A Small Step for Trump, A Giant Leap for North Korea
Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president to step onto North Korean soil. Was it a step toward peace and cooperation, or toward nuclear appeasement?
A Rare Look At China’s Treatment of Uighur Muslims
When parents go to “re-education” camps, where they’re reportedly shackled and forced to sing patriotic songs, their kids go to “Kindergartens” behind brick walls and barbed wire.
Yesterday Tries to Keep Beatlemania Alive in 2019
Rock and roll no longer rules the music charts, but Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, and Yesterday have all found Hollywood looking back at the genre’s heyday.
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The Private Pain of Social Media Stardom for Online Gamers
Etika amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube for his prolific and provocative missives, while apparently struggling with mental health issues.
Water Shortages in India Made Worse by Mismanagement
Evacuations and death tolls rise as 44 percent of the country remains drought-stricken.
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