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wedding tradition

Families are at war over a wedding tradition India banned decades ago

Vismaya Nair had been married for just over one year when she was found dead in the bathroom of her husband's family's home in India's southwestern Kerala state.
Healthcare Workers

Why Healthcare Workers Are Burning Out, and What To Do About It

The inevitable automatization of healthcare should work for providers and patients, not against them
Culture War

In the Culture War, Culture Is Losing

Instead of competing by creating new art and culture, both the left and right are simply trying to wipe each other out
Football

Is Football Still a Bastion of White Supremacy?

Ever since Pierre de Coubertin launched the modern Olympic Games in 1896, sport and nationalism have gravitated toward each other.
Hajj nears conclusion

Hajj nears conclusion as Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Adha

After the first stoning and the removal of Ihram limitations in Mina on Tuesday, this year’s Hajj is nearly at an end, as Muslims around the globe began celebrating Eid Al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice.
Tokyo Olympics composer

Tokyo Olympics composer to quit over bullying of children with disabilities

Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada said Monday he has tendered his resignation from the creative team for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics after admitting that he bullied children with disabilities many years ago.
Western Balkan

5 routes that offer an unrivalled look at Western Balkan history and culture

If you could travel back in time which period would you go to? The Bronze Age? Medieval times?
Shakespeare company

Shakespeare company opens garden theatre by River Avon

Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company opened an outdoor theatre with a new version of "The Comedy of Errors" on Tuesday, its first such full-scale production in front of a live audience in over a year.
Anti-Chinese sentiments

‘We don’t want Chinese songs on Korean shows’: Anti-Chinese sentiments sweep through K-pop

Last month, one of the performances featured on MBC M's music show, "Show Champion," irritated many Korean viewers: two members of WayV, a Chinese sub-unit of K-pop boy group NCT, crooned their latest ballad "Back to You" in Chinese.
One-Cent Magenta stamp

Stamp auction: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp goes under the hammer

The British Guiana One cent magenta dates to 1856 and was printed at a time of a postage stamp shortage.

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