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Sweden's 'crossfit priest' heals body and soul on Insta

A 38-year-old Swedish Lutheran Church priest sees the value of social media in reaching out to people of faith

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Japan emperor makes first public new year's appearance since 2020

1,500 well-wishers greeted the royal family, down from 70,000 in 2020 before the pandemic

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They survived the hunters: now king penguins face climate change

As global warming looms, the Crozet Islands could soon become uninhabitable for king penguins

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Cuba mixes up a series of hits with its cocktail creativity

Havana became ‘the capital of cocktail art’, when the US government banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in 1920

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Anita Pointer, founding member of The Pointer Sisters, dies at 74

The musician rose to fame in the 1970s as part of the Grammy-award-winning group

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Danish queen says she is ‘hurt’ by rift over titles

Decision to remove titles sparked unprecedented royal drama in Copenhagen, with her youngest son seeing it as a snub

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Japan’s ‘Little Trains that Could’ battle for survival

The rural lines are legacies of Japan's economic boom through the 1970s but failed to adapt to rural depopulation

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The Westwood brand: cocky, brazen and resolutely independent

The late designer was an environmental and anti-capitalist activist, and coined the phrase ‘Buy less. Choose well. Make it last’

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For Ukraine’s wartime New Year, patriotism is on the menu

An updated edition of New Year's Eve offerings will spotlight traditional Kyiv dishes such as stuffed pike

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Barbara Walters, pioneering journalist and broadcaster, dies at 93

Walters became the first woman to anchor a US evening news programme and is remembered as a trailblazer and inspiration by colleagues

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Queen’s Brian May now a ‘Sir’

Knighthood comes with ‘a little bit more clout’, says guitarist

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Depending on their age, women face three different types of stress

A recent survey found specific age ranges for these stressors, terming them ‘ages of worry’

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‘Hipstoric’ style, or the art of giving a retro look to your interior

Second-hand is the key to creating a hip, unique and environmentally friendly decor