Expensive, Treacherous, Beautiful: The Battle Over Dirt Roads
For one town on the Hudson River, the soul of the place is found in its dirt roads. That is, unless you have to drive on them in bad weather.Read More
A Hamline Adjunct Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job.
After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.Read More
As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work
Across East Asia, populations are graying faster than anywhere else in the world, and while younger generations shrink, older workers are often toiling well into their 70s and beyond.Read More
Now Fighting for Ukraine: Volunteers Seeking Revenge Against Russia
Chechens, Crimean Tatars and people from the former Soviet republics, all with deep historical grievances against Moscow, are eagerly taking up arms for Kyiv.Read More
AFF: Hong Kong Gears Up For ‘Mega Financial Event’
Global financial leaders will descend on Hong Kong this week for the 16th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) following the city’s axe of most of its Covid restrictions. Organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), AFF takes place on 11 and 12 January. […]
African Money Transfer App NALA Launches in European Union
African payments company and money transfer app NALA has officially launched in the European Union. The Tanzania-based company aims to improve the connection between the diaspora across Europe, the UK and the US and citizens of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Ghana. Over a quarter of African migrants currently live somewhere in Europe. With large […]
Hear what expert thinks about DNA police found at Idaho crime scene
Investigative genetic genealogist Cece Moore, who has not worked on the Idaho student killings case, explains the type of DNA likely found at the crime scene and the role it played in identifying the suspect.Read More
‘I could never have imagined such a nightmare’: Postal workers risk their lives to get pensions to Ukraine’s elderly
Every few minutes the ground shakes as blasts echo through the battered streets of Siversk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Sometimes it’s outgoing Ukrainian fire, sometimes the Russians firing back.Read More
Russia’s explanation of attack ignites an extraordinarily public national blame game
It was New Year’s Eve, one of the most cherished holidays in Russia. The recruits in President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine — hundreds of them mobilized just months ago — were billeted in makeshift barracks, a vocational school in the occupied city of Makiivka, in the Donetsk region. Next door was a large ammunition […]
What Marjorie Taylor Greene did immediately after McCarthy became Speaker
• Opinion: The biggest loser in the House speaker race • The investigations that the House GOP plans to run now • Key concessions and promises McCarthy and his allies have madeRead More
