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Even after 72 years, the echoes of India's division into two independent states continue to rever...
Drawing inspiration from his childhood in Colombia, architect Mauricio Cárdenas is convinc...
Femicide is a major problem in the West African country. A French entrepreneur of Senegalese orig...
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A pioneering Swedish researcher has come up with new insights about love and romance after analyz...
A housekeeper with serious culinary skills helped feed the mind and mouth of Ancel Keys, the Amer...
A Manifesto for Tali'at, a new movement seeking to put the feminist cause at the center of the ba...
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Going vegetarian or vegan is not just to stop eating meat, but a progressive rejection of the glo...
After earning fame and fortune in France, fighter Souleymane Mbaye made good on a promise to open...
A group of dedicated growers grapple with difficult terrain, scorching heat and the area's gradua...
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The infamous 1972 film sparked a years-long legal battle in director Bernardo Bertolucci's native...
Turkey has forced the Syrian Kurds into an astonishing trap, leaving hundreds of thousands with l...
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As a new Leonardo da Vinci exhibit opens an eternal Parisian question returns of whether his (and...
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The fauna and flora of South Africa rank among the most impressive I've seen anywhere in the world. Near Durban in the east of the country, I caught them both on vivid display, as a tree filled ...
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