In the remote northern region of Coahuila, Mexico, a small community is fighting to preserve a history that crosses borders and centuries. El Nacimiento, a rural village near the Sierra de Santa
Every time the Chinese New Year approaches, I find myself paying closer attention to the animal of the year. Not just the symbolism, but the stories behind it, where those meanings came
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In a factory in China’s Yiwu, widely known as the “world’s supermarket,” a mistake unexpectedly sparked a toy sensation in early 2026: a horse’s mouth stitched in the wrong direction. Recently, a
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Hundreds of thousands of Filipino devotees flooded the streets of Manila on Friday to participate in the annual procession of the Black Nazarene, one of the world’s largest displays of Catholic faith.
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I attended the funeral of legendary singer Deshamannya Kala Soori Latha Walpola today. I want to pen down how her famous song “Shrini Vidushitha Lanka Derene Sinha Danaya Lelede” (Lion flag flying
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Pope Leo used his Christmas Eve sermon to call on Christians worldwide to recognize the divine in every person, emphasizing that refusing help to the poor and strangers is equivalent to turning
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Editorial Today is Christmas Day! The day we say the Holy Father’s Son was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem, we are told, is once again lighting lamps after years of darkness, even as
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A 15-metre Christmas tree once again dominates Manger Square in Bethlehem, rising beside one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Basilica of the Nativity, built over the grotto believed to mark the
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by Durga Velayudham The period between 1950 and 1970 was the golden age of the Government Film Unit (GFU). The Government Film Unit, originally established in the Velona Complex, Moratuwa, was relocated to
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Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal paid his respects to Assam’s beloved singer Zubeen Garg at the Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex in Guwahati on Sunday. Sonowal also met Garg’s wife, Garima Saikia Garg, and
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The following chapter, adapted from the book Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is being republished in honor of Pope Francis, who passed away this week. This
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