Today, nearly one-fifth of the world's population celebrates the festival in different forms, with approximately 20 countries designating it as a legal holiday. Its global significance reflects ...

The Global Citizens Fellowship provides students with the opportunity to pursue community-oriented summer volunteer and public service projects outside of the United States. The Global Citizens ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — A stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP ...

The Spring Festival, rooted in Chinese tradition, has transcended borders to become a cherished celebration embraced by people around the globe. As we step into 2025, the Year of the Snake—a symbol of ...

A year earlier, the 78th UN General Assembly recognized the Chinese New Year as an official UN holiday, underscoring the festival's growing global presence. Spring Festival customs are now ...

Donations and payments for kavadies will be collected during the 10-day festival at the Dundee Hindu Temple. Only those devotees and well-wishers who have made payments will be included in the ...

“This not only makes Americans less safe, it makes the citizens of other nations less safe,” said Tom Bollyky, director of global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. “The US cannot ...

Coldplay had earlier performed in the country in 2016 at the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai. The British rock band also includes guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and ...

Tyler Colp is a games writer at Polygon specializing in criticism and reporting about extraordinary players and communities. We’re back with another list of new game releases this week, and it ...

During the upcoming global "Spring Festival Week," if we stroll through Trafalgar Square in London, witness a grand parade in San Francisco, learn paper-cutting and sugar painting at the Frankfurt ...

It’s a testament to how intangible cultural heritage weaves its threads through the global tapestry. For centuries, the Spring Festival (or Chūn Jié in Mandarin) has stood as the most ...