By Layla Melendez Growing up, Nobuko Oshiro had her eyes set on becoming a professional bowler. Then, her sister asked if she’d accompany her to a traditional Okinawan dance class called Ryukyu Dance. When Oshiro struggled to move in step, the instructor suggested she take some side lessons in karate — the martial art invented […]
By Layla Melendez Memorials to lost soldiers fill Sophia Square in Kyiv. Emily Johnson/The World “We have to care for every soldier, for every civilian who suffered from the war trauma, which is very important because war trauma, it’s not for one day,” he said. “And you cannot treat it just by one simple intervention. You […]
By Lex Weaver All “Dracula”-inspired movies, TV shows and breakfast cereals can be traced back to a story published in 1897 by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. The cover of new edition of “Gibbet Hill”Courtesy of The Rotunda Foundation / Cover design Sarah McCoy His work is honored annually at the Bram Stoker Festival, which […]