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May 17, 2024
URUBICHÁ, Bolivia — Nestled in the Bolivian Amazon, the small, majority-Indigenous town of Urubicha has become an unexpected hub of violin makers, also known as luthiers.Out of a population of some 8,000 people, most of whom are native Guarayos, some 40-50 work directly in the trade, local resident Waldo Papu tells AFP.“I have not seen a place wher ...
May 15, 2024
SEOUL — With a shaved head and flowing monk robes, a South Korean DJ chants tradition ...
May 14, 2024
WASHINGTON — The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on F ...
May 14, 2024
VIENNA — The proportion of the global wildlife trade that is illegal has risen, the UN reported on Monday, saying progress to end the crime ...
May 13, 2024
(OCD) manifests differently for each individual Common obsessions include fears of contamination, doubts about safety or orderliness and ...
May 11, 2024
HUACHO, Peru — Dancing to the tunes of a local brass band, four pallbearers carry a coffin through the streets of a town in western Peru.Hea ...
May 09, 2024
NEW YORK — From Bad Bunny’s Tudor-inspired hat and shoes resembling cloven hooves to the hummingbird perched delicately on Zendaya’s neck, t ...
May 09, 2024
 BORLÄNGE, Sweden — Deep underground in a disused iron mine and under the bluish glow of a flashlight, a small crowd emerges from a sau ...
May 08, 2024
 PARIS — This year’s Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 14 to 25, has a heavy dose of Hollywood veterans, but it’s also the plac ...
May 06, 2024
I don’t know about you, but I can get really creative at convincing myself that another piece of cheese won’t hurt. After all, it’s prot ...
May 04, 2024
KUMASI, Ghana — Ghana’s Asante King on Wednesday displayed for the first time dozens of royal artefacts looted during colonial rule, after t ...
May 02, 2024
PARIS — American author Paul Auster who made his name with noirish, existentialist novels about lonely writers, outsiders and down-and-outer ...
May 01, 2024
TOKYO — Fashion designer Yumi Katsura, who helped popularise Western bridal wear in Japan and who made a golden cape for Pope John Paul II, ...
Oct 01, 2023

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