Entertainment
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Boston Commemorates St. Patrick's Day with Brisk Parade Festivities
Boston celebrated its St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, which Mayor Michelle Wu hailed as one of the most significant events of the year for the city. Wu noted that the day was a time for19 March 2023Read More... -
160 Arts Organizations Receive $626,000 in Grants from Boston Cultural Council, Announces Mayor Wu
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Boston Cultural Council...09 March 2023Read More... -
Irish-American Heritage Month
During the month of March, the City of Boston celebrates and honors the achievements and contributions of Irish-Americans.08 March 2023Read More... -
New National Strategy to Reenergize U.S. Travel and Tourism
Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo today announced a new National Travel and Tourism Strategy that focuses federal government efforts to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry13 June 2022Read More... -
Washington zoo welcomes new baby panda
Washington zoo officials heralded the arrival of "a precious giant panda cub" Friday, following the much-watched birth of panda Mei Xiang's latest baby, four years after her last pregnancy.23 August 2020Read More...
Fashion
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Diamond Prices Firm After Supply Declines
Diamond trading was seasonally slow in December as the industry’s focus shifted to retail and as diamantaires took their end-of-year break. Sentiment received a boost from strong holidayRead More... -
Protesters target Polanski film at cinemas in Brussels
Feminist activists defaced cinemas in Brussels with angry condemnations of director Roman Polanski's latest film overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday.Read More... -
London Latino heartlands struggle for survival
Whenever London's South Americans go looking for a job, a helping hand, the flavours of home or a party with their compatriots, they head to the Latino indoor marketRead More... -
Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry
A 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun — the Egyptian pharaoh known as King Tut — goes under the hammer this week in London despite an outcry from Cairo.Read More... -
Four top British authors in novel anti-Brexit European crusade
Ken Follett, Lee Child, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes, four heavyweights of British literature, are launching a "Friendship Tour" of Europe to represent the 48 percent whoRead More... -
Zombies and women: London Men's Fashion Week wraps up
Models in zombie make-up and a growing number of women on the catwalks were among the eye-catching features of Men's Fashion Week, which wrapped up inRead More... -
'Britain's Notre-Dame' tells fiery tale of restored glory
A bolt of lightning pierced its tower and flames licked across its thick oak roof. Thirty-five years ago it was York Minster in northern England that went up in flames.Read More... -
Elton John joins call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
British pop legend Elton John has joined "friend" George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's new death-penalty laws forRead More... -
Ed Sheeran marries girlfriend in 'tiny wedding': report
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has married his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn in a "tiny winter wedding", The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.Read More...
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Former US President Donald Trump has once again targeted Jewish billionaire and progressive megadonor George Soros in his latest fundraising email to supporters. Trump claimed that Soros
President Joe Biden has issued his first veto after Congress voted to block a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to weigh the long-term impacts of social factors and climate
During Monday's meeting of the United Nations Security Council, the United States, China, and Russia disagreed about who was to blame for North Korea's dozens of missile launches and
Australia has announced plans to purchase up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, following approval from the US State Department. The deal, worth almost $900 million,
The White House has announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will be visiting Iowa this week to discuss the protection of reproductive rights. Harris will be meeting with local leaders in
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order aimed at increasing the number of background checks carried out during gun sales. The order does not make universal background checks
On Monday, the Biden administration approved the $8 billion Willow oil project, one of the largest new oil and gas developments on federal land in Alaska in 20 years. The project, planned by
After years of debate, President Joe Biden has selected the new livery design for the upcoming Air Force One aircraft, which will feature a slightly deeper shade of light blue than the current
According to a joint statement from the Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force, a multinational sanctions enforcement group, the US and its allies have blocked or seized over
Legislation has been introduced in at least two of the four states with presidential primaries falling on the first day of Passover next year - Maryland and Pennsylvania - to change the date.