By Agence France-Presse Hello Kitty, the cute, enigmatic character that adorns everything from handbags to rice cookers, turns 50 on Friday — and is still making millions for her Japanese creators. The simple design of the character — who is not a cat, but a little girl from London according to Sanrio, the company behind […]
By Agence France-Presse Five-meter waves pounded Taiwan’s shores Wednesday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey drew near, with forecasters expecting the storm to strengthen before hitting the island as one of the most powerful in years. Kong-rey’s winds were already sustaining maximum speeds of 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour as it approached Taiwan, the US Joint […]
By Agence France-Presse The flower fields of Nepal’s Gundu village glimmer yellow, orange and purple as women harvest blooms, a flourishing industry changing tough village lives by providing garlands for Hindu festivals. Nestled on the rim of Kathmandu Valley, Gundu is renowned for supplying the brightly-colored globe amaranth and marigold flowers, with demand surging for […]