What happens when Toastmasters members put down their speech notes, step away from the podium and pick up a paintbrush? For Division B of Toastmasters Nepal, the answer was an even...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled the full programme for its 26th Global Summit in Valletta, Malta, bringing together more than 100 global speakers for what is the most influential gathering of public and private sector leaders in Travel & Tourism anywhere in the world.

Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.

Redditch residents say they are worried they will not be able to afford heating.

October 1 is both China's National Day and the International Day of Older Persons. CGTN's Health Talk takes you to Rugao, a renowned "World Longevity City" in east China's Jiangsu Province. There, about 31 in every 100,000 people live to 100, and the average life expectancy hits 83.12 years.

As someone who enjoys savoury, pickled and highly pungent foods, my interest was piqued when I saw that the Disgusting Food Museum had come to Hong Kong. If I loved even the strongest of blue cheeses and stinky tofu, surely I would have a good time at the exhibition. Founded in Sweden in 2018, the museum went viral through a mixture of grotesque fascination and cultural pushback, as critics questioned the fairness of labelling traditional foods – such as the Chinese century egg – as...

This month’s round-up spans the city’s most exciting openings, from a South Korean pot rice chain with more than 70 stores back home to a froyo counter tucked inside a Sai Wan launderette. There’s a relocated Michelin-recognised French-Japanese tasting menu in Causeway Bay, a neo-retro rooftop revival in Central and a Cantonese concept that curiously shares its name with a famous Michelin three-star institution. British pub classics land in SoHo, American soft-serve arrives soon and Wagyu takes...

People reflect on the Long March spirit at flag-raising ceremony

Located just off Fifth Avenue – a stone’s throw away from Central Park and some of New York’s most prestigious cultural institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art – The Mark Hotel is the de facto town square of the Upper East Side, Manhattan’s poshest neighbourhood. One of the few, if not the only, independent five-star hotels in New York, The Mark attracts an eclectic international clientele, ranging from Middle Eastern royalty to European jet-setters. Most of them are repeat...

For the third time in less than two years, the Trump administration returned to court on Wednesday to defend its power to wage a punishing global trade war.