Ramon Taylor NEW YORK—Imagine a place where children can steer a dhow boat across the Indian Ocean, sell Egyptian spices and Moroccan rugs, hop on a camel and embark across the Sahara. “America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far” is a groundbreaking interactive museum exhibit in the heart of New York City that lets […]readmore
Reuters Kobe Bryant has spent a career tormenting the Toronto fan base, and now he is set to entertain it as the NBA’s All-Star Weekend descends on Canada for the first time and welcomes Bryant for his swan song. Set to play in his 18th and final All-Star Game on Sunday, a kinder and gentler […]readmore
Reuters February 11, 2016 9:03 AM NEW YORK—New York Fashion Week opens on Thursday with chilly weather and perhaps an even chillier prospect: defining the purpose of the shows as brands begintrying fresh ways to engage customers. This season, the once-exclusive event will occupy a middle ground between invitation-only and fashion-for-all, with a mix of […]readmore
Reuters BERLIN—George Clooney will be in town on Thursday when «Hail, Caesar!» opens the annual Berlin Film Festival, and Meryl Streep is the competition jury president, but the politically attuned showcase hopes to attract refugees as well as film fans this year.The festival that began in 1951, when Europe was recovering from a war that […]readmore
Elizabeth Lee LOS ANGELES—With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, the candidates are providing an endless source of material for actors and comedians to take to their own stages. In Hollywood, a comedy show called «Candidate Confessions» is drawing crowds who enjoy laughing at the antics of the presidential contenders. At the Second […]readmore
VOA News Social media site Twitter is changing the way it displays messages. The microblogging service will now let popular tweets related to people you follow show up first in your timeline, followed by the real-time feed most people on Twitter are used to. The new «Show me the best tweets first» feature is optional […]readmore
VOA News Facebook will soon roll out a wider range of reactions to posted items than «like.» Soon its users will be able to be «angry» and «sad,» or shout «yay» or «wow» — or simply «love» a comment, photo or video posted on the social media site. «We want people to be able to […]readmore
Miami, Fl- El cantante colombiano Carlos Vives recibirá el galardón a la excelencia de los Premios Lo Nuestro 2016 por su trayectoria musical de 30 años en la vigésimo octava edición de la gala, que se celebrará el próximo 18 de febrero en Miami (Florida, Estados Unidos) Vives, que ha vendido más de 30 millones de copias en […]readmore
Associated Press NEW YORK—«Dear Pope Francis,» 10-year-old Mohammed begins, «Will the world be again as it was in the past?» Signed «Respectfully yours,» the boy wrote from a Jesuit-run school for refugee children in Syria and was treated to a long and personal answer from the pope himself. So were 29 other children who posed […]readmore
Associated Press KEY WEST, FLA —An employee of a Key West, Florida, bar is suing Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over an altercation that resulted in Carter’s arrest. Skylar Carden is accusing Carter of battery in the lawsuit filed Monday. Carden claims Carter struck and punched him earlier this month at the Hog’s Breath Saloon. […]readmore