A Chinese laundry detergent company at the centre of a controversy over a "racist" advertisement has blamed foreign media for "amplifying" the situation. Shanghai Leishang Cosmetics said it strongly ...

A Chinese detergent maker has apologised for an advertisement which shows a black man stuffed into a washing machine and transformed into a fair-skinned Asian, just a day after dismissing critics as ...

A commercial for laundry soap that started airing this month in China is raising eyebrows -- for all the wrong reasons. The ad for Qiaobi shows a woman loading clothes into a washing machine when she ...

This is one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen – showing how stereotypes hurt all of us and are passed from generation to generation. When little girls and boys play house they model their ...

Ice-T drives an electric car. He has solar panels on his house. “I’m not a fanatic when it comes to the environment, but I definitely try to do my part,” says the actor and musician. Now he’s working ...

KARACHI/LAHORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A U.S. detergent advert that encourages women to pursue careers has sparked a debate over women's rights in conservative Pakistan, with critics urging ...