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Fashion is never only one thing: It exists with total plurality. In the same season you'll see extravagant and minimal, sharp and voluminous tailoring, prints and blocks.

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that employers must give same-sex couples the same rights to a spouse's pension as straight couples.

OPEC members are having trouble keeping their promises.

When Theresa May stood outside Downing Street one year ago Thursday after being officially appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the Queen, her vision for Britain was ambitious.

China is gobbling up major seed businesses to satisfy its growing appetite for food firms.

Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Pete Sampras: Wimbledon's historic Centre Court has been graced by the greatest champions in tennis.

China has dispatched troops to Djibouti in advance of formally establishing the country's first overseas military base.

Poachers are seeking to take advantage of widespread monsoon flooding in India's Kaziranga National Park as animals flee in search of higher ground.

For the amount of cultural, scientific and historic sites in Africa, it's a continent underrepresented on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This year's intake does little to buck the trend, but it does at least include the recognition of three fascinating locations.

A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a UK-based research team.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to continue his efforts to try to resolve a stand-off between Qatar and four Arab nations, who have accused their gas-rich neighbor of supporting terrorism.

Judging from the United Nations Security Council's emergency meeting on July 5, it seems that the United States is not going to get China and Russia on board for serious collective UN sanctions against North Korea. US Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke about the United States going alone if that didn't happen, and left it unclear what that might mean. There were surely more discussions during the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. We have arrived at a critical juncture.

It was a family affair on Tuesday when Madonna opened a children's hospital in Malawi.

Qatar has taken delivery of 165 cows that were airlifted into the Gulf state to ease a milk shortage caused by sanctions imposed its neighbors.

The CEO of one of the world's largest security companies was briefly declared bankrupt this week after having his identity stolen.

Shanghai might be a concrete jungle, but if you're a city-dweller who is fed up with skyscrapers, there are plenty of other ways to spend your time.

The hardest thing about listing 50 reasons why Shanghai is the greatest city in the world is trimming it down. After a lot of sieving, here's what we're left with.

Of all the dresses to have been worn in Shanghai, none can come close to matching the iconic status of the qipao (旗袍).

Musical icon Sahra Halgan was one of the many people who fled Somaliland after the brutal Siad Barre regime, which left the self-declared country in ruins.