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SHANGHAI, China — Though they make up less than nine percent of the country’s 1.4 billion people, China's ethnic minority cultures punch well above their weight when it comes to highly specialised traditional and artisanal handicrafts. One look at the specta…

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has wasted no time with the green light granted by his opposite number in Washington. He has ordered his military into north-east Syria in the first stage of what many fear will be a bid to ethnically cleanse an area of …

Detectives investigating the killing of a witness in a former Dallas police officers murder trial have insisted his death had nothing to do with the case. Dallas Police Department said three Louisiana men were suspected of gunning down Joshua Brown, 28, afte…

Source: Siemens Developer Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) and German engineering giant Siemens have unveiled plans for a hydrogen production facility in Western Australia, meant to be powered by a whopping 5GW of wind and solar. Siemens will provide ele…

(CNN) Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, is an appealing urban melting pot of Chinese, Indian and native Malay influences. But if you're looking for more of a relaxed, tropical retreat, it's the islands of Malaysia that will offer you a delightful variety of …

Just outside D.C., there’s a team of Marriott executives hard at work in a basement trying to answer the age-old question: Can Sheraton be fixed? To see how things were shaping up, I went to visit a new Sheraton Club Lounge. When I entered, I saw a bookshelf…

USEPA/Flickr. Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green roofs, drawn to their wide-ranging benefits which…

The mainly young protesters who have flooded Iraqi streets this week say their movement is spontaneous with no space for the clerics and politicians they accuse of hijacking previous protests for jobs and better services. "This movement doesn't look like any…

Bangkok ranks 75th out of 102 cities worldwide in smart city rankings, according to the IMD Smart City (SCI) Index for 2019. It's the first edition of the index, jointly commissioned by the World Competitiveness Center's Smart City Observatory, under the IMD…

Bangkok was ranked 75 out of 102 cities worldwide in the smart city rankings, according to IMD Smart City (SCI) Index 2019. It was the first edition of the index, jointly commissioned by World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Observatory, under the IMD Bu…