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Constance Kassor didn’t expect her new class on “Doing Nothing” to be such a hit. But the course, which teaches students how to relax and unplug, is now the most popular class at Lawrence University. For Kassor, an associate professor

“I am really hoping that in some years from now, after everything has changed, I will be happy to have been involved by taking part in this protest,” Iranian woman Hadis Najafi, 22, said in a self-recorded video as she

In the hills of northern Morocco, vast cannabis fields are ready for harvest, but farmers complain that a government plan to market the crop legally is yet to deliver them any benefits. The marginalized Rif region has long been a

Some emerging Asian countries are slashing imports of liquefied natural gas as competition, especially from Europe, grows for the fuel.

Movie stars, directors and fans descended on South Korea’s port town of Busan Wednesday as Asia’s largest film festival returned at full power post-pandemic, with an Iranian film opening the event. Top Korean actors and Asian stars including Hong Kong’s

Iranian schoolgirls have come to the fore in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces. Amini, 22, was pronounced dead days after the

Trump’s latest delay tactic over Mar-a-Lago documents may not work for him at the Supreme Court  CNN Trump asks SCOTUS to intervene over seized records  Reuters Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Review of Mar-a-Lago Records  The New York Times Trump goes

It was a crisp fall day when I asked our daughter Penny about the new book she was reading. “How are you liking Ramona?” She was holding my hand as we walked, but suddenly she stopped. “Mom,” she said, looking

Kremlin says annexation and retreat are not a contradiction amid Ukrainian successes  Reuters.com Ukraine is hitting Russia hard in the regions Moscow is trying to seize  CNN Putin signs laws annexing 4 Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia  Fox News Russia-Ukraine

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.” The prize was awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth