Eddie Palmieri, Latin music trailblazer, dies at 88
Eddie Palmieri, who revolutionized Latin music and played a major role in the salsa explosion in New York City, passed ...
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Lavish ‘Grand Mariage’ weddings celebrate Comoros tradition, society
It is wedding season in the Comoros, when the diaspora return to the tiny Indian Ocean islands for days-long celebrations ...
Puppet ban in Indonesian capital threatens buskers’ livelihoods
In the sweltering streets of Jakarta, buskers carry towering, hollow puppets and pass around a bucket for donations. Now, they ...
W.Sahara film festival urges Nolan to drop scenes shot in disputed territory
The Sahara International Film Festival has called on director Christopher Nolan to exclude scenes filmed in Western Sahara from his ...
‘Happy people’: folk festivals punctuate Greek summer life
It's midnight in the Aegean Sea but on the Greek island of Ikaria, in the courtyard of the church of ...
Lebanon mourns Ziad Rahbani, enfant terrible of stage and song
Lebanon mourned musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of iconic singer Fairuz and a musical pioneer in his own right, ...
Comic-Con showcases scenes from a new series inspired by the “Alien” universe
A large number of fans of the “Alien” film series attended a screening of scenes from the first episode of ...
Italy concert of pro-Putin conductor Gergiev cancelled
Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta announced on Monday that it was cancelling a weekend concert of pro-Kremlin maestro Valery Gergiev ...
After ‘Dune,’ Denis Villeneuve to helm next James Bond film
Fresh from his success with the "Dune" saga, Denis Villeneuve has been tapped to direct the next movie in the ...
Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave
Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world, drawing excited ...
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