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Peru’s new first family leaving behind rural, Andean home
CHUGUR, Peru — The humble two-story, adobe home of the Castillo family, located in one of the poorest…
Diana legacy lingers as fans mark late royal’s 60th birthday
Those touched by the life of the preschool teacher turned princess remembered her ahead of what would have been her 60th birthday on Thursday, recalling the complicated royal rebel who left an enduring imprint on the House of Windsor.
PHOTOS: The rise and fall of Hong Kong’s July 1 protests
A national security law enacted in 2020 and COVID-19 restrictions have stifled major protests in Hong Kong including an annual march on July 1.
As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games
As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic, through Europe and into the Black Sea region. The war games, dubbed Steadfast Defender 21, are aimed at simulating the 30-nation military organization’s response to an attack on any one of its members. It will test NATO’s ability to deploy troops from America and keep supply lines open.
From Gaza to Chile, Biennale asks: How can we live together?
Some architectural responses to the pandemic have already emerged in everyday life: Zoom meetings have replaced conference rooms, giving new importance to virtual architecture, restaurant tables have taken over sidewalks, parking spots and traffic islands while public and private spaces from train stations to art galleries are being repurposed as vaccine centers. People are more aware of the impact of ventilation systems, and everyone has become an interior decorator, Sarkis noted.
Eurovision delivers decades of songs, spectacle
The coronavirus pandemic canceled the contest in 2020 for the first time in six decades, but now it’s back. On Saturday performers from 26 countries will vie for Eurovision victory in a live televised final in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The prize is glory for the winning nation, though rarely mega-stardom for the victorious act. A few international stars have emerged from Eurovision’s sequinned ranks, including Swedish pop titans ABBA — victors in 1974 with “Waterloo” — and Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion, who won the 1988 contest for Switzerland.
Icelandic volcanic eruption a ‘wonder of nature’
Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That's perhaps no clearer than in Iceland, where a volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two.
Fear and grief grip Gaza anew amid familiar glare
Families once again fled or found themselves homeless, anguished parents mourned dead children and journalists evacuated offices before they were destroyed as the Islamic militant group Hamas and the Israeli military sought to inflict as much damage on the other as they could this week - before the fighting intensified further or they were pressured into a cease-fire.
PHOTO GALLERY: India’s Deadly Virus Surge Follows Crowded Events
India’s death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 200,000 as a virus surge sweeps the country, rooted in so-called…
Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free
Officials and locals say Campohermoso, a town of 3,000 people in Boyaca state in the mountains of central Colombia, has been able to keep the virus away thanks to the disciplined behavior of its residents and constant campaigns urging people to social distance and wear masks.
UK reflects on death toll a year after lockdown
The UK has a lot to reflect on. A year to the day since Prime Minister Boris Johnson…
Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now 2nd most popular US dog
Prized as easygoing and can-do dogs, Labs years ago broke the record for the longest number-one run, and they remain most popular by a lot.
After pandemic year, weary world looks back — and forward
On March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, few could foresee the long road ahead or the many ways in which they would suffer -- the deaths and agonies of millions, the ruined economies, the disrupted lives and near-universal loneliness and isolation.
Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world
The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload…