2019-03-17 Lebanese Artist Tests Opinions of Arab Women through Her Art
Lebanese artist Christina Atik has created a series of digital pictures to show expressions commonly used in Arab countries to…
2019-03-17 Great-Grandmother Proves It Is Never Too Late to Learn
Setsuko Takamizawa is set to prove that it is never too late to learn. At the age of 91, the…
2019-03-17 Free Books Teach a Love of Reading
Joshua Clark is happy as he sits down to read a book to his son, Mason. But Clark remembers not…
2019-03-16 Report: Wealthy Millennials Partly Responsible for Rising Art Prices
Prices for works of art rose in the international art market in 2018. A report published recently links the rising…
2019-03-15 Jailed Saudi Women Receive PEN Writing Award
The literary and human rights organization PEN America is honoring three women’s rights activists jailed in Saudi Arabia. The group…
2019-03-15 Dozens Killed in New Zealand Mosque Attacks
Dozens of people were killed Friday in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand. More than 40 others were…
2019-03-14 US Senate Rejects Trump’s Emergency Order, Veto Expected
Twelve Republican senators on Thursday joined Democrats to vote against American President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency. The…
2019-03-14 Malaysia Continues Case Against Vietnamese Woman in Kim Killing
Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the continuation of the murder case against a Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North…
2019-03-14 Ethiopian Airlines Flight Recorders Sent to France for Examination
The flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Sunday have arrived in France to be studied. The aircraft,…
2019-03-14 Vienna Is the Most Livable City, Again
The Austrian capital, Vienna, is known for its museums, palaces and ease of living. The city of 2 million people…
2019-03-13 US Grounds All Boeing 737 Max Planes
American President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States would ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9…
2019-03-13 Australian Catholics Leave the Church As Sexual Abuse Cases Increase
Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. Pell is a former treasurer at the Vatican.…
2019-03-13 School Shooting in Brazil Leaves 10 Dead, Over 20 Injured
At least 10 people are dead after two young men attacked a public school in southern Brazil on Wednesday. More…
2019-03-13 New Champion in Sled Dog Race
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a new champion. Peter Kaiser won the 1,600-kilometer race early Wednesday. He is…
2019-03-11 Indonesian Woman Freed Two Years After Kim Jong Nam Killing
Malaysian government lawyers have unexpectedly dropped charges against an Indonesian woman accused of killing North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un’s…