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Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however,...

Here are five things to know about the poll that turned into a debacle for the country’s veteran leader. More than a local poll  By throwing all his energy into...

Donald Trump’s newly public social-media company is not the next Nvidia — or Meta or Google or whatever has happened with X/Twitter. The share price of Trump Media and Technology...

Mention Lisbon and people tend to think of colorful tiles, delicious egg custard tarts and emotional fado songs. But the Portuguese capital also is home to an attraction not on...

Nestled beneath a pale pink rose is a ring of purple sapphires and garnets, surrounded by blue and leaf-green diamonds; half-hidden in the moss beside a purple clover, is a...

My first conscious memory occurred on the lower landing of a staircase that spiraled up four floors of the 14th-century, moat-encircled Gjorslev castle in Denmark. I was hugging the railing...

For many, an umbrella may seem a pedestrian, often disposable object. Not so for the umbrella maker Carlo Suino, 60, who believes an umbrella should not only last a lifetime...

There are some crafts that Portugal is especially known for: pavements and plazas patterned with black and white stones, and azulejos, often referred to as tiles, that cover buildings, often...

Peter Brown stood in his spacious Central Park West apartment, pointing first at the dining table and then through the window to the park outside, with Strawberry Fields just to...

The best stories live within us long after the final word; characters and places continue beyond the lines on a page. Yet the image of all the unfinished, unsatisfying, impossible...