MILAN (Reuters) -Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a sceptical tone for this week’s climate talks in Italy, saying much has been promised but little done to tackle global…
He is Aharon Shabtai, an important Israeli poet who caused a revolution with his erotic poetry. She is his daughter Nano, a poet, author and critic. The two talk about…
When the Metropolitan Opera reopens Monday after an 18-month closurecaused by the pandemic, it will do so with Fire Shut Up In My Bones, the first opera in the Met’s 138-year history written by a…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONyPBqR6Yes Featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. John Lewis, Senator Cory Booker, Van Jones, Alice Walker and Danny Glover and Representative Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for human rights, peace and…
Fancy a prestigious TV break for an evening? Good news: an important 20th century American opera is now available for streaming, after a rare staging this summer. And it lasts…
The death of Gabby Petito draws attention to a form of widespread gendered violence in the US that has long been hiding in plain sight The last week of July,…
Glaciers are regarded as a key indicator of climate change. Scientists warn that under the current melting rate, even major glaciers are at risk of disappearing. This, in turn, will…
Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-CAM) and a survivor of the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields, recently received $6.5 million from the US government via USAID to…
Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, has…