In “Tongues,” Anders Nilsen takes the story of Prometheus and sets it in the modern world. By Sam Thielman Our critic on the month’s best releases. By Sarah Lyall In “The Thinking ...

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West Berlin—the capitalist side of Berlin during the Cold War, was a city of radical ferment, especially in the 1960s into the 1980s. Groups calling themselves communist mixed with ...

In “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” Omar El Akkad criticizes the Western narratives that make suffering in Gaza an abstraction In her memoir, “The 10,” E.A. Hanks ...

Niger Republic has exited the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). The task force said the West African nation quietly its troops quietly, without any ...

April 5, 2025 • The children's book author best known for her Oliver and Amanda Pig series has died at 87. Van Leeuwen wrote nearly 60 books, some of which sold millions of copies. April 2 ...

Niger’s military government says it has released some 50 people detained after last year’s coup – including former ministers, political figures and a journalist. The announcement was made ...

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Yoko Tawada’s new novel, The Naked Eye, follows a girl’s turbulent journey across Europe in the 1980s. But it’s often all too elusive ...

We will now be preparing a criminal file to submit to the relevant authorities, with a view to prosecution. The Niger Delta is one of the most polluted places on earth, and every year hundreds of oil ...

Five scientists won this year’s Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work on GLP-1 and the development of drugs for diabetes and obesity.