Egyptian Singer Umm Kulthum Still Enthralls, Fifty Years After Her Death
The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up.
The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up.
Trump has accused South Africa of "human rights violations" and a land grab. The South African government has hit back. (Image credit: Rodger Bosch)
A lot of labels have been applied to Trump's foreign policy approach. America First, Isolationist, transactional, imperialist, protectionist. "I'm a nationalist and a globalist" he told the Wall Street Journal during his first term. In his inaugural address last month, Trump made comments suggesting his foreign policy will be characterized by restraint, saying, in part, success should be defined by the "wars we never get into."Yet in the same address, […]
The San Jose was a marvel of 17th century technology. The Spanish galleon weighed more than a thousand tons, was made of wood reinforced with iron, and featured three masts and 64 cannons. In its cargo were gold, silver, silk and porcelain. But in 1708, it sank after a battle with an English ship near what is now Colombia.For centuries, the shipwreck was the stuff of legends, until 2015 when […]
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jake Johnston, a Haiti aid expert, about what USAID support has meant to that country and what a funding halt could mean.
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From the football field to the halftime stage, here's what to know about the storylines and stakes before Super Bowl 59 kicks off on Sunday.(Image credit: Aaron M. Sprecher)
The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome.(Image credit: Loren Holmes)
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