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HONG KONG — Fiji will replace its national flag this year to remove symbols of British colonialism, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announced Tuesday. – A government-selected citizens’ panel will choose…
There’s the West Coast, the East Coast, the Amalfi Coast… ugh, coasts are so overrated. And really, we don’t even need them, because apparently there are landlocked beaches in this…
“The best-positioned cities have specializations in multiple areas,” said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program. Brookings identified 50 advanced industries nationwide. In addition to the ones…
About a third of American parents harbor some degree of “vaccine hesitancy” that leads them to resist getting recommended vaccines. It’s also true that nearly a third of Americans think…
BRUSSELS — The European Union authorities broadened their assault on tax avoidance by multinational companies on Tuesday in opening an investigation into the way Belgium appeared to grant unfair state…
“We have a rich oral tradition and it’s important that we document what is happening in history poetry-wise,” she explains. “Africa has a history of a lack of documentation and…
Forces indiscriminately shelled residential areas in government-controlled territories such as Debaltseve and Avdiivka and rebel-held cities such as Donetsk and Horlivka as fighting escalated last month, U.N. High Commissioner for…
The protected Bay of Pemba in northern Mozambique may look like a sea of tranquility, but this area is surging with change. As boats bob just outside the port terminal…
WASHINGTON — Two days before President Obama ended a half-century of diplomatic estrangement with Cuba, his national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, asked Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona to be…
“Hillary Clinton has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of women and families and has inspired the next generation with a focus on increasing economic empowerment across the country…
It could be a scene from a cartoon strip and in some ways it ialbeit one that has been plastered across the walls of a Chilean restaurant and its car…
Late night TV just got flipped, turned upside down. In honor of the “Tonight Show” heading out to Los Angeles, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots parodied the opening title sequence…
Since 1990, the Fed raised rates starting in 1994, 1999 and 2004. But those years marked the beginning of long periods of rate increases. Most experts see this rate rise…
Iris, left, and Ramon Baez, second from left, the parents of Anthony Baez, carry a banner as they march with at least 3,000 protesters down Broadway to New York’s City…
Anyone who has house hunted in a major city recently has likely encountered one of two things: serious anxiety and a questionable amount of underutilized space. At least that’s what…
Along with vaccines for polio and mumps, the measles vaccine was a triumph of investigative research and public health when it debuted in 1968. It quickly became part of the…
An estimated 43.7 million American adults — 18.6 percent of all adults in the U.S. — suffer from a mental illness. But only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults get any…
Fashion retailer Hot Topic sells tights with the Christian Grey’s signature sign off “Laters, baby,” written on them. And on Etsy, you can find plenty of t-shirts that say things…
The technique could prevent mitochondrial diseases but also raises significant ethical issues. Passage of the law is opposed by Catholic and Anglican church leaders, in part because the process involves…
There are many myths being told about mushrooms. To be fair, mushrooms are the most mysterious of ingredients that frequent the kitchen counter — from the way they grow to…
We’re not going to sugarcoat it, baking can be hard. If you don’t know what you’re doing it’s really easy to get things really wrong. Like, I-don’t-even-want-to-eat-that wrong. Cakes cave…
Other native sons didn’t fare as well against the former secretary of state, with Clinton still topping Florida’s Sen. Marco Rubio 49% to 39% and also leading Pennsylvania’s former Sen….
Most self-respecting bacon lovers wouldn’t dare admit to liking turkey bacon. It doesn’t cook up the same. It’s not fatty enough. And, well, it’s just not pork. It’s true, turkey…
Pip pip SPLASH! – We’ll gladly toss a pound in the bucket.
It’s something everyone should know — yes, even you. Even if you can hardly boil yourself a pot of spaghetti, you should still know how to finely chop an onion….
Sewage beer sounds like something out of a dystopian movie or someone’s terrifying, unsavory nightmare. We’ve seen beer made from seaweed and whale bones, but of all the weird and…
On a Friday in January, I had the great pleasure and privilege of consuming The Best Carrot Cake In The Entire World. It was a good start to 2015, to…
It’s the Economy By WILLIAM ALDEN You could be forgiven for thinking the boxy structure that opened last November in Long Island City, Queens, with gray-and-white stripes flanking a blue…
On a cold, dark street in Tijuana, Mexico, I asked Eddie Huang a question that many people were sure to ask him in the months to come. “What did you…
This is one story from HuffPost Fifty’s new series “This Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things Up In 2015.” We’ll be following 15 remarkable ladies throughout…