Category: Culture

“IT WAS DONE but has no AC and it’s like 9,000 degrees,” Simone Biles wrote in an Instagram story. The selfie in the story shows her with a simple ponytail. Biles defended her hairstyle, asking others not to comment on a Black girl’s hair,… Continue Reading

South Sudan’s men’s basketball team, a first-time qualifier, has exceeded expectations and is one of the best Cinderella stories of the Olympics, nearly upsetting Team USA and securing its first-ever Olympic victory over Puerto Rico. The “Bright… Continue Reading

Tim Allen is set to return to ABC with a new comedy series “Shifting Gears,” where he stars as a widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. Allen’s estranged adult daughter, played by Kat Dennings, and her teenage kids move in with him. The… Continue Reading

It’s a steamy Thursday afternoon in New York City and, despite the humidity, Bryant Park is abuzz with activity: Office workers eat their lunches at bistro tables scattered about the park, tired tourists sprawl across the… Continue Reading

Some Olympian athletes are displeased with the Olympic Village. One of the bigger issues—an “anti-sex” cardboard bed, designed, according to the organizers, to be eco-friendly and durable. While some athletes found the cardboard beds… Continue Reading

61-year-old Ni Xia Lian became the oldest player to win a table tennis match at the Olympics after defeating Sibel Altinkaya from Turkey in the first round. Born in Shanghai in 1963, Ni won two world championships in 1983 before changing her… Continue Reading

A British judge issued an arrest warrant for former glamour model Katie Price, after she repeatedly failed to attend bankruptcy court hearings. Price was declared bankrupt twice, in November 2019 and March 2021, over unpaid tax bills totaling… Continue Reading

Since the war began, Hila’s (alias) husband has been serving almost continuously in the reserves. “By 8:30 am on October 7, he was already at the northern border,” she recalled. “I am immensely proud of him; these are our family’s values. But… Continue Reading

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio caught the audience off guard in one notable aspect: cupping therapy. The large brown circles on the swimmers’ bodies were mysterious, initially speculated as an injury or some kind of marking until the ancient… Continue Reading

Retired soccer star Mesut Özil, once a top offensive midfielder in Europe and a star for Real Madrid, Arsenal and the German national team, ignited controversy on Tuesday with a provocative Instagram story featuring a crossed-out map of Israel… Continue Reading