Britney Spears announces engagement to longtime boyfriend, Sam Asghari
By Jesus Jiménez
LOS ANGELES -Britney Spears announced Sunday (12) that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend,…
Around the world in savoury cakes
By Raul Dias
When Yotam Ottolenghi, one of the culinary world’s brightest sparks, introduced his rather unique…
Sri Lanka hit enthrals India, local versions resonate in states
By Priyanka Dasgupta & Ashok Pradhan
KOLKATA/BHUBANESHWAR - On May 22 this year, a music video was uploaded…
Fazlin Ghaffoor: Three Days in March
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light - Dylan Thomas
My earliest and…
Former IOC president Jacques Rogge, inventor of the Youth Games, dies
By Christian Hollmann
BERLIN - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge, who created…
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80
LONDON - Charlie Watts, the drummer of the legendary British rock'n'roll band the Rolling Stones, died on Tuesday…
‘Khema’s boy, I am a Dreamer’
By Mangala Samaraweera
Thirty years ago this month, when I first entered Parliament, my head was full of dreams;…
With more freedom, young women in Albania shun tradition of ‘Sworn Virgins’
By Andrew Higgins
LEPUSHE, Albania — As a teenager locked in a patriarchal and tradition-bound mountain village in…
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of ‘Never Have I Ever’ loves Van Gogh
By Alexis Soloski
NEW YORK — Cobalt and ultramarine blue swirled on the floors and walls. A moon appeared. Then…
Confronting life in the aftermath of devastation
Standing there before the window of his room, looking out through the dust-coated pane of glass at the empty lot…