Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams says belief and unity will be key as South Africa prepare for their decisive FIFA World Cup qualifier against Rwanda at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday evening. The ...

Inside a dimly lit rehearsal studio, a dozen dancers move in deliberate silence. The music hasn’t started yet, but the rhythm is already there — in the slide of ballet slippers across the floor, in ...

On a sunny day, we explored an abandoned mansion built in the 17th century that once belonged to a wealthy Portuguese family. The mansion's preserved grandeur, including a stunning ceiling, captivates ...

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Mythology from all over the world is full of fairy tales about childless folk who pray to the gods, unwisely invoke fate, or bargain with the supernatural for a child — only to wind up raising ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The album sometimes does fit that description—especially on the relatively strong, if unexpectedly downcast, opening three songs. “The Fate of Ophelia” pairs ...

Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Wizard of Oz all have links to Kansas towns that the WorldAtlas website describes as being like something out of a fairy tale. An article the site ...

We know that upstate New York is charming, but World Atlas just confirmed what we've always suspected: There are plenty of towns just north of New York City that feel plucked straight out of fairy ...

World Atlas has dubbed the three mid-Hudson Valley spots among New York's "fairy-tale small towns." The list included eight towns across New York that have taken the crown for most fablelike. Three ...

When you think of story-book towns, you may picture brick-paved streets lined with quaint shops, historic houses tucked away down residential streets and sprawling trees. All of these fairy-tale ...

Every August and September, just as kids shoulder their backpacks and file onto school buses, a familiar kind of headline makes the local news. “Retired police officer pays off district lunch debt.” ...