Sensei Uche has earned a living for the last three years as a "hype man" in Nigeria's entertainment capital Lagos, standing alongside the DJ in bars and clubs and whipping up dancers' enthusiasm.
For Joao Blank and Erica Blank’s first kiss as husband and wife, they didn’t lock lips. The couple could only press their face masks together while sitting in the back of a hatchback, where they had just been wed.
"Nothing will ever be the same again" has been the constant refrain of the coronavirus era.
The drive-in movie, dismissed by many as a relic of an earlier time in America, is making a comeback as entertainment seemingly designed for the coronavirus era.
The coronavirus pandemic continued to drop in much of Asia Saturday even as the outbreak surged in Latin America, as the world grappled with balancing the...
The phone rings and the voice on the other side gets straight to the point: "Fancy a pint?" The response, equally pointed: "God, yeah."
Najjar Raqwa helps front-line medics and paramedics stay alert, around the clock, during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Hula hoops, camouflage mats and tires aren't typical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hassan N’Dam, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wanted to repay the French hospital that cared for his father-in-law through his bout with...
When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of...
The new robot barista at a cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, is courteous and swift as it seamlessly makes its way towards customers.
In Venice, a city famous for being visited by too many and home to too few, children’s play now fills neighborhood squares, fishermen sell their catch to home...
For nearly a quarter-century, the old bus abandoned in Alaska’s punishing wilderness has drawn adventurers seeking to retrace the steps of a young idealist...
French carmaker Renault said Friday it will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) cost-cutting plan, as a brutal drop in...
Hyundai's hydrogen-powered 18-tonne trucks are set to hit the roads in Switzerland next month as the South Korean automaker looks to establish a case for its...
Among the ten of millions of people left idle or thrown out of work by the COVID-19 crisis, garment workers have been among the hardest hit, as orders dry up...
Agile and astute, Simon Nogueira wanders over the rooftops of Paris.
Packed into 'tutu bags' marked 'Opera de Paris,' they have to be among the chicest personal protection accessories around -- although staff from the French...
A Russian man in the far eastern city of Vladivostok ran circles around his bed for more than 10 hours in an effort to replicate completing a 100-kilometer...
While locked-down Europeans serenade their neighbors and healthcare workers musically, and Latin Americans cheer and applaud in the evening, U.S. citizens...
Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of...
The Jewish holiday of Passover has long inspired intense debate, with favourite topics including whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea or if the Ten...
Faced with the fear and boredom of the coronavirus lockdown, music is playing a small but important part in making life more bearable for some French people...
Ever since a March 20 lockdown, flats in densely-populated areas like Takadoum, which is packed with concrete buildings up to four floors high with tiny...
Founded eight centuries ago during an outbreak of plague that devastated this region of northern France, the charity continues its mission to give homeless...
It may be the global day for pranks but with the world under assault from the deadly coronavirus pandemic many governments on Wednesday were warning against...
The Sambadrome started receiving homeless people Monday, with City Hall giving priority to the elderly, pregnant and women with children. It’s one of several...
Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement to recreate the atmosphere of his hot yoga classes now that his gym has...
Young German adults hold "corona parties" and cough toward older people.
Struck down by coronavirus at the age of 83, the long life of Alfredo Visioli ended with a short ceremony at a graveyard near Cremona, his hometown in...
Amid concerns over the new coronavirus, the world’s supposedly oldest profession is suffering a sudden slump
When 80-year-old Valentina Fyodorova spotted a group of children skating across a fresh sheet of ice, she was determined to give it a try herself.
On a sunny weekend in Kabul, 30-year-old Maryam Mohammdi drives a solar-powered rickshaw around a city suburb, selling burgers to hungry customers as part of...
With her flashing rings, green-streaked hair and "Hack the patriarchy" laptop stickers, Nighat Dad is a digital warrior.
It was a twofer for fans of Katy Perry: the pop star dropped a new music video -- and revealed that she and her fiance, actor Orlando Bloom, are expecting a...
American daredevil Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope across the crater of an active volcano in Nicaragua Wednesday, taking half an hour to traverse the boiling...