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News of the World | Academic efforts to decode men gain steam in time of #MeToo
The professor scrawls “macho,” ‘’brave” and “strong” on a crowded blackboard, apt words for someone whose book titles are littered with “masculinity” and “manhood.” ... -
News of the World | Cracking the mysteries of the elusive, majestic whale shark
Despite its hulking appearance, the whale shark has only tiny, almost useless teeth and is sometimes so docile that entire boatloads of people can ... -
First-of-kind nail biter in Best Picture race
Usually by now, a consensus favorite has emerged after months of guild and critics groups awards — or at least a front-runner along with ... -
How the ultra-wealthy say ‘I love you’ with over-the-top travel
Vacations of a lifetime The Taj Mahal was built as a love letter. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 to honor ... -
News of the world | Deep down: Rivalry between Koreas, Japan transcends sport
As South Korea’s national soccer coach prepared to play Japan in a 1954 World Cup qualifier, President Syngman Rhee, who’d been liberated, with the ... -
News of the world | Essay Against tense global backdrop, let the Games begin
On the one hand: The world gathers for a scripted, globalized spectacle of competition and unity. North Korean athletes and performers stream into the ... -
News of the world | Europe’s rise in temporary work contracts puts lives on hold
Europe’s economic recovery is in full swing, and in countries like Portugal, the unemployment rate is falling steeply from record highs reached during the ... -
News of the World | Elton John says upcoming tour will be his last
Elton John is retiring from the road after his upcoming three-year global tour, capping nearly 50 years on stages around the world. He calls ... -
News of the world | Century after pandemic, science takes its best shot at flu
The descriptions are haunting. Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. ... -
News of the world | No wedding, no Crown: What’s a royal obsessive to do?
Are you a royal desperado, in that binge-watching kind of way? The House of Windsor, under that and other grand names, has provided five ... -
Travelog | From Malta to Minneapolis, a look at where to go in 2018
From Malta to Minneapolis, here’s a look at some destinations around the world that will be making news in 2018. They include designated culture ... -
News of the world | Christmas in Bethlehem: Trump’s Jerusalem shift looms large
Some food vendors, sellers of holiday trinkets and a leading hotelier in biblical Bethlehem say Palestinian protests, triggered by what many here view as ... -
News of the World | Surrounded by scandal, Globes turn to old favs & fresh faces
Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era fairytale “The Shape of Water” swam away with a leading seven Golden Globes nominations this week and the HBO ... -
News of the world | Newly crowned by US as Israel’s capital, Jerusalem is unique
It is rare and perhaps unique for the world to interfere with a country’s choice of its own capital. But that is far ... -
News of the world | Post-Weinstein, Lauer: A reckoning for fans of fallen heroes
When it comes to fandom, it’s reckoning time for Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor and scores of other men accused of sexual wrongdoing. Hero celebrities ... -
News of the World | Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization
The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long-lost language, one schoolchild at ... -
News of the world | Managing overtourism an increasing feature of global travel
Venice is planning to divert massive cruise liners. Barcelona has cracked down on apartment rentals. Both are at the forefront of efforts to get ... -
News of the world | Pomp and flattery: Asia rolls out the red carpets for Trump
Honor guards marching in unison in colorful uniforms. Elaborate state dinners with celebrity guests. Gaggles of children, jumping and screaming along with endless praise. ... -
News of the World | Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor
The godfather of rock and roll. A performer who always gave all he had. A man who loved his city and his neighborhood. Tributes ... -
News of the World | Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find origins of gold
Astronomers around the world reacted to the signal quickly, focusing telescopes located on every continent and even in orbit to a distant spot in ... -
News of the world | Tale of two cities: Olympics sponsors in Pyeongchang and Tokyo
Pyeongchang is a little-known destination in one of South Korea’s poorest provinces. It is the ‘little town that could,’ bidding twice unsuccessfully for the ... -
Travelog | Stealthy, scarce and spectacular: Viewing tigers in India
Going on safari to India to photograph tigers in the wild is an unrivaled experience. These are the world’s largest cats. They are stealthy, ... -
News of the World | Hugh Hefner, leader of the sexual revolution, dies at 91
Hugh Hefner turned silk pajamas into a work uniform, women into centerfolds and sexual desire into a worldwide multimedia empire that spanned several generations ... -
News of the World | California condors return to the skies after near extinction
In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the California condor. The giant vultures flap their wings ... -
News of the World | Hurricane Irma: Two weeks of fury and devastation end
Irma, which flattened some Caribbean islands and enveloped nearly all of Florida in its fury, no longer exists. The open Atlantic’s most powerful hurricane ... -
News of the World | Cambodia paper is latest victim of intensifying crackdown
When Cambodia’s main opposition leader was arrested last weekend in a surprise police raid, one of the country’s last independent media outlets rushed reporters ... -
News Of the world | Edmunds: How car shoppers can find the best ‘American’ cars
Buy American” is a slogan that’s getting a lot of attention lately, but it can be tough to put into practice when you’re car ... -
News of the World | Club Med at Guilin | Western brand, Chinese characteristics
After 10 days of crisscrossing southwestern China by high-speed train with two young children in tow, exploring minority villages amid rugged scenery and often ... -
News of the world | Warren Beatty on ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ at 50
The film, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the fatalistic outlaws, would become a cultural sensation, one of the biggest box office hits ... -
News of the World | Marine mammal used in pioneering research back in limelight
Studies using Tina, the false killer whale — a dark-gray member of the dolphin family with a big, round beak — led to major ... -
Travelog | Legendary biking on North Dakota’s Maah Daah Hey trail
I drove with friends more than 1,600 km to ride 160-plus km of the single-track trail, which is no wider than a bike. And ... -
News of the World | Futuristic NY pier project pits billionaire vs billionaire
A battle between two New York billionaires has been holding up a plan to replace a crumbling pier on Manhattan’s Hudson River waterfront with ... -
Travelog | Forests, moors, peat bogs: A week of walking in Scotland
Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West ... -
Environment | World’s plastic waste could bury Manhattan 3km deep
Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two ... -
Travelog | A road trip through Sicily is a trip across centuries
Sicily sits at the toe of Italy’s boot, just 3.2 kilometers from the mainland, at its closest point, and a short ferry ride from ...
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