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Stomping black platform boots. Burst of pink, purple, and blue lights. Smoke wraps the front stage inside a packed 3,500-person venue in Istanbul as six figures emerge, dressed in lace, fur, and chains. The singers move in formation; it’s not quite K-pop crisp, not quite riot grrrl wild, but something …

In 2013, I met a 12-year-old Syrian girl who had been shot in the back by a government sniper near Aleppo. Her name was Maysaa, and she was paralyzed from the waist down. “Am I a terrorist? Are all of the children they kill terrorists?” she asked, recuperating in an …

Eric Adams wanted to see the world, to see it in style. But he wasn’t a rich man, just a former cop and rising politician in a largely ceremonial job, Brooklyn Borough President. Luckily for him, there were a number of benefactors who federal prosecutors say were ready to help …

Metallica‘s non-profit foundation All Within My Hands has made a $250,000 donation toward relief efforts following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. In the few days since the natural disaster struck, the death toll has reached more than 41,000 individuals, with thousands more injured and displaced. “We’re at a …

The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to over 5,000 while rescue efforts have been hindered by freezing temperatures one day after two massive earthquakes hit near Gaziantep in southern Turkey. As The New York Times reported Tuesday, Feb. 7, at least 3,700 people are dead in Turkey …

As buildings collapsed under the weight of infrastructural damage following two massive earthquakes in Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, Feb. 6, thousands were left dead, with others trapped beneath the rubble as the death toll continues to rise steadily. At the time of publication, at least 5,000 people are …