BOSTON—In a test-heavy schooling landscape, the richest of educational experiences for young children often come in the form of the arts. On the afternoon of April 2, some wise parents brought their kids to enjoy Shen Yun, a New York-based classical Chinese dance and music experience that explores traditional Chinese culture, a culture that came…Continue Reading

Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, better known by his stage name “Joe Exotic,” from the Netflix series “Tiger King,” has filed for divorce, his lawyer announced on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Netflix April 2 (UPI) — Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the Tiger King star best known by the name “Joe Exotic,” is divorcing his husband to marry a man…Continue Reading

1/2 At least two Russian troops died and many more grew severely ill after reportedly consuming poisoned food and drink served by civilians in the Ukrainian town of Izium, officials said on Saturday. Photo from the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry via Facebook. April 2 (UPI) — Multiple Russian soldiers died and many…Continue Reading

The Fones Cliffs, a 465-acre piece of sacred land along the Rappahannock River in northern Virginia, was reacquired by the Rappahannock Tribe on Friday. Photo by Jeffrey Allenby/Chesapeake Conservancy April 2 (UPI) — The Rappahannock Tribe has formally reacquired 465 acres its ancestral home at Fones Cliff, a sacred site located along the eastern side of the…Continue Reading

The BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said that the government of India is committed to get back the parts of Kashmir occupied by China and Pakistan that paves way for establishment of Akhand Bharat. Swamy was in Srinagar on the eye of Navreh–new year of Kashmiri pandits–and paid obeisance at…Continue Reading

Roots of the crisis lie in economic mismanagement by successive governments in Colombo. But the current crisis was accelerated by deep tax cuts promised by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during a 2019 election campaign that were enacted months before the pandemic. With the country’s lucrative tourism industry and foreign workers’ remittances sapped by the pandemic,…Continue Reading

The Sri Lankan government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory. Some two dozen social media platforms were affected including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. “Confirmed: Real-time network data show Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide social media blackout, restricting access to…Continue Reading