Best food, travel and culture holidays in Asia
Here are four ways to cross Asia – from the best Thai cuisine and excellent cocktails in Bangkok to vegetarian tours of India’s Sunder Vallabh Thai food and cocktails in Bangkok It might be…
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Why Bebe Kebede, 80, is fighting for women’s rights in Ethiopia
Written by Staff Writer at CNN She is well known as “Auntie Bebe.” At the age of 78, Bebe Kebede is already Ethiopia’s best-known, and most vocal, politician. She has dedicated much of her…
What happens when a plastic bag becomes sheep’s hair?
Written by Staff Writer by Shana Lebowitz, CNN At first glance, it doesn’t seem much different from any other plastic bag: Thick, plastic looking bag intended to hold toiletries and toilet paper. But there…
‘Worst of Washington’ roundup: Contradictory billboard warnings, a leopard on the prowl, and a noose on the sidewalk
A hidden fence was put up to prevent the view of pedestrians crossing the street, nearly half the DC Public Schools system was closed due to the 10-plus-day government shutdown and one resident can’t…
How I chose to keep two children alive on a heartbreaking journey to America
Hospital The maternity unit at our nearest hospital was three miles away. It was a 45-minute drive on a road where there had been no accidents, so we thought no harm would come to…
Joe Biden once told college coach he was ‘a punching bag’ — because a rival team burned his family’s home
Photo Before entering politics, Vice President Joe Biden filled out a college application for a women’s lacrosse team. The application, which reached the manager of the Towson women’s lacrosse team, reads: “Are you prepared…
Three charged in ‘friendly’ shooting of friend who ‘gave him a little help’
Mr. Rittenhouse was cited for six charges, including reckless homicide, initially arrested on suspicion of three felony charges. Mr. Rittenhouse, who was 26 years old at the time of the incident, had worked as…
Laurence Erwin Allen, founder of the African American history photo collective Image Library, dies at 94
The post “5 Million+” first appeared on the early black Washington News Daily. For more than 30 years, my father was a black journalist. Why? A newspaper editor told him that he wouldn’t be…
Can you argue that Bitcoin isn’t the new music industry?
It’s been three years since Sam Aswad came up with the idea of Crypto.com. The night after the New York City Fashion Week show called Himitsu, he had the prescience to see that designs…
The insanity of the cellphone-born vaccination gap
There are lots of science-y reasons to get vaccinated for shingles — because it can stop an infection from spreading and because it may prevent chronic pain and also may reduce your risk of…