The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and ...

They were freed in September under a deal between Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and US President Donald ...

Restrictions on publishers and sellers have grown more severe. Volumes are being pulled from shelves or redacted like secret documents, but bookstores remain important sources of community.

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"The council expresses hope that after the West publicly acknowledged that torture takes place in Ukrainian prisons an international discussion of this problem will be initiated and appropriate ...