The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service.
For Chinese photographer Luo Yang, girlhood has a multitude of meanings. But rather than relying on the type of saccharine depictions often used in China to depict young women -- gentle, delicate, and overly feminine -- Luo's project "Girls" features edgy and alternative subjects who defy stereotype and expectation.
The modern-day mirror was invented by German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. While there had previously been means to catch a glimpse of oneself, this was the first time in history that people could see a vivid and detailed reflection of their physical identity.
"I keep saying we've got to find another word for 'beauty,'" Dame Helen Mirren said as she waited for her cue backstage at a catwalk show in Paris. "I think we should start calling it 'character' instead of beauty, because that's really what it is."
South Korean men have long embraced beauty products deemed unmarketable to their Western counterparts. Over the past decade, they have become the world's biggest male spenders on skincare, a market that grew by 44% in the country between 2011 and 2017, according to Euromonitor.
As counting gets underway in Israel's unprecedented third election in 11 months, initial exit polls projected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party as the winners.
The mysteries of the ancient Egyptians are vast, but their beauty tricks are no secret. Makeup might seem like a modern phenomenon -- one that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry -- but cosmetics were equally important to daily life in the ancient world. From the earliest era of the Egyptian empire, men and women from all social classes liberally applied eyeliner, eyeshadow, lipstick and rouge.
The South Korean Shincheonji religious group is facing mounting public anger as more than half of the confirmed coronavirus cases in the country have links to the group. CNN's Paula Hancocks looks at the international reach of the group.
As it turns 20 years old this month, JetBlue Airways is making bold moves: Ordering nearly 150 new state-of-the-art aircraft, shaking up the most valuable international route in the world and going green in a big way.
A child has died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, in what is believed to be the first reported death since Turkey announced it was opening its borders with Europe last week.
Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of slowing down older iPhone models to compel users to buy new ones.
Secret archives at the Vatican will be opened for the first time on Monday, giving scholars access to documents that may shed light on the controversial figure of Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of failing to help to save Jews during World War II.
Coronavirus panic continues to pummel the Chinese business sector in New York City as fear of the deadly disease drives people away from east Asian neighborhoods.
A free trade deal with the United States could add just $4.3 billion to the UK economy over the next 15 years, the British government estimated Monday. The modest potential windfall underscores the difficulty of replacing the economic benefits of membership in the European Union.
The coronavirus is plunging the world economy into its worst downturn since the global financial crisis, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which warned Monday that growth could be cut in half if the outbreak continues to spread.
North Korea has fired two unidentified short-range projectiles from an area near the coastal city of Wonsan into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.
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