Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed during New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin.

The Philippines was voted the “Most Popular Destination” by the Guangzhou Information Times and the Guangzhou International Tourism Fair in separate ceremonies held recently in Guangzhou, China, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equaling the record for the earliest ever start.

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been unearthed, a British auction house said Friday.

Don't overthink Thom Browne. Yes, he dressed Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day in an outfit made of fabrics usually used for men's ties, and, yes, his most recent New York Fashion Week show seemed a fairy tale interpreted through “Fifty Shades of Grey.” But Browne says he isn't staring at the ceiling at night thinking how to shake up fashion. He's just not the overzealous, mercurial artiste.

Wines from former Soviet-bloc nations feature this week, from Hungary and the Ukraine.

It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 17th-century synagogue inspired awe Tuesday as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.

Trying out a new spa in Kabul, testing the latest spiky hairstyles and swapping gossip — Afghanistan's first Internet TV station tackles subjects that the mainstream channels prefer to ignore.

A new TV show is coming to town with all the glam and glory of the fashion industry. TLC's all new “Project Accessory” (決戰時尚配件) unveils exclusive insight into the billion-dollar industry of fashion accessories of handbags, shoes, jewelry, belts, headpieces and other stylish wares.

Drooping eyes barely visible behind a mountain of glossy black fur, an enormous dog snoozes on stage in an industrial Chinese city. Its asking price: close to a million U.S. dollars.