To find out more, TODAY.com looked at various Valentine's Day customs in places like Italy, Germany, England and, of course, France, since it's home to The City of Love, among other countries.

USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women’s hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules ...

As she was in the process of creating a dance piece about German-born, Sweden-based artist Ann Wolff, choreographer Laurie Van Wieren sat with her notebook and pondered the way she ...

Over time, these traditions became an integral part of the Chinese New Year celebrations, symbolizing driving off the evil and bringing in good fortune for the coming year. With rich customs and ...

A man was killed in an alleged drive-by shooting incident in La Lucia, Durban on Wednesday evening. ALS Paramedics said they responded to reports of a shooting incident at around 7.30pm on ...

Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were skeptical of how Russia's official figures were describing its economy. One measure they use instead ...

We had a traditional wedding (ruracio) last year. My husband suggested I move in because we were now officially married. We never signed any documents and I can’t help but wonder, is this marriage ...

Sweden sent 550 troops from one of its mechanized infantry battalions to Riga, Latvia, on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade on NATO’s eastern flank. Latvia borders Russia to the ...

Drawing inspiration from Nordic traditions, a Sunshine Coast barrel sauna that has just opened to the public is redefining wellness by reconnecting clients with nature. “It started about two ...

Great, but ironically obsolete itself. Sweden has just deployed multiple warships in that selfsame sea to guard against the very modern menace of underwater cable cutting. With so much of the world's ...