Wedding vows a blessing for clean-up of filthy Indonesian river

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Only a year ago, this stretch of the Ciliwung river in Indonesia's capital was foul-smelling and clogged by a thick layer of floating plastic and other trash.

Puppy love: hundreds compete in Madrid dog race to promote adoption

MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of dogs and their owners took part in the sixth annual San Perrestre dog race in Madrid on Friday to raise awareness of pet adoption and abandoned animals.

Tips from Spain’s centenarians on how to live to 100

CANGAS DE ONIS, Spain (Reuters) - With more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over, Spain is the country with the greatest life expectancy after Japan, OECD data and the latest population census shows.

London street artist Pegasus paints memorial for George Michael

LONDON (Reuters) - Street artist Pegasus has paid tribute to George Michael with a mural of the Wham! singer, who died on Sunday aged 53.

Women farmers in northern India battle tradition, self-doubt to own land

TAARDEH, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in the northern Indian state of...

Manila residents speak out about Duterte's war on drugs

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte completes six months in charge on Friday, with the rising death toll from his war on drugs showing no sign of easing.

Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers in fight against modern slavery

LONDON (Reuters) - British immigration officers have raided nearly 300 nail salons and arrested 97 people, mostly from Vietnam, for suspected immigration offences as part of a drive to tackle modern...

'Brexit - We're making a mess of it': mashup artists lampoon Britain's leaders

LONDON (Reuters) - In a satire of the 2016 Brexit vote, mashup artists lampoon Britain's leaders in a video which re-edits their words to say the European Union referendum was dumb and Prime Minister...

China targets 'toilet revolution', rustbelt regions in plan to boost tourism

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it will boost investment in tourism, with plans to develop rustbelt regions and upgrade public toilets high on its to-do list as it looks to lift the sector's...

Trump, taking a break from White House prep, tees off with Tiger Woods

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday took a break from preparing to take office to engage in a pastime beloved by presidents since Dwight Eisenhower: playing...

Save Santa's Sherry, say British lovers of fortified wine

LONDON (Reuters) - A worrying slump in sales of Father Christmas's favorite tipple, sherry, has prompted a British trade group to start a campaign to ensure the fortified wine doesn't fall off menus.

Leaving war-torn Syria, luxury chocolatier finds new home in Hungary

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Bassam Ghraoui's Syrian confectionary became synonymous with the finest gourmet chocolates anywhere before war decimated his business, and he is starting anew in Hungary with a...

Taiwan's Christmas market offers present the size of a tower block

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Good things might come in small packages, but the centre-piece of a Taiwan Christmas market is a present the size of a tower block.