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Aya Nakamura, French-Malian Singer, Is Caught in Olympic Storm

[ad_1] In four months, France will host the Paris Olympics, but which France will show up? Torn between tradition and modernity, the country is in the midst of an identity crisis. The possible choice for the opening ceremony of Aya Nakamura, a superstar French-Malian singer whose slang-spiced lyrics stand at some distance from academic French, […]

Some Couples Are Choosing to Skip Sex and Go Straight to I.V.F.

[ad_1] “The older I get, the more risks there are of my baby having something,” she said. “It makes me ask myself, ‘If I use the embryo from when I was 31, will the baby be healthier?’” she said. “The embryos have also been tested, so at least I know the basics are OK.” Dr. […]

Joan Jonas on Cape Breton, Her Island of Wonder and Inspiration

[ad_1] The view never ends from the weathered porch of Joan Jonas’s summer home on a hill in Cape Breton Island, on the tip of Nova Scotia. Just beyond a thicket of treetops, the Gulf of St. Lawrence sways in a gradient of blues, a cobalt horizon line hovering where sea meets sky. For decades, […]

Laurent de Brunhoff, Artist Who Made Babar Famous, Dies at 98

[ad_1] Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist who nurtured his father’s creation, a beloved, very Gallic and very civilized elephant named Babar, for nearly seven decades — sending him, among other places, into a haunted castle, to New York City and into outer space — died on Friday at his home in Key West, Fla. […]

Kate Middleton latest: Three suspended over medical breach as Archbishop warns over conspiracy theories

[ad_1] Princess Kate ‘reassuring’ Mother’s Day image ‘done completely opposite’, says royal biographer Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Three people have been suspended for allegedly accessing the Princess of Wales’s medical records while she was undergoing abdominal surgery. […]

What happens right before people die? Hospice nurse shares 4 chilling phenomena

[ad_1] This image shows an individual holding an old person’s hand. — Pixabay Throughout history, numerous hsows have depicted the end of an individual’s life, but have you ever wondered what it truly looks like when someone is about to die? Julie McFadden, a Los Angeles-based hospice nurse, recently shared a list of “normal” things […]

“Nothing wrong if a married man flirts a little!”

[ad_1] Asma Abbas, actor, producer and the second wife of an already married man, aired her unusual views on marriage in a candid conversation with Neo TV host Wasi Shahi on his show Zabardast by insisting there is nothing wrong with a little bit of “minor flirting”.  “My husband already had a wife when we […]

Ramadan 2024: Amid Rise In Demand For Fruits, Prices Surge In UP’s Rampur

[ad_1] This year, Ramadan began on March 11. The shopkeeper also added that in the holy month of Ramadan, along with local fruits, foreign fruits are in high demand in the market. Ramadan is considered a special time of the year for Muslims. This period is for praying and forgiving by Muslims across the world. […]

A personality cult – India Today

[ad_1] PhoolanBy Irene FrainLotus Collection, Roli BooksPages: 404Price:Rs 125 In one respect, at least, reconstructing Phoolan Devi’s story is a bit like trying to produce a faithful account of India: almost any claim you make about things that matter can immediately, and sometimes convincingly, be contradicted. There are no precise, clear and well-defined outlines to […]

Overlooked No More: Miriam Solovieff, Lauded Violinist Who Suffered Tragedy

[ad_1] This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. On Feb. 23, 1940, Miriam Solovieff gave a recital at Town Hall in Manhattan. She was 18 and widely known as a violin prodigy, having toured much of the United States, […]