Some undocumented parents and students at schools in California and around the country worry that filling out the federal ...

They go by a few different names, but Japan’s “listening lounges” are going through something of a revival. They’re music bars where simply sitting and listening to records is the main attraction. In ...

For three years, the US has consistently condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly. But in a dramatic change of course, under a new administration, the US voted ...

In Turkey, a winter afternoon might include cozying up with a warm cup of sahlep, a milky drink made from the powdered bulbs of wild orchids. Over-harvesting and reduced habitats have led to a ...

Nearly 975,000 Syrians, most of whom fled the civil war in their country, are now residents of Germany. Two of them, a virtuoso violinist and accordionist/composer, teamed up with a German guitarist ...

Hundreds of Syrians gathered this week in Damascus for the first Syrian national dialogue conference since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. Attendees came from ...

Anora”, the new movie by Sean Baker, is tipped as one of the favorites to win Best Picture at the Oscars this year. The film follows a young sex worker in New York who gets romantically involved with ...

The daily work grind is a routine that can be traced back centuries. People in ancient Rome got up, went to work and did it all over again the next day. But this routine is not the only thing workers ...

With a new administration at the helm, the US voted yesterday against a UNGA resolution blaming Russia for the war in Ukraine. Also, hundreds of Syrians from diverse ethnic and minority communities ...

The US Treasury announced new sanctions designed to crack down on the so-called “shadow fleet” or oil tankers and the companies that facilitate the sale of Iran’s oil. The Trump administration is ...

Over 1,000 artists have worked together to record a brand new “silent album.” It’s called “Is This What We Want?” and it aims to highlight how empty the music industry would be without its human ...

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