8 minutes ago About sharing The UK government is offering a package which is framed as dependent on the return of devolution By John Campbell BBC News NI economics and business editor The UK government is offering a financial package which it says is worth £2.5bn to support the return of a Stormont Executive. It…
World / December 11, 2023 Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral for Sgt. Maj. Gal Meir Eisenkot at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images) Wars…
World / December 11, 2023 “That Was the Pilot’s Mission, to Destroy My Home”: Gaza War Diaries, Pt. 3 Atef Abu Saif’s dispatches from the epicenter of the assault continue. Atef Abu Saif Ad Policy Palestinians gather to collect food cooked by volunteers for people who evacuated from Khan Younis to Rafah. (Mohammed Talatene /…
A manhunt is under way for the suspect, named by police as Robin Sebastien.
16 minutes ago About sharing Chantelle Jones says she regrets not going to her own dentist By Lora Jones Business reporter, BBC News Customers of Smile Direct Club have told the BBC how they feel “left in the lurch”, “outraged” and “gutted” after the remote dentistry firm shut down. Chantelle Jones, 32, paid a total…
1 minute ago About sharing Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is the biggest box office hit of 2023 By Steven McIntosh and Yasmin Rufo Entertainment reporters Barbie and Oppenheimer lead the nominations at the Golden Globe Awards with nine and eight nominations respectively. Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things are also…
The owner has said she left the ring on a table in her hotel room but when she returned it was gone.
December 11, 2023 The Media Monopoly Crisis Our new special issue takes on the out-of-control consolidation that is squeezing out independent voices and controlling what we read. Ad Policy Our overlords. (Shutterstock) This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “Squeeze Play.” In 1960, when The New Yorker’s press…
Feature / December 11, 2023 The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism. Zephyr Teachout (Library of Congress) This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants.” A tiny group of tech…
Feature / December 11, 2023 Elon Musk’s Real Threat to Democracy Isn’t What You Think How the attention-starved CEO took over our communications infrastructure. Siva Vaidhyanathan Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue, with the headline “The Musk Brand of Media Dominance.” Elon Musk used to be…