Achmad Fadhlan
Backlash to Anita music video evokes painful history in Brazil
Brazilian pop star Anitta is facing backlash for releasing a music video that highlights ongoing religious intolerance and racism in Brazil.The trend started on...
Russia launches attack on northeastern Ukraine, seeks border buffer zone
Russian troops continued their advance into northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, closing in on a village about 10 miles outside Kharkiv, raising concerns that Ukraine's...
France issues ‘scratch and sniff baguette’ stamps
Joining the ranks of screen goddess Brigitte Bardot and the Eiffel Tower, another French treasure is being celebrated with its own stamp: baguette.This is...
book club queen
I'd never had Nashville hot chicken before, and I'd never met Reese Witherspoon.But there we were—she in blue-and-white pinstriped oxfords and jeans; me in...
Admire Alice Munro, who brought innovation to the short story
In an elegant obituary for Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died this week in Port Hope, Ont., Anthony DePalma wrote that her story “was...
Gaza’s wartime economy emerges under Israeli bombs
School desks and desks became shelters, and wartime vendors lined the streets with old clothes, baby formula, canned goods and rare homemade cookies.In some...
Mexico City has long suffered from water shortages. The crisis is...
A combination of climate change, urban sprawl and poor infrastructure has pushed Mexico City to the brink of a severe water crisis.Groundwater is disappearing...
