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Korean grandmother wins Milwaukeeans over with cooking classes
Milwaukee university closure is big blow to undocumented students
Seon Joo Oh cooks beef bulgogi during a recent cooking class in Hamilton High School's culinary room.
Food
Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have learned Korean cooking from this woman
From left to right: Maria Perez, Vania Davina, Hulyana Rodriguez and Yareli Suarez were members of Dreamers Welcome, a student organization at Cardinal Stritch University.
The World's Global Classroom
With the closure of Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee’s undocumented students lose a home
students and a teacher
Afghanistan
Afghan women who escaped Taliban takeover continue their education at a Wisconsin university
Marco Antonio Tabin Garcia, in Antigua, Guatemala, Skypes with a student in Chicago.
Business, Economics and Jobs
This Spanish teacher in Guatemala doesn’t need to move to the US for a better job, he’s got Skype
Tibetan exiles in Sikkin, along the India/China border.
Lifestyle & Belief
What it’s like on a 9,000 mile journey along India’s borders
Fouad Faris, 19, sits at his computer in Shrewsbury, MA, video chatting with his sister, Rama, who is in Turkey. Faris wears a neck brace because he is recovering from a biking accident.
Conflict & Justice
A teen who escaped Syria waits for a future in the US
Texas native Joy Womack (center) at a lesson at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in January 2012. Womack was the first American to graduate from the Moscow academy, and she joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company right after.
Arts, Culture & Media
American ballerina lobs a $10,000 accusation at the Bolshoi Company
The Khan family: Kamala Khan, aka "Ms. Marvel" (second left) with her brother Aamir, father Yusuf, mother Disha and friend Bruno.
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the new Ms. Marvel — a female, Muslim, Pakistani superhero
Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey at an award ceremony in 2007.
Arts, Culture & Media
Bollywood singer Manna Dey dies at 94, but his songs keep living
A drone flies over the archaeological site of Cerro Chepen as it takes pictures in Trujillo, Peru in August. Archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners.
Environment
This man wants you to know that not all drones are grey and drop bombs
Five cent coins are pictured in the air in front of the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland, during an event organised by the committee that delivered 126,000 signatures to the parliament to propose a minimum monthly disposal household income of CHF 2,500
Business, Economics and Jobs
$2750 a month for every adult, guaranteed? Switzerland’s considering it
Sports
How about a ski vacation to North Korea?
Rescued migrants on board a coastguard vessel arrive at the harbor of Lampedusa.
Conflict & Justice
Tragedy strikes African migrants headed to Italy seeking asylum
Tourists were being dropped off by the busload at the USS Constitution, and some were surprised to hear the ship was closed.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Tourists arrive but find nobody home as US government shutdown arrives
Sanaa Old City (Photo: Francesco Veronesi/Flickr)
Development & Education
Al-Qaeda is the least of Yemen’s problems…