Vietnam War

Ho Van Lang, called ‘real-life Tarzan’, dies at 52 of liver cancer

Lang had fled into the jungles of Vietnam with his father Ho Van Thanh in 1972, after a US bombing killed half his family during the Vietnam War

What's happening with Afghanistan evacuations and why it is a race against time

Afghans, fearing retribution and the harsh rule of the Taliban, rushed to the airport in hopes of getting out of the country

Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen on writing unreliable narrators, representing the Vietnam War

In his fiction, Nguyen has described the porous nature of memory in evocative ways, comparing it to stains left behind by lime deposits, a laminated floor that can be hosed off, the bone marrow that flavors broth.

Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods — about Black soldiers in 'Vietnam War' — can't rise above American imperialism

Da 5 Bloods director Spike Lee's anti-racist critique could not overcome his subconscious investment in American imperialism.

Da 5 Bloods movie review: Spike Lee turns Vietnam War into ambitious manifesto on racism and reparations

Gifted with chilling foresight, Spike Lee offers a meditation on current circumstances by looking through the prism of the past.

The enduring economic value of celebrities: Stardom and gender disparity follow stars, even in death

But even if they make the rich list, the posthumous career earnings of Monroe, Taylor, Page, Rivera and Houston illustrate how women and black and minority ethnic people continue to be underrepresented among those who achieve high incomes after death.

How Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood shaped children's developmental journeys

Rogers, who was an ordained minister, taught everyone, in particular children, to follow a greater calling – that of serving their fellow humans.

Of Simon and Garfunkel, 'a friend like no other', and music that transcended its makers' bitter fall-out

As Simon and Garfunkel's debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM completes 55 years, here's revisiting the duo's prolific musical legacy that's long outgrown them or their troubled chemistry.

John McCain memorial: Barack Obama, George W Bush eulogise late Senator in Washington; Donald Trump absent from service

Former US presidents and John McCain's family members gathered on Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral to honor and remember the late senator.

From Vietnam War to West Hollywood, the journey of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Nick Ut

For over 50 years, Nick Ut’s defining images have captured watershed moments in the Vietnam War as well as the celebrity culture in Hollywood making him one of modern day photography greats.