The American Folk Art Museum, unlike many other arts institutions, managed to avoid layoffs and other cutbacks in the two years after the pandemic through a mix of fundraisers and increased donor contributions.
On Tuesday, the museum plans to announce its largest and most unusual recent gift — a $5...
The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crumbled, after a major cryptocurrency lender effectively failed and halted all withdrawals from its platform, citing “extreme market conditions.”
It’s the latest high-profile collapse of a pillar of the cryptocurrency industry. These meltdowns have e...
Hussam al-Aqouli remembers the exact spot along with southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two daughters once dipped their feet into clear waters. Now he stands there two years on and the barren earth cracks beneath him.
This year, for the first time in its centuries-long history, the lake dried up. ...
South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts.
For about three weeks the country has seen increasing numbers of new cases and somewhat higher hospitalizations, but not increases in severe cases and deaths, said Professor M...
