Cultures

Mar 30, 2019

Conservative congress on family sharply divides Italy

Verona was the backdrop for a culture clash, as it hosted both a conservative congress on family values and a march by civic groups who denounced the event as a move to limit LGBT and women's rights


Mar 27, 2019

Mexico's 'Me Too' movement swells in media, cultural circles

Mexico's "Me Too" movement swells in media, cultural circles


Mar 27, 2019

Biden criticizes 'white man's culture,' role in Hill hearing

Joe Biden condemns 'white man's culture' in speaking out against sexual violence


Mar 23, 2019

Pompeo tours Lebanese historical sites in ancient city

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan spent much of the second and last day of their visit to Lebanon touring historical churches and a centuries-old citadel in this coastal city


Mar 23, 2019

'Rise up!' NZ students heal with haka after mosque attacks

After mass shooting, the young people of Christchurch find solace in an old tradition: a Maori ceremonial dance called the haka


Mar 22, 2019

Belgian carnival may lose UN recognition amid anti-Semitism

The U.N.'s cultural agency considers the possible withdrawal of the recognition of a Belgium carnival as intangible cultural heritage following accusations of anti-Semitism during a parade


Mar 21, 2019

Chinese visit to Italy seeks closer ties, stirs suspicions

Chinese Premier Xi Jingping's visit to Rome will see the two countries sign a deal making Italy the first major democracy to join China's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project.


Mar 14, 2019

1st female superintendent of Grand Canyon park steps down

Grand Canyon National Park's first openly gay, female superintendent has stepped down after being brought in to change what U.S. investigators called a culture of sexual harassment


Mar 14, 2019

The Latest: Grand Canyon chief will focus on social justice

Grand Canyon chief says she'll focus on social justice and women's empowerment when she leaves the job at the end of March


Mar 12, 2019

Russia faces protests over factory on shores of lake Baikal

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to audit a prospective water bottling plant on the shores of the world's deepest freshwater lake