Ex-officer planned to kill Black people at a New Orleans festival, police say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a former North Carolina law enforcement officer planned to kill Black people…
UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival
LONDON (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where…
Ye should be offered ‘some forgiveness,’ Wireless Festival boss says
As sponsors pull out from London’s Wireless Festival over headliner Ye, its organizer is standing by the rapper…
Kanye West’s headline role at London festival criticized
LONDON (AP) — Pressure was mounting Sunday on the American rapper Kanye West to be pulled from his…
Lunar New Year celebrations welcome the Year of the Horse
BEIJING (AP) — Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday — alongside 21st-century…
Brazil Carnival street party do’s and don’ts: A survival kit from veterans to beginners
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is for the uninitiated an energetic spectacle of…
Man arrested for assaulting congressman at Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A man was arrested Friday night at a party during the Sundance Film…
The Adelaide Festival cited the Bondi shooting when scrapping Randa Abdel-Fattah’s appearance
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more…
Photos show Harbin ice festival in northern China
HARBIN, China (AP) — Sculptors converged over the weekend on the frigid northern Chinese city of Harbin for…
Harbin ice festival draws sculptors, spectators to northern China
HARBIN, China (AP) — Each January, an odd and beautiful thing happens in the frigid northeastern Chinese city…
Families of Bondi Beach victims demand more federal action
MELBOURNE, Australia — Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre that targeted a Jewish festival released an…
Photos show flour, eggs and firecrackers flying at Spain’s Els Enfarinats festival
IBI, Spain (AP) — Revelers take part in the Els Enfarinats festival, a battle using flour, eggs and…