BTS swag is raffled off at an in-person event hosted by the Titas of BTS on March 10. Some 40 women gathered at a bar in Quezon City to celebrate the March birthdays of BTS members Suga and J-Hope. Ashley Westerman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ashley Westerman/NPR BTS swag isContinue Reading
Two Afghan children sit next to a spigot as people of Kamar Kalagh village outside Herat, Afghanistan, try to fill their plastic containers with water. Petros Giannakouris/AP hide caption toggle caption Petros Giannakouris/AP Two Afghan children sit next to a spigot as people of Kamar Kalagh village outside Herat, Afghanistan,Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY — Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote Saturday. López’s best-known work, the Sunday variety show En Familia con Chabelo, ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. The MexicanContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during a meetingContinue Reading
Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022. Nicole Tung for NPR hide caption toggle caption Nicole Tung for NPR IbrahimContinue Reading
An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Thursday. AP hide caption toggle caption AP An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico,Continue Reading
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe during a press conference on March 23, 2023. World Athletics/Reuters hide caption toggle caption World Athletics/Reuters World Athletics president Sebastian Coe during a press conference on March 23, 2023. World Athletics/Reuters World Athletics Council, the governing body for international track and field, will bar transgenderContinue Reading
In a speech to the Canadian Parliament, Biden tried to make up for the delay in his visiting by talking about the close ties between the two neighbors. He even made a joke about Toronto’s hockey team. AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Biden was in Ottawa today. Usually, U.S. presidents visitContinue Reading
This month, President Joe Biden announced a “historic project to strengthen Australian submarine capacity and our own.” Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images This month, President Joe Biden announced a “historic project to strengthen Australian submarine capacity and our own.” Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images This month, AustraliaContinue Reading
The omicron variant is gaining a foothold in Europe. Scientists say it is spreading faster than delta and can do so even in places where many people are vaccinated. What could this mean for the U.S.? MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The new coronavirus variant, omicron, has now shown up inContinue Reading