Nairobi's Nila Baby Shop owner, Nora, moves to tears by a heartfelt letter from jobless mother Wanjiru, leading to an unexpected job opportunity.

Located in an abandoned historical bank, this place has everything: murals, forgery, a disassociating ballerina, secret passages, your own funeral … And don’t look now, but there’s the Chicken Lady!” ...

Commentary: With unaffordable rent linked to higher mortality rates and increased homelessness, Americans need immediate help.

Karabash used to be called “the most polluted city in the world,” but then, in 2025, it achieved fame thanks instead to the documentary film Mr. Nobody against Putin. Now the film is up for an Oscar.

The PlayStation 1 was an era-defining console, not just for Sony, which was making a big entry into the console space with a brand that would last for many decades, but also for the video game ...

When a diplomat is posted by one Commonwealth member to head a mission in another, they are high commissioners. When those very diplomats are posted to countries that are outside the Commonwealth, ...

The letter, written in prison hours before her execution, is on display in Scotland for the first time in 30 years, ...

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This week's letters include a call for "walking the walk" ethically and a call for action against phone scammers.

The Issue: President Trump firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following recent House hearings. Kristi Noem’s ...

“Write to me right away," reads the then-senator's handwritten letter to Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post ...

A handwritten letter that John F. Kennedy mailed to Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post is up for auction more than 70 years later. The two-sided note, written on United States Senate letterhead and ...