After watching the protests in Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011, from afar, Abdelrahman Ashraf, 34, a multimedia producer now based in Turkey, returned to Egypt to participate in the revolution. Here, he recalls how protesters stood firm in the face of
When the world wakes up on January 1, there is usually some nostalgia for the year gone by — but maybe not this year. People around the world were all too ready to say goodbye to 2020, the year the coronavirus pandemic
When the world wakes up on January 1, there is usually some nostalgia for the year gone by — but maybe not this year. People around the world were all too ready to say goodbye to 2020, the year the coronavirus pandemic
NEW YORK CITY – It was 1981 when Ronald Colbert, who just returned home from serving in the Navy as a Mess Specialist aboard the USS Cavalla, went to Times Square to watch the ball drop in person for the first time. It
Mariah Carey to become an Airbnb host for New Year’s Eve in New York’s Times Square for a lucky couple staying in a dome overlooking the celebrations Airbnb has set up a geodesic dome, complete with a huge bed, on the terrace
Yesterday morning, the tide had reached a height of 122cm following heavy downpours and high winds. The unsettled weather came unexpectedly for officials who did not have time to engage the newly introduced flood barriers to prevent flooding. The flood barriers require 48-hours
Voters in Ghana will head to the polls on Monday to pick the country’s next president, in what is expected to be a tight race between incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo and his predecessor, John Mahama. The two longtime rivals, who are squaring off