French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs
Watching “La Haine” nearly 30 years ago, there was a sense of something inexorable about violence in the French suburbs. French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s critically acclaimed black-and-white ...
The EU’s chief is trying to help Ukraine prepare for winter. Half its energy network is destroyed.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Ukraine on Friday focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and ...
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Turkey wants to regulate Germany’s beloved döner kebab street food
BERLIN (AP) — Beef and chicken glisten as they rotate slowly on vertical spits before they are carved off in razor-thin strips. Two cooks slide from a sizzling griddle to a warm toaster in a practiced ...
Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for its first election since ...
Jefferson Planning Advisory Board recommends denying new Children's Hospital
With a 6-1 vote, the Jefferson Planning Advisory Board shocked the audience by recommending that the Jefferson Parish Council ...
Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years
Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon’s capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast. Hundreds of tons of haphazardly stored ammonium ...
In-person voting for the US presidential contest is about to start as Election Day closes in
The Democratic and Republican national conventions are just a memory, the first and perhaps only debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is ...
Rare G.K. Chesterton essay on mystery writing is itself a mystery
When he wasn’t working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new ways to tell them. Detective fiction had grown a little dull, the ...
Youth activists plan protests to demand action on climate as big events open in NYC
Activists geared up Friday for protests around the world to demand action on climate change just as a pair of major weeklong climate events were getting underway in New York City.
Voters split on whether Harris or Trump would do a better job on the economy: AP-NORC poll
Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength ...
The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse ...
Congress scrambles to ensure safety of presidential candidates in final weeks of campaign
Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of ...