The statement, while true to a point, ignores the fact that food costs are set to increase this year by almost 3 percent and that a diet rich in animal protein, which is featured prominently in the administration’s new inverted food pyramid, is getting more expensive. The US Department of Agriculture estimates that beef and…
Beyoncé, who last attended the Met Gala in 2016, is returning as a co-chair of fashion’s biggest night.
Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will return to host the National Memorial Day Concert on May 24 on PBS, including a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. The event, on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, is marking its 37th year. Noah Wyle will present a tribute to militiamen and citizen…
Officials in Cape Verde have said they will not allow a cruise ship believed to be harbouring an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus to dock in its ports, after the deaths of three passengers onboard. The statement on Monday came hours after global health officials said they were scrambling to investigate the suspected outbreak…
When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Right? What could be better, from a movie-making standpoint, than a futuristic sword that lets you create awesome fencing duels like in old-time Errol Flynn swashbucklers. (So much better than watching Stormtroopers fire their blasters into walls and ceilings and anything else except their targets.)…
NewsFeed Distraught onlookers caught the moment a monster truck lost control at a car show and plowed into spectators in Colombia, killing at least three people, including a 10-year-old girl. Around 40 people were injured. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on…
The Spectator has an endless supply of commentators who chime in on the Windsors and Sussexes. I can barely keep track of all of these writers, especially when half of them seem to have a weekly column devoted to crying about the Duchess of Sussex. Well, Alexander Larman has done his fair share of screaming…
Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when the first snow of the season began to fall in Philadelphia. Just outside the auditorium, the speaker, a 10-year-old boy with a rare inherited…
The ninth in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. When the Dodgers drafted David Lesch in January 1980, they had visions of his fastball lighting up radar guns at Dodger Stadium. He never made it that far. Lesch never climbed above the lowest rung on…
West Bengal’s verdict could reshape not just the state’s politics, but the future trajectory of Modi’s BJP.
