Monument Valley 3’s summer launch on PC, console benefits flood relief
Monument Valley 3 is moving from its Netflix exclusivity to a PC and console launch this summer, with profits benefiting flood victims.Read More
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Maryland basketball coaching candidates after Kevin Willard’s exit, headlined by Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams
Finally, some clarity for Maryland after an awkward, uncomfortable few weeks. Kevin Willard to Villanova is done. It comes days after Florida dispatched Maryland in Thursday’s Sweet 16 and ended an internal saga that had turned public and a bit nasty. While the Crab Five was busy leading the Terps to the second weekend for the…
Read the Open Letter to the Academy Supporting Hamdan Ballal
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Messenger Email Over 500 artists and creatives including Javier Bardem, Penèlope Cruz, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Olivia Colman and Joaquin Phoenix, have signed an open letter criticising the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their lack of support for Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land….
In Tokyo, Rice Farmers Protest ‘Misguided’ Rules Fueling Shortages
In the United States, the affordability of eggs has prompted a national discussion — underscoring anxieties about the economy and the government’s role in addressing them. In Japan, there’s an equivalent: rice. Over the past year, Japan has grappled with a more than 200,000-ton shortage of its staple grain. Rice prices have skyrocketed, and supermarkets…
Hegseth Pledges to Step Up Military Cooperation With Japan and Deter China
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrapped up his first official visit to the Asia on Sunday by offering reassurances to Japan that President Trump wants a stronger military alliance in the region to deter an increasingly assertive China. Following an 85-minute meeting in Tokyo with his Japanese counterpart, Mr. Hegseth said the Trump administration would…
Venice’s Lawrence Kensinger practices patience with shotput
Nick Garcia is like a horse whisperer, but for shotputters. He’s trained 18 Southern Section champions at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High in the shotput and discus. When he speaks, athletes listen. Lawrence Kensinger, a junior at Venice, started working out with Garcia once a week. He trusts him so much that he adopted his…
The Ramona Flowers take ownership of their mistakes on rousing new single ‘Human’
Bristol’s finest The Ramona Flowers make their long awaited return to music this week, with the release of their brand new single ‘Human’ – a timeless and catchy, melodic bop that ingeniously blends indie rock flavours with summery guitar riffs to produce a heartfelt pop anthem that sure to resonate with those of find themselves…
Can Barcelona Solve One of the Toughest Housing Crises in Europe?
In 33 years, Marga Aguilar never missed a rent payment on her apartment in a Modernist-style building in the heart of Barcelona. The owner of the building had always treated her and the other tenants as if they were family, and kept rents reasonable. But when the owner died recently, Ms. Aguilar, 62, got a…
Syrians Wake Up to a New Government
Syrians on Sunday were digesting the overnight announcement of a caretaker government that will be in power for the next five years, accepting with some resignation the continued dominance of the rebel group that seized power in December but welcoming its representation of the country’s main ethnic minorities. The rebels who overthrew President Bashar al-Assad…
Paul Weiss’s capitulation to Trump was shocking—but the law firm has been doing Exxon’s bidding for years
Once a darling of the Democratic Party, Paul Weiss has always done what’s best for its corporate clients. A powerful law firm’s acquiescence to President Donald Trump has sent shockwaves through the legal community, prompted prominent lawyers and former associates to deride the firm, and astounded even its harshest critics.