China's "social scoring" system, with punishments for nonconformist actions and rewards for good ...
There are plenty of reasons for pessimism. But we also need to keep trying — and hoping — ...
This concert, courtesy of the Toraja people, provided a welcome balance to our day: My wife and I had just witnessed a traditional burial, in this village of southern Sulawesi — and it ...
BEIRUT — Located in the heart of Beirut's vibrant Hamra Street, an area that served as a hub for intellectuals in the 1960s and 1970s, Metro al-Madina is an independent theater company and ...
Working from home is more and more common in French companies as the perks need no longer to be l...
Indian wartime experience not only contributed to making the country and her institutions what th...
CAIRO — "Take care and hopefully see you soon. :)" I end the short letter to my family with a few requests for items to bring on their next visit, then hand it to one of my cellmates to ...
Designed in the 1980s to protect against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies, ...
Holidays are over, and it's back to school. Frightening or fun, this week marks the beginning of a new adventure for millions of children around the world who will be given a great opportunity to ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said he favored restoring the death penalty. It would bri...
Mexico should consider revising copyright laws to protect its traditional arts and crafts, after ...
Some 7,000 kilometers away from my neck of the woods in eastern France, Martinique feels like home. In this French overseas region in the Lesser Antilles, people speak French, pay in euros ... but ...
Email, instant messaging and social networks have multiplied and accelerated written exchanges bo...
Colombians were not overtly upset by deforestation in their country until recently. But massive m...
On Aug. 24, 1944, the first French and U.S. armored tanks entered Paris, after a week of intense fighting with German soldiers — effectively freeing the capital from Nazi occupation. The ...
Hany Rashed's Facebook-based Baba Museum displays personal objects of dead people and plays with ...
NEW DELHI — Mangesh and Aarti loved each other. Both belonged to the same village, professed the same religion, had the same cultural heritage. Their class and status in society did not differ ...
It has become fashionable to blame the climate crisis on the economy, but it's important to fight...
Svolvaer is one of the first scenic stops upon entering the famous Lofoten archipelago of northern Norway. The fishing village, with its typical wooden red houses, offers a nice warmup to the ...
There are countless reasons for becoming a writer or a poet, but thankfully very few that we coul...
Personal privacy seems to be fleeting in a world where technology is constantly advancing — and it's no accident: Around the globe, authorities are creating new ways to collect information ...
The country's landscape is ravaged by plastics and environmental collapse seems imminent. And yet...
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