Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that ...

PHOENIX — Erin Entrada Kelly, author of “The First State of Being,” and Rebecca Lee Kunz, illustrator of “Chooch Helped,” are the 2025 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the ...

So far, the mission has been partially successful – they have unearthed a colossal Buddha head, a massive palm, an ancient wall and inscribed Buddhist relics, all of which are estimated to date back ...

A sculpture of US president-elect Donald Trump in a pose evoking the Buddha at artist Hong Jinshi’s workshop in Xiamen, in southeastern China’s Fujian province on on December 9, 2024.

Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed, in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of America’s divisive leader-in-waiting is the work of designer and sculptor Hong Jinshi. The Zen ...

Step-by-step, it unveils the Leshan Giant Buddha and showcases the magnificent ancient city of Jiazhou through visual and auditory interpretations through light and sound. There are night landscapes ...