Lifestyle

Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the 'it' animals of the moment — big furry rodents.

A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.

Researchers also uncovered a positive connection between human health and mantra meditation — the practice of focusing your mind by repeatedly chanting a mantra.

A rare blue diamond was displayed Tuesday at an exhibition of US$100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates’ capital, Abu Dhabi.

Point Roberts is a “pene-exclave” — a piece of land belonging to one country but only accessible by land through another. Anchoring the southern tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, the 1,200-person American town is bordered by Canada to the north and surrounded by water on three sides.

A New Brunswick woman who played the same lottery numbers for the past 30 years proved persistence pays off with a recent win.

Italy’s competition authority on Tuesday levied fines totaling 20 million euros (US$22 million) against half a dozen ticketing agencies for practices that have made it difficult for regular visitors to buy basic tickets online to visit the landmark Roman Colosseum.

Asparagus season has arrived in Germany, signaling the unofficial beginning of springtime.

For a child to be bilingual, the mother’s language choices are much more important than the strategy used. This is according to a study from Concordia University conducted with Montreal families.

Chopard’s latest creation may be the most eloquent example yet and perhaps the peak of the hard-stone dial craze that has been sweeping the world of luxury watches over the past couple of years.

Although pushing the boundaries of what’s allowed in a relationship is not a new concept, the issue has become even more common with the rise of remote work, said William Schroeder, a therapist and owner of Just Mind Counseling centers in Austin, Texas.

The tariff war and the arrival of spring may have you thinking about growing your own produce, flowers or herbs with Canadian seeds, but one garden expert says it’s complicated.

The Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten is offering cash, plane tickets and an extended hotel stay to attract professionals and students back home.

In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and leaves and collecting them in large plastic bags to take to the local market to be sold.

An Oshawa, Ont. man who just claimed a $40-million Lotto Max jackpot is leaving nothing to the imagination when he talks about his big win.