David Perry | Aug 18, 2014 01:25 PM EDT
A story of war, defection, murder, and the discovery of a palace in the last place one should be. read more
Emery Dennel | Aug 18, 2014 11:48 AM EDT
The highly-acclaimed author took to writing to create the story of singer and sorceress, Celestina Warbeck. read more
David Perry | Aug 16, 2014 02:43 PM EDT
American Premier Of Superstar Artist Simon Ma's “HEART • WATER • INK” read more
David Perry | Aug 15, 2014 04:31 PM EDT
Harsh words are coming back to haunt Gene Simmons, of the rock band KISS, as a July interview, in which he all but commands people suffering from suicidal thoughts to carry through with their plan is viralizing across the Internet. read more
David Perry | Aug 14, 2014 12:24 PM EDT
Two extremely rare snow leopard cubs were born in captivity at a zoo in western China. read more
Nikki Alfonso | Aug 14, 2014 08:14 AM EDT
Yolo isn't just being tweeted or printed on t-shirts anymore - it's now officially part of the Oxford dictionary. Yolo, or the acronym of "You Only Live Once", is one of the many colloquial words that has been added to OxfordDictionaries.com during its latest quarterly update. read more
David Perry | Aug 14, 2014 02:07 AM EDT
A movie shows what Chinese officials have been unwilling to talk about: One of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. read more
Jasmine Solana | Aug 14, 2014 02:02 AM EDT
Novelist Roxane Gay fell short of meeting the standards to be a feminist in the modern-day world. read more
Nikki Alfonso | Aug 10, 2014 04:16 AM EDT
A group of bestselling authors just took out a full-page ad in the New York Times in an effort to call out e-commerce giant Amazon "in the strongest possible terms to stop harming the livelihood of the authors on whom it has built its business". read more
David Perry | Aug 08, 2014 03:42 PM EDT
A bizarre murder in the eastern Chinese city of Zhaoyuan revealed the emergence of what officials are calling a dangerous doomsday cult. read more
David Perry | Aug 08, 2014 01:12 PM EDT
Chinese thirst for ivory led African leaders to announce Africa's elephants will be extinct within 20 years. read more
dweisman | Aug 07, 2014 04:00 PM EDT
The Philadelphia Orchestra this week announced a series of events to celebrate the 35th anniversary of official diplomatic relations between the United States and China. read more
David Perry | Aug 07, 2014 11:49 AM EDT
It may look like the result of a particularly bad acid trip, but no, that really is a giant flying octopus. Or rather, a giant flying octopus kite read more
Staff Reporter | Aug 07, 2014 10:39 AM EDT
An elderly English couple got the shock of their lives when they discovered the bowl their cat was using as a bed was in fact a Ming Dynasty-era antique over 400 years old. read more
Cleo Fagela | Aug 01, 2014 03:19 AM EDT
Along with the celebration of the iconic character Harry Potter’s birthday, shared with its creator and best-selling author J.K. Rowling, research says that the literature piece encourages readers to be more open-minded towards the LGBT community, immigrants and refugees alike. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more