For superfans, comic-con culture is more than fun – it’s sacred, a sociologist explains
I have been studying the realm of “comic-con culture” and found that many dedicated fans describe something sacred about ...
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Cypria: The Struggle of Cyprus for Freedom and Union with Greece
Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...
Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 16, 2025
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Secretary of state Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff ...
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Netanyahu seeks to dismiss Israel's internal security chief as power struggle boils over
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek the dismissal of the director of the Shin Bet internal security ...
Trump and Putin will speak this week on Russia-Ukraine war, US envoy says
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a ...
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At least 59 dead and more than 150 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
A massive fire in a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani has killed 59 people and injured more than 150 ...
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Religion in China
People in a coastal province in China are convinced that the actress who played a popular deity in a TV series is actually the real thing and kneel before photos of her. China’s top political ...