Books & the Arts / December 20, 2023 Reading Mumbo Jumbo in the Post-Covid Age Reading “Mumbo Jumbo” Ishmael Reed’s novel depicts an American government dedicated to public health as long as its efforts keep hierarchy and the status quo in place. Melvin Backman Ad Policy Harlem WPA Street Dance, by Elizabeth Olds, ca.1935–43. (Photo…
World / December 20, 2023 Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender As Javier Milei’s new free-market economic measures start to roll out, devaluation has already started to impact everyone in Argentina—especially the middle classes and the poor. Pablo Calvi Ad Policy A supermarket in Buenos Aires shows the extreme rise in…
World / December 20, 2023 The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of The Democratic Republic of the Congo is holding elections. Civil war has displaced millions of the country’s citizens but garnered little attention internationally. Ad Policy Marciane Ndamukunze, 68, arrives in Kizemba displacement camp, after fleeing heavy fighting in Masisi territory. December…
December 20, 2023 Ukraine and the End of Magical Thinking Time for reassessment and a change of course. Katrina vanden Heuvel Ad Policy US President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, December 12, 2023….
17 minutes ago About sharing Sydney Sweeney is best known for her roles in Euphoria and White Lotus By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Sydney Sweeney has spoken about the impact of the death of her Euphoria co-star Angus Cloud on her and her castmates. In an interview with Glamour, the 26-year-old said Cloud’s death in…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News UK inflation has fallen to its lowest level for more than two years, driven largely by a drop in fuel prices. Prices rose by 3.9% in the year to November, down from 4.6% in October. Slowing price rises for food, including staples…
Colin Armstrong, 78, from North Yorkshire, had been taken hostage from his farm near Guayaquil.
39 minutes ago About sharing Mother-of-pearl cloud shimmering high in the sky in Angus on Tuesday evening By Simon King BBC Weather Residents in Scotland were amazed by a rare sight in the sky on Tuesday evening. Looking like a “portal to the next dimension” or possibly a spaceship, the shimmering colours of nacreous cloud…
8 minutes ago About sharing Spectacular helicopter shots show the eruption on the island’s coast By Oliver Slow BBC News A volcano that erupted in south-west Iceland on Monday is weakening, although new vents could open at short notice, the country’s meteorological office has said. The eruption, which took place on the Reykjanes peninsula, came…
14 minutes ago About sharing Seb Jellema has run every day since January – and plans to continue until he’s in his 60s By Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter A super-fit Scottish schoolboy is working to break a world record for running – but he will be in his 60s before he…