Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

The acclaimed Ukrainian author and essayist talks about his experience as a Soviet-born, Russian-speaking novelist, the ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by the billionaire SpaceX founder, has laid off thousands of federal ...

Happy 93rd birthday to John Williams today, the Superman of Film Music! Aedín includes a wonderful selection of his scores ...

Trump’s thirst for land is either a negotiating tactic or the dawn of a new imperial age, writes Richard Hall.

Apple TV+ has confirmed that Carême, its upcoming drama inspired by the life of celebrated French chef Antonin Carême, will debut on April 30 th . Carême rose from humble beginnings in Paris to the ...

South Coast Repertory and HFP LIVE will present pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder, for a strictly limited engagement of Rachmaninoff and the Tsar.

For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl, and Russian-speaking culture ...

John Adams, a graduate student at the University of California, during the preparation of his thesis, asked the ChatGPT neural network to compile a rating of the best states in the history of mankind.

Hardly anyone recognizes the name Felix Yusupov. He was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the imperial family, whose place ...

As Trump surrounds himself with tech billionaires, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist David Hoffman about Russia's ...