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Arts organizations establish ‘Literary Arts Emergency Fund’

Arts organizations establish ‘Literary Arts Emergency Fund’

With a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, three major literary arts nonprofits have teamed to administer $3.5 m...

With a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, three major literary arts nonprofits have teamed to administer $3.5 m...

Jul 20, 2020

OPINION

How machine learning helps amplify digital echo chambers in social media

How machine learning helps amplify digital echo chambers in social media

“Did you not read about the issue on Facebook or Twitter? It was all over social media!” These questions are...

“Did you not read about the issue on Facebook or Twitter? It was all over social media!” These questions are...

Jul 20, 2020

My City

Melancholy behind my beam

Melancholy behind my beam

I wonder, if someone can save me. I am shattering. I wonder, if someone can help me. I aim roaming aimlessly. I wonder,...

I wonder, if someone can save me. I am shattering. I wonder, if someone can help me. I aim roaming aimlessly. I wonder,...

Jul 20, 2020

WORLD

Saudi King Salman, 84, admitted to hospital

Saudi King Salman, 84, admitted to hospital

RIYADH, July 20: Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capit...

RIYADH, July 20: Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capit...

Jul 20, 2020

WORLD

UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

TOKYO, July 20: A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the s...

TOKYO, July 20: A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the s...

Jul 20, 2020

WORLD

India reports record 40,425 new virus cases

India reports record 40,425 new virus cases

NEW DELHI, July 20: India reported more than 40,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, a record high for the countr...

NEW DELHI, July 20: India reported more than 40,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, a record high for the countr...

Jul 20, 2020

OPINION

Promoting breastfeeding

Promoting breastfeeding

“Breastfeeding is an unsentimental metaphor for how love works, in a way. You don’t decide how much and how deeply to lo...

“Breastfeeding is an unsentimental metaphor for how love works, in a way. You don’t decide how much and how deeply to lo...

Jul 20, 2020

SOCIETY

IN PICS: Devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple despite rain and lockdown

IN PICS: Devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple despite rain and lockdown

KATHMANDU, July 20: A huge flock of devotees was witnessed at the Pashupatinath Temple area on Monday.

KATHMANDU, July 20: A huge flock of devotees was witnessed at the Pashupatinath Temple area on Monday.

Jul 20, 2020

SOCIETY

Road disrupted and houses swept away by landslides in Gorkha

Road disrupted and houses swept away by landslides in Gorkha

GORKHA, July 20: Landslides triggered by incessant downpour since Sunday have swept away several houses and disrupted ro...

GORKHA, July 20: Landslides triggered by incessant downpour since Sunday have swept away several houses and disrupted ro...

Jul 20, 2020

WORLD

Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general

Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general

TEHRAN, Iran, July 30: Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a pr...

TEHRAN, Iran, July 30: Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a pr...

Jul 20, 2020