Bertha Ngumbi, my sweet mother, is one of the kindest women I know. But when I was a kid growing up in Kenya with four siblings, her kindness annoyed me. My siblings — three sisters and one brother
When Mel Mann was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at 37, doctors told him he had about three years to live. It was January 1995. An Army major in Detroit, Mann had chalked up persistent back pain to working out until an MRI revealed trouble in his bone marrow.
Watching Netflix's new adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, I found myself struggling. Grappling might be the better word, actually. I wasn't grappling with the show itself, an ambitious
Praia, Cape Verde — With just over half a million residents, Cape Verde is one of the smallest countries ever to reach the FIFA World Cup. Yet this volcanic archipelago off West Africa has earned a place on football’s biggest stage, and the excitement across the islands is palpable.
AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A cargo ship caught fire Sunday after being hit by an unknown projectile off Qatar's coast, the British military said, in the
NewsFeed Iran’s army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia says if the ‘enemy’ were to attack again, they would face ‘surprising’ new methods of warfare and arenas of retaliation. He added that countries which sanction Iran will ‘face problems’ crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 10 May 2026
Democrats suffered a major setback and Republicans continued to reshape voting maps their way in a frantic week of developments prompted by court rulings.
The gangway up to the Empire State VII slopes from the dock at
Stay up to date with the World Cup in our Up First newsletter . The 1994 World Cup kicked off with a sold-out match.
Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over a tight-security Victory Day ceremony on Red Square, expressing confidence in eventual success in Ukraine while overseeing the capital’s annual commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
In an 1838 journal entry Ralph Waldo Emerson warned against mistaking contradiction for persecution: "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted." Two centuries later, that error feels endemic to social media and celebrity culture — and it...
There's a dichotomy shaping up in this midterm election year. The national political landscape could hardly look worse for President Trump and Republicans. At the
