Content Type: Personal Profile

Graham Norton Comes Around

by BistoshWorld | Jun 20, 2021 | Actors and Actresses, Books and Literature, Comedy and Humor, Content Type: Personal Profile, Home Stretch (Book), Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Ireland, Norton, Graham, NY Times, Television | 0 |

In the acknowledgments in “Home Stretch,” Norton thanks “all the people who stayed in Ireland to...

A Roadblock for Iran’s President-Elect: He’s on the U.S. Sanctions List

by BistoshWorld | Jun 19, 2021 | Content Type: Personal Profile, Embargoes and Sanctions, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, International Relations, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, NY Times, Politics and Government, Raisi, Ebrahim | 0 |

At a 2019 rally for commanders of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ebrahim...

Inside the ‘Deadly Serious’ World of E-Sports in South Korea

by BistoshWorld | Jun 19, 2021 | Asian Games, Colleges and Universities, Computer and Video Games, Content Type: Personal Profile, E-Sports, Education (K-12), Interscholastic Athletics, NY Times, Seoul (South Korea), South Korea | 0 |

SEOUL — The students ate lunch in silence before gathering in a dimly lit room packed with...

Soho China Sells to Blackstone, Cementing Owners’ Exit

by BistoshWorld | Jun 17, 2021 | Blackstone Group, The, China, Communist Party of China, Content Type: Personal Profile, Economic Conditions and Trends, High Net Worth Individuals, NY Times, Pan Shiyi, Real Estate (Commercial), SOHO China, Xi Jinping, Zhang Xin | 0 |

China’s economy is on a tear. Factories are humming and foreign investment is flowing in. Even so,...

Yair Lapid Won’t Be Israel’s Next Leader. But He’s the Power Behind the Throne.

by BistoshWorld | Jun 12, 2021 | Bennett, Naftali, Blue and White (Israeli Political Party), Content Type: Personal Profile, Israel, Lapid, Yair, NY Times, Politics and Government, Yamina (Israeli Political Party), Yesh Atid | 0 |

Mr. Lapid completed his army service as a writer at a military magazine, later following in his...

India’s Covid Crisis Tests Modi’s Ability to Shift Narratives

by BistoshWorld | Jun 12, 2021 | Content Type: Personal Profile, India, Modi, Narendra, Nationalism (Theory and Philosophy), NY Times, Politics and Government, Polls and Public Opinion, Social Media, Speeches and Statements, Vaccination and Immunization | 0 |

NEW DELHI — As India gasped for air at the peak of its Covid devastation, its leader appeared to...

A Path of Forgiveness After Unimaginable Loss in Iraq

by BistoshWorld | Jun 11, 2021 | Bombs and Explosives, Civilian Casualties, Content Type: Personal Profile, Deaths (Fatalities), Erbil (Iraq), Iraq, Iraq War (2003-11), Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Michigan, Mosul (Iraq), NY Times, Pennsylvania State University, Sociology, Terrorism, United States, United States Defense and Military Forces | 0 |

ERBIL, Iraq — Basim Razzo’s apartment in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil is pristine, with none of...

The C.D.C.’s New Leader Follows the Science. Is That Enough?

by BistoshWorld | Jun 10, 2021 | Appointments and Executive Changes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Content Type: Personal Profile, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Massachusetts General Hospital, NY Times, Race and Ethnicity, Redfield, Robert R, Walensky, Rochelle, your-feed-science | 0 |

“I’m going to pause here, I’m going to lose the script and I’m going to reflect on the recurring...

Navalny’s Lawyer Finds Himself a Target of Putin’s Crackdown

by BistoshWorld | Jun 4, 2021 | Content Type: Personal Profile, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Ivan Pavlov, Navalny, Aleksei A, NY Times, Russia | 0 |

In 2016, for instance, Mr. Pavlov told reporters about a client in southern Russia recently...

He Is Senegalese and French, With Nothing to Reconcile

by BistoshWorld | May 30, 2021 | Africa, Algeria, At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel (Book), Books and Literature, Content Type: Personal Profile, Diop, David, English Language, France, French Language, Language and Languages, Letters, Man Booker Prize, NY Times, Senegal, The Art of Losing (Book), Writing and Writers, Zeniter, Alice | 0 |

“I was lucky that my French and Senegalese families both acted very warmly toward my parents. I...

He Came to Berlin to Change the World. Then the World Changed Berlin.

by BistoshWorld | May 28, 2021 | Berlin (Germany), Castorf, Frank, Classical Music, Content Type: Personal Profile, Nijenhuis, NY Times, sir henry, Theater, Volksbuhne | 0 |

BERLIN — Not long ago, Sir Henry stood on the main stage of the Volksbühne theater in what was...

Coco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell

by BistoshWorld | May 21, 2021 | Books and Literature, Cartoons and Cartoonists, Charlie Hebdo, Content Type: Personal Profile, Corinne Rey, Freedom of Speech and Expression, NY Times, Paris (France), Terrorism | 0 |

PARIS — For years after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office, the most unbearable words for...

Category: Content Type: Personal Profile

Graham Norton Comes Around

A Roadblock for Iran’s President-Elect: He’s on the U.S. Sanctions List

Inside the ‘Deadly Serious’ World of E-Sports in South Korea

Soho China Sells to Blackstone, Cementing Owners’ Exit

Yair Lapid Won’t Be Israel’s Next Leader. But He’s the Power Behind the Throne.

A Path of Forgiveness After Unimaginable Loss in Iraq

The C.D.C.’s New Leader Follows the Science. Is That Enough?

Navalny’s Lawyer Finds Himself a Target of Putin’s Crackdown

He Is Senegalese and French, With Nothing to Reconcile

He Came to Berlin to Change the World. Then the World Changed Berlin.

Coco’s Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist’s Road Back From Hell

Search

Donate!

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Disclaimer!