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Does It Have to Be That Way?: A Conversation with El...

Elif Batuman in 2019. Photo: Valentyn Kuzan. In September 1852, when he was t...

Cooking with Intizar Husain

Photo by Erica Maclean. The novel Basti by Intizar Husain begins with childre...

Jessamine Chan’s gripping debut novel sends up moder...

The School for Good Mothers. By Jessamine Chan. Simon & Schuster; 336 pages; ...

Dominant languages can spread even without coercion

NEVER THINK the world is in decline. A recent book, “Speak Not” by James Grif...

The “Scream” franchise adds another self-referential...

The fifth film in the “Scream” series has a counter-intuitive title: “Scream”...

Hook CEO apologizes following an expose on her lavis...

Following the initial expose of Lee Seung Gi effectively be...

DAWN defends HyunA against malicious rumors regardin...

Following the surprising breakup of star couple HyunA and DA...

‘I thought I was a loser’: how a career coach’s book...

Olivia Chan had a variety of interests but no career path. Reading life coach...

Why this dragon didn’t roar: starring Sam Neill, fir...

Why this dragon didn’t roar: despite a cast that included Jurassic Park’s Sam...

Dolly Parton regrets choosing 'really good' song to ...

Dolly Parton wishes she hadn't chosen such a good song to lock away for 30 ye...

Kanye West sparks backlash after making horrifying c...

Kanye West has been condemned for praising WWII dictator Adolf Hitler and goi...

EU has no legal way to seize Russian assets – officials

Brussels still hopes to use the frozen funds to finance ...

Switzerland reveals value of frozen Russian assets

The sanctioned $8 billion is only a fraction of the mone...

EU country’s economy shrinking

Finland’s GDP decreased by 0.3% in July through Septembe...

Chinese tech flying high across the Gulf

A “flying car” built by Chinese company Xpeng Aeroht made its first public fl...

Protests push policy as ‘zero-Covid’ eased in mild c...

Certain Chinese cities have started to allow mild Covid patients to isolate a...