The World Intern
Emily Files is an intern with The World and a journalism student at Emerson College.
Seon Joo Oh, a grandmother in her 60s, teaches Korean cooking classes at the Milwaukee Recreation Department. She says her own grandmother back in South Korea lived to be 105 years old and told her that you’re never too old to learn something new. Now she wants to pass that on to her community in the US.
19-year-old Fouad Faris fled his hometown of Aleppo, Syria, a year ago and moved in with his aunt and uncle in Shrewsbury, MA. He left behind bombs and tear gas, but also education, friends and family. For the past seven months, he's been waiting for asylum and a chance to restart his life.
Texas native Joy Womack was the first American to be accepted to the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. She graduated a year ago, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company, which was her childhood dream. A week ago, she quit, telling a Russian newspaper that a director told her to pay $10,000 for a solo.
Marvel Comics announced this week a new superhero comic book featuring Kamala Khan. Trust us, she's not your typical 16-year-old superhero from New Jersey.
Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey, an artist who holds legendary status within India's Bollywood movie industry, has passed away.
Drones have gotten a bad rap, says Patrick Egan. He is working to change that.
Adults in Switzerland could be in for a windfall, under a proposal set for a national referendum. The government would provide every adult $2,750 a month, every month, in what's known as a "basic income." One economist says it's not as whacky as it may seem to us.
Most North Koreans won't be able to afford a ski vacation, but having a ski resort to attract foreigners seems a point of national pride for North Korean leaders.
Some 500 African migrants piled into a boat in Libya this week, headed for Italy and, they hoped, asylum. But the boat sank, killing dozens with many more still missing.
Several historic sites around Boston and greater Massachusetts barred their entrances on Tuesday, introducing many tourists to the US government shutdown, firsthand.
All people in the western world know about Yemen is al-Qaeda. What they don't know is even more sad.