Merrie Monarch Festival kicked off on Sunday with the Ho‘olaule‘a at Hilo’s Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church calendars — and different lunar cycle calculations.

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It’s a busy time of year with events encouraging us to be outside before the weather gets too hot. Here’s what to choose from Festival season has begun and we have gathered over a dozen ...

There will again be significant domestic interest at the upcoming Cannes film festival. Bono is expected ... Dublin-based Element Pictures, which had a remarkable three films in the official ...

Niger Republic’s ruling junta has officially adopted Hausa as the country’s official language, marking a significant departure from the nation’s colonial past and further distancing itself ...

Movies from Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster, Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt and more will compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Other big ...

Niger’s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master. Since overthrowing civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in ...

Heavy security at Melvin Jones Academy in Nakuru, the venue for the National Drama and Film Festivals. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] A heavy police presence has been witnessed at Melvin Jones Academy ...

In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national language. In a new charter released last ...

Thousands of photos and videos were seized by the Department of Justice as part of the investigation into former Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss, the Associated Press reports.

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The walls are filled to the brim with former presidents. Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images The bannisters are covered with golden vases. There's that Gulf of ...