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International Bagpipe Day
Music
Break out the kilts — or don’t — it’s International Bagpipe Day!
CycleBeads are among the apps offering to help with "user-directed birth control."
Health
Sex without the Pill? There’s an app for that!
A man walks past graffiti which reads "Yankees, go to hell" in Caracas March 10, 2015. President Nicolas Maduro was seeking special decree powers from Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday in response to new US sanctions, drawing opposition protests of a powe
Global Politics
The US imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials, and President Nicolas Maduro couldn’t be happier
Militant Islamist fighters hold the flag of Islamic State (IS) while taking part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province in this June 30, 2014 file photo.
Conflict
In Iraq, the battle against ISIS rages — in Syria there is little resistance
Anouar Brahem CD cover
Music
Famed musician was ‘trying to find something new to compose.’ Then the Arab Spring happened.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton speaks at his election victory party on November 4, 2014. The freshman senator from Arkansas is emerging as a vocal opponent of nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
Republicans to Iran: A nuclear deal can disappear ‘with a stroke of a pen’
eaton lead
Environment
‘God commanded’ family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi
Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore) 45 from the series Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2012.
Arts
These artists remember the Fukushima disaster through their photography
Soy Sauce
Food
Tsunami-proof: Japanese soy sauce rises from ruins of 2011 disaster