Thousands of flags wave proudly this weekend at tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just outside Washington. For more than 60 years, the army’s ceremonial unit, known as the …
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Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration
The Origins of the US Flag
To many Americans the Star-Spangled Banner, also known as Old Glory, is almost a religious icon. That hasn’t always been the case. Back in the late 1700s, during the American …
your ads here!Messages to Graduates Touch on Strength, Integrity, Fearlessness, Courage
It is commencement season in America, when high school and university students gather for graduation ceremonies featuring advice from prominent Americans. This year, at a time of heightened political divisions …
your ads here!Khodorkovsky: Boycotting Russia World Cup a ‘Big Mistake’
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Russian oil tycoon-turned-Kremlin foe who spent a decade in prison and now lives in exile, says fellow Kremlin critics should not boycott the upcoming 2018 FIFA …
your ads here!‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Goes Back to Beginning
“Star Wars” fans need wait no longer. Another “Star Wars” installment, this one a spinoff about Han Solo’s formative years as a pilot and a fighter, opens on IMAX movie …
your ads here!Weinstein Surrenders to NY Police in Sex Assault Probe
Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to police Friday morning to face the first criminal charges to be filed against him after months of sexual abuse allegations from scores of women …
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A new study by Johns Hopkins University says urban foraging, the act of finding naturally growing, edible food in urban settings in the U.S. is on the rise. But before …
your ads here!Philip Roth, Fearless and Celebrated Author, Dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac lyricism of “American Pastoral,” died Tuesday …
your ads here!Richard N. Goodwin, White House Speech Writer, Dead at 86
Richard N. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson who helped craft such historic addresses as Robert Kennedy’s “ripples of hope” and LBJ’s speeches …
your ads here!Netflix Says It Has Signed Barack and Michelle Obama to Deal
Barack and Michelle Obama are getting into the television business with Monday’s announcement that they had signed a multiyear deal with Netflix. The former president and first lady have formed …
your ads here!Through Sand Art, Former Tibetan Monk Spreads Message of Peace
Over the centuries, Tibetan monks have created mandalas, fanciful images of the universe with complex iconography. Losang Samten is one of those monks. The American scholar and artist is best …
your ads here!Santa Fe Students Cope in Wake of High School Mass Shooting
The day after the mass shooting at a Texas high school in the small town of Santa Fe, the students who survived are living through the painful aftermath. VOA’s Elizabeth …
your ads here!Wild Animals in the Halls of the US Capitol
Wild animal sounds were heard recently in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. But these were not the calls of escaped animals. They were the sounds of endangered animals serving …
your ads here!‘Women on Wheels’ in Pakistan’s Punjab Province Aimed at Expanding Workforce
As part of a wave of women’s empowerment programs, the government of Pakistan’s Punjab province is running a campaign called “Women on Wheels”, a 2-year-old program that trains women to …
your ads here!Japan’s ‘Shoplifters’ Takes Palme d’Or at Cannes
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes on Saturday for Shoplifters, a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists. The award, to a director who has won prizes …
your ads here!Justify Wins Foggy Preakness, Keeps Triple Crown Bid Alive
Justify emerged from the fog and sloshed his way to another victory Saturday, holding off several hard-charging challengers to win the Preakness Stakes and keep alive the chance for trainer …
your ads here!Worlds Away from Windsor, People Celebrate Harry and Meghan’s Big Day
From the windswept Falkland Islands, battered by the South Atlantic and home to colonies of penguins, to the heat of Kenya, India and Australia, people around the world celebrated Britain’s …
your ads here!Harry, Meghan Become Husband, Wife in British Royal Ceremony
The big day finally arrived for Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as the couple married Saturday in the town of Windsor, outside London. Prince Charles, Prince Harry’s father, walked …
your ads here!Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Wed
Millions around the world watch the union of British royalty and Hollywood glamour at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London, England. …
your ads here!Rise of Chinese Middle Class Fuels Interest in Craft Beers
“Panda Beer,” “Little General,” “Flying Fist IPA,” and “Mandarin Wheat” are among the offerings on tap at a craft beer exhibition this week in Shanghai dedicated to expanding the palette …
your ads here!Huge Security Operation Under Way as Britain Prepares For Royal Wedding
The big day is nearly here for Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as the couple are to wed Saturday in the town of Windsor, just outside London. The former …
your ads here!In ‘Solo,’ a Battle for the Soul, and Tone, of ‘Star Wars’
When J.J. Abrams was a Star Wars novice, Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, had some advice for him: Star Wars …
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