Salsa music pioneer Willie Colón, the trombonist and orchestra leader behind songs like El Malo, Oh, Qué Será, Talento de Televisión and Gitana, has died aged 75, US media reports. The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter "passed away peacefully" on Saturday morning "surrounded by his loving family",»»»

Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The weather is getting colder, and that means getting back to anti-wood-burning propaganda. Did you know a wood burner can kill you? They pollute more than cars and cause cancer, “similar to cigarette smoke,” and so on. Jeremy Vine is asking if it’s ti»»»

The closely-watched New York mayoral and governor’s races appear to be forming into shapes that will bring little comfort to centrist Democrats. A new Siena Institute poll released on Tuesday shows New York City’s Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani leading former New York governo»»»

At the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: Maximilian Malawista NEW YORK, Jun 13 2025 (IPS) - Victims of Japan’s costly Eugenic Protection Law took to the stage sharing their life stories, offering their tragedies of sterilization and mutilation, in return for the hopes of “a society w»»»

Earlier in the day, National Institute of Forensic Pathology officials read the names of 54 victims they had identified so far. The number of victims who died after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub surged to 184 late Wednesday as dozens of people lingered outside the Dominican Republic’s for»»»