Friday morning found Diego Velázquez striking the familiar pose he has held for the past 370 years, staring out, brush in one hand, palette in the other, from the huge canvas of Las Meninas. The 14 people who stood before the painting to meet the Spanish artist’s haughty gaze – not to mention the h»»»

French first lady Brigitte Macron is facing a legal complaint after being filmed referring to feminist protesters as “stupid b***hes” at a Paris theatre earlier this month. A group of feminist associations filed a complaint against France’s first lady for public insult on Tuesday, “on behalf of 343»»»

MUMBAI: Parisian luxury department store Galeries Lafayette is tapping India for growth, a market it said lacks luxury retail avenues for high spending consumers who shop for a spate of labels across pricey fashion houses and shopping stores abroad.The retailer’s flagship store in Paris’s Boulevard»»»

South Australian cordial maker Bickford’s, owned by the Kotses family, has become the largest shareholder in Maggie Beer Holdings, taking a 19.99% stake in the struggling gourmet food company as part of plans to help turn it around. Led by Angelo Kotses, Bickford’s spent $2.7 million last week to l»»»

Dozens of people gathered at Nepal’s Yala glacier on Monday for a solemn ceremony marking its rapid retreat due to climate change. Located in the Langtang Valley at elevations between 5,170 and 5,750 metres, the glacier has lost 66% of its area and retreated 784 meters since 1974, according to the »»»

We often encounter disheartening stories about climate change, both globally and within Pakistan. It seems we're consistently falling short of our goal to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Last year's breach of this threshold confirms we're now struggling to avoid exceeding»»»

Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned climatologist James Hansen, the paper appears in the journal "Environment: Science an»»»

Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius — the fallback target of the Paris climate accord — is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned climatologist James Hansen, the paper appears in the journal "Environment: Science and »»»