WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) – US lawmakers and officials expressed concern over the Pacific Island nation of Kirabati’s using police from China for security, even as the State Department warned that such ...

Statement was signed in Kiribati on 19 January 2026 by New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Kiribati Vice President Honourable ...

While most of the world was still finishing the last day of the new year, a small island in the Pacific had already stepped into the new year.Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, officially ...

Kiribati gets there first. While most of the world is still brushing its teeth on December 31, this small Pacific island nation quietly steps into 2026. No countdown heard by billions. No global pause ...

This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's Capitals of Culture program brings lasting change to cities. Trencin is a ...

As the world prepares to bid farewell to 2025, the island nation of Kiribati has officially become the first country on the planet to welcome the New Year 2026. Located in the central Pacific Ocean ...

Visitors take pictures of the fireworks that light up the sky during the New Year's Eve 2023 celebration at Lake Archipelago, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), East Jakarta, Sunday, January 1, 2022.

Culture has always had influence, but in 2026, it becomes the headliner. Not the opener. Not the background soundtrack. The star. And here’s the truth too many leaders still refuse to face: Culture ...

Displayed at MOPOP, Jimi Hendrix’s guitar embodies the accidents and defiance that shaped modern sound, and that A.I. can’t replicate. Courtesy Museum of Pop Culture As someone who spends her days ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer looks at whether culture is a cause or consequence of inequality. Image: Free to Choose Network Photo: Free to Choose Network Culture is one of the most underrated ideas ...

In modern democracies and republics across the world, governments organize group relations, compose and enforce laws, manage ties with other states, and collect taxes. Parallel to politics but no less ...

As some prominent conservatives target both ordinary people and public figures for their comments about Charlie Kirk, they are trying to rebrand a practice they once maligned. By Joseph Bernstein Mr.