December 22, 2024

Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer, igniting a furor.

In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he has officially become a man.

A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?

Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.

First there was Christmas Eve … and then a new celebration was created.

Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.

The “Hamilton” creator, who crafted the soundtrack for the new prequel to “The Lion King,” reflects on writing songs that have a universal appeal.

The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives behind ramming a car into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, which left a 9-year-old boy among the five dead.

Quotation of the Day for Sunday, December 22, 2024.

When the French state scandalously sold off most of its crown jewels, Tiffany bought a third of them.

For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

Some readers have their own opinions about the workplace advice that this columnist doled out over the past six months.