Cultural Tidings, Your Window to the World

Taliban Could Be Convinced to Open Girls’ Schools, Says Afghanistan Ex-education Minister Happy, Faithful and Tied to Nature: Life Adapting to the Climate Crisis – Photo Essay Heroic, Short, Callous, Crumpled, Christlike: How Artists Portrayed Napoleon Before Ridley Scott Striking smartphone portraits from Ghana – in pictures €100m Botticelli Painting Forgotten for 50 years Recovered from Naples Home ‘A Bus Is Open to Everyone Regardless of Class’: Riding the World’s Biggest Network Tears of the Tigris: A Journey Through Iraq – In Pictures Foiled Robbery Attempt Sees Demand for Ancient Samurai Weapon Soar in Japan A Window into Secretive North Korea – in pictures Birdsong: The Dying Whistled Language of the Hmong People in Northern Laos LGBTQ+ Couple in Nepal Are First in South Asia to Be Legally Married ‘People Didn’t Realise a Funeral Could Be So Beautiful’: Poland Finds a New Way to Celebrate Life – and Death Sea Crossings, Cleaning, and Connery’s Coffee: Memories of Galicians Who Came to Britain History Fades as Rising Sea Levels Slowly Destroy Thailand’s Temple Murals ‘Changing Takes Time’: How Female Photographers in Africa are Redefining Their Lives Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help. Baseball Flourishes in Colombia’s Capital. But Not Because of Colombians. Where the Flavors of the Amazon Rainforest Delight South Korea’s City of Books An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time

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Cultural Tidings, Your Window to the World

‘Power of the Masses’: the Day Iceland’s Women Went on Strike and Changed History For Afghans Around the World This Cricket World Cup Is Providing a Rare Moment of Joy Women, Life, Freedom! Iranian Electronic Musicians Reflect on a Year of Protest Colombia and Mali Leading Efforts to Improve Air Quality, New Ranking Finds Lederhosen in the Amazon: an Austro-German Enclave in Peru Keeps Traditions Alive ‘Pervasive and Relentless’ Racism on the Rise in Europe, Survey Finds Climate Crisis Is ‘Not Gender Neutral’: UN Calls for More Policy Focus on Women Ancient Rock Carvings Revealed by Receding Amazon Waters Amid Drought Brazil Slave Trafficker’s Links to Top Bank Spark Debate Over Reparations West Africa’s Style Icons … and the Tiny Studio That Shot Them – in Pictures ‘We Are Alive and We Are Here’: Chile’s Lost Tribe Celebrates Long-Awaited Recognition Ethiopian Drought and Child Marriage – in Portraits ‘Reggae, Hip-Hop and a Lot of Humour’: the Ghanaian Funeral Troubadour’s Joyful Soundtrack for the Dead Colourful Beauty of Parthenon Marbles Revealed in Scientific Analysis Trapped As Fire Raged: Deadly Perils in Mexico for Migrants Escaping Climate Catastrophe Cold War Satellite Images Reveal Hundreds of Unknown Roman Forts Demonstration in Oslo Seeks Removal of Windfarms in Indigenous Region ‘They Treated Me Like an Animal’: How Filipino Domestic Workers Become Trapped Oil-Rich and Extremely Poor: Inside the Forgotten ‘Abyei Box’ – a Photo Essay Official Swedish Dictionary Completed After 140 Years ‘I Have to Wear Two Hats’: Thailand’s Breakdancing Team Confronts Hair Loss at the Asian Games Synod of Bishops to Meet in Rome As Women Prepare to Vote for First Time Stone by Ancient Stone, Mexico Recovers Its Lost Treasures South Korea Must Return Buddhist Statue to Japan, Supreme Court Says A Hindu Goddess Festival Where Indian Progressivism Is Alive and Well If You Can Take the Cable Car to the Colosseum, You’re in Vietnam

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Cultural Tidings, Your Window to the World

‘We Defended Our Right to the Land’: Brazil’s Indigenous People Hail Supreme Court Victory The Hellish Birth of Brazil’s Heavy Metal Scene Brazilians Push to Make Dream of Black Woman on Supreme Court a Reality ‘We Know How to Win’: the First Nations Nature Reserve that Became a Model for the World From Streets to Stage: Colombia’s Magical Dance School in a Forest ‘Korea is Hiding Our Past’: The Adoptees Searching for their Families – And the Truth Danish Dictionary to Weed Out Gender Stereotypes ‘We Are Artists’: Mexican Wrestling’s Exóticos are Champions with New Film The Norwegian Secret: How Friluftsliv Boosts Health and Happiness ‘No One Talked About It’: Persecution of Mallorca’s Jews Finally Acknowledged ‘People Have Weapons, But It’s to Celebrate!’ Jantra, the Sudanese Keyboardist Making Wild Party Music For South Korea’s Senior Subway Riders, the Joy Is in the Journey A Dance Festival Making Movement Democratic Has Coffee Really Ousted Tea as the U.K.’s Favorite Hot Drink?

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