Author Jhumpa Lahiri declines NYC’s Noguchi Museum award after keffiyeh ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Author Jhumpa Lahiri declines NYC’s Noguchi Museum award after keffiyeh ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Pulitzer Prize winner refuses to accept her award next month from the New York museum that fired three employees for wearing an emblem of Palestinian solidarity. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for…

Oprah’s support for Kamala Harris: Does her endorsement swing elections? | US Election 2024 News

Oprah’s support for Kamala Harris: Does her endorsement swing elections? | US Election 2024 News

Television legend Oprah Winfrey and United States Vice President Kamala Harris shared the stage on Thursday in a event called “Unite for America” to drum up support for Harris’s presidential campaign. Harris is the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the November election. This is not the first time the television personality…

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

Astana, Kazakhstan – Clouds of dust rise from the sandy ground of a playing field as a dozen horses converge, their riders standing in their stirrups as they direct their mounts towards an odd target: the headless and disembowelled carcass of a goat laying in the dust. From what appears…

How a beauty queen became the face of South Africa-Nigeria tensions | Social Media News

How a beauty queen became the face of South Africa-Nigeria tensions | Social Media News

Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate with her peers and rarely volunteers her origins. This, she says, shields her from persistent…

‘Kings of the world’: The last of the horseback shrimp fishers | Climate

‘Kings of the world’: The last of the horseback shrimp fishers | Climate

Oostduinkerke, Belgium – A few hours after dawn one late July morning, the sound of Gregory Debruyne’s horse Kelly trotting through the verdant lanes of Oostduinkerke echoes through the quaint coastal village in west Belgium. Pulling a cart filled with fishing gear and equipment to sift shrimps, Kelly – a…

Black Myth: Wukong – Why the Chinese game is taking the world by storm | Explainer News

Black Myth: Wukong – Why the Chinese game is taking the world by storm | Explainer News

A new Chinese video game has created a buzz worldwide after it sold more than 10 million copies within three days, becoming the most successful game of all time to emerge from the country. According to 2023 estimates, China’s gaming industry is roughly worth $40bn. Black Myth: Wukong, produced by…

Painting from prison: Egypt’s iconic activist, Inji Efflatoun | Women’s Rights

Painting from prison: Egypt’s iconic activist, Inji Efflatoun | Women’s Rights

Inji Efflatoun – artist, feminist and communist in mid-20th-century Egypt, was jailed for her political activism. An artist, communist, feminist and a champion of the poorest people in Egypt – this is the story of the painter and political activist, Inji Efflatoun. She was born in 1924 into a traditional…

James Earl Jones, actor and voice of Darth Vader, has died aged 93 | Obituaries News

James Earl Jones, actor and voice of Darth Vader, has died aged 93 | Obituaries News

Actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence whose commanding voice defined Star Wars villain Darth Vader, has died. He was 93. Jones, who had had diabetes for many years, died on Monday at home, his agent Barry McPherson said. He was surrounded by family members. The pioneering…

WhatsApp novelists use messaging app to write and sell books in Zimbabwe | Social Media News

WhatsApp novelists use messaging app to write and sell books in Zimbabwe | Social Media News

Harare, Zimbabwe – Sitting on a plastic chair, Kingston Dhewa stares intently at his smartphone, his thumbs jabbing furiously at the screen. He stops briefly and looks up to attend to a customer at his outdoor fruit and vegetable stall in Budiriro 5, a busy, low-income suburb south of Zimbabwe’s…