NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Holiday shopping in New York's Bryant Park, usually marked by festive crowds and impulse buys, has taken on a more cautious tone this year as higher prices reshape how ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A modest artificial Christmas tree, adorned with ornaments reused for years, stands in the corner of the Haddad family's Beirut apartment. For Rania Haddad, a public-school ...