hoping to find love. T...
What the White House Looks Like for Christmas U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again. On Monday, Biden held a gathering to show the White House Christmas decorations. Magic, Wond...
Clergy Connects with Young People through Music Guilherme Peixoto, a religious official in northern Portugal, has been busy this month. He celebrated religious services, watched over remembrances for the dead, and prepared electronic music for his ne...
Pastoralists Modernizing to Deal With Climate Change, New Lifestyles More than 50 million people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere follow pastoralism as a way of life. They keep animals and move with them to find lands from which their a...
Serena Williams, Ruby Bridges to Be Honored at Womens Hall of Fame Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in March of next year. The American organization in Seneca Falls, New York made the announceme...
Thanksgiving: An American Tradition The American holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. The holiday is during autumn -- the main season for harvesting crops. Thanksgiving is an autumn harvest festival lik...
How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get Its Name? The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey. In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake. We could s...
Is a Chinese Movie Keeping Away Visitors to Thailand? A Chinese movie that shows scams in Southeast Asia could be frightening visitors from China from traveling to Thailand, researchers and data suggest. The movie No More Bets was released in August....
Animals Receive Blessings in Place of Children in Aging Japan A traditional ceremony for children in Japan is growing popular for animals there as well. Natsuki Aoki recently flew with her two Chihuahua dogs from the western city of Hiroshima to Toky...
Hollywood actors reached a deal to end their four-month strike this week. But it could take some time before you will see your favorite actors on television and in movies again. The deal permits many actors, writers and technicians to get back to wor...
The Philadelphia Orchestra arrived in Beijing Tuesday for a tour that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the group's first visit to China. 费城交响乐团星期二抵达北京，开启了一场庆祝该乐团首次访问中国50周年的巡演。...
More and more of Judy Branfman's friends and neighbors found themselves unable to afford housing in Venice Beach, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. So, Branfman began photographing the houses and apartments being sold, renovated, and then resold at two...
Taylor Swift Headed to This Law school, in Theory 泰勒斯威夫特进军法学院 University of South Dakota law professor Sean Kammer's friends told him they were unsure about the seriousness of his upcoming class on musical performer Taylor Swift...
Michelangelo's 'Secret Room' to Open for Visitors Visitors will soon be able to see a long-hidden space inside the Medici Chapel in the Italian city of Florence. The walls of the small space contain drawings that some experts believe may have been cr...
Fans of K-pop Star Can Talk with His AI Twin Listeners want to feel close to the musicians they support. And most would jump at the chance to talk with their favorite artist one-on-one. But famous people rarely have the time for that kind of meeting....
