from China sponsored a grand Chinese New Year Fair in Palo Alto. Thousands of families participated the fair, which was Babytree’s first-ever overseas event. The local Chinese community celebrated a home-style new year with Chinese custom activities like guessing lantern riddles and sending out red envelops, allowing their American neighbors to experience Chinese culture firsthand. At the meantime, acting […]

Tara Foley of beauty service Follain explains why her company not only offers personalized skincare products but also educates curious consumers Non-toxic beauty products are in high demand, and consumers are hungry not only for better, cleaner products, but also for more information and resources about what the healthiest and greenest options are for their particular skin […]

We disembarked at the long pier and walked to the star-shaped fort along a steep, twisting path. The smooth slopes rising up to the formidable ramparts and entrance gate, we are told by our guide, form a glacis, a feat of military engineering that leaves attackers exposed and makes defence far easier. On this cold, […]

Barbra Streisand recently opened up about the #MeToo movement and said that it is something that she has not experienced in her music career. During a recent interview with Ryan Murphy (via Variety), Streisand said that it’s been a tricky time for both men and women. “We’re in a strange time now, in terms of men […]

The Juno spacecraft has found that the giant planet Jupiter is full of big surprises; its interior composition and structure seem to be quite different, and its winds even more active, than originally thought. Now, giant cyclones at the planet’s poles have been seen in greater detail than ever before. They are not only stunning, […]

Vladimir Putin won a landslide election victory on Sunday — the fourth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea — extending his presidency by another six years as he easily breezed past a field of minor candidates left by the disqualification of his only credible rival. If Putin serves to the end of his new fourth […]

IKEA and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek have created a range of furniture and homeware that showcases imperfections, rather than hiding them. The collection, named Industriell, marks the second collaboration between IKEA and Hein Eek. It includes a range of limited-edition pieces, including chairs, tables, ceramics, textiles and glassware. With their craft-like aesthetic, the products are all designed to look slightly different […]

Oozing charm and confidence, 22-year-old Sithembiso Mutukura beat 12 other contestants in Zimbabwe’s first Miss Albinism beauty contest aimed at reducing stigma and increasing awareness about the condition. Friday’s “Beauty Beyond the Skin” pageant was held in a Harare nightclub, making Zimbabwe the second African country after Kenya to host such an event. Many African […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and […]

Checking into a hotel with a kid these days doesn’t have to be a stressful experience. In fact, resorts are going out of their way to make the kids happy — thereby making the parents happy, too. Recently, on a cold, snowy night, my husband and I decided to do a staycation in New York City. […]