When it opened in 1992 on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, the Zu Lai temple was the first of its kind in the region.
An ongoing trial in Istanbul has indicted 47 doctors, nurses and other health workers in a conspiracy to scam the country’s social security system. Doctors allegedly gave families fake diagnoses to ...
A middle-aged Japanese recently pleaded guilty to a strange crime: attempting to sell “weapons-grade plutonium” acquired in Myanmar to an Iranian general. Unfortunately, for the gangster, the “Iranian ...
Throughout its war in Gaza, the Israeli military has been relying on artificial intelligence to aid its targeting decisions for airstrikes. That’s meant a large volume of strikes, made more quickly. A ...
The war on the battlefield in Ukraine is more or less at a stalemate, but the war of words between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump is heating up. The exchange ...
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been charged for alleged involvement in a coup plot following his 2022 election defeat. The allegations include plans to murder his opponent Lula da ...
Saudi Arabia is pouring billions of dollars into what it describes as a “futuristic megaproject.” Neom is currently under construction in the northwest of the kingdom, and it has been mired with ...
The host of this year’s Tony Awards has just been announced. British actor and singer Cynthia Erivo, most recently the star of “Wicked,” will present the coveted theater awards. Hosts Carolyn Beeler ...
Authorities in the Philippines have come up with a creative way to combat the mosquito-borne illness dengue. They’ve put a bounty on the heads of mosquitos to encourage locals to collect the insects ...
During the Cold War, the US State Department sent jazz artists like Louis Armstrong and Dizzie Gillespie to countries in Africa on a goodwill tour. Meanwhile, the United States was also cooperating ...
In Chile, pet cemeteries seem to be everywhere. But they’re also largely unregulated. And that’s causing problems.
MC Soffia is one of few women in hip-hop in Brazil. Many of her songs are about empowering Black women in a country where ...