Istanbul, Turkey, 17 July—The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed four new sites on the World Heritage List: the transnational serial site of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland), along with sites in Antigua and Barbuda, ... Read More »
The Democratic National Convention gaveled into session Monday engulfed in a toxic fog of bad news and worse media incentives that threatened to stagger what was meant to be a well-planned and festive event. Donald Trump’s real, sizable convention bounce, and the release by Wikileaks of hacked DNC emails that ... Read More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blasted a reporter over her question on allegations that Russia was behind the DNC email leaks. Lavrov had a concise reply, stating: “I don’t want to use four-letter words.”“I mean this is time and time again, lie after lie. You notice he [Mook] won’t ... Read More »
Trouble in paradise. Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are still together, despite the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star inexplicably deleting all photos of his pregnant fiancée from his Instagram account, a source tells Us Weekly. The Arthur George sock designer, 29, wiped any trace of the model from his ... Read More »
Back in 2009, Saves the Day frontman Chris Conley and Say Anything frontman Max Bemis released a collaborative album under the name Two Tongues. According to some recent tweets by Max, a followup is coming this year. Details on that are still TBA, but the band did just announce their ... Read More »
THE WARMTH of their handshake quickly melted the ice between The Punisher and The Fiscalizer. In one of the standout sidelights at Monday’s historic affair, President Duterte extended his hand to Sen. Leila de Lima as he walked toward the stage for his first State of the Nation Address (Sona). ... Read More »
MANILA, Philippines – The brief handshake of President Duterte and Sen. Leila de Lima on Monday may not make them best friends, but it may ease the friction between them. As Duterte was about to ascend the rostrum of the House of Representatives session hall to deliver his first State ... Read More »
That’s what I’m thinking when I see Michael Jordan, the greatest to ever play the game of basketball and my team’s owner, speak up and take decisive action to help bring Americans together in a time of crisis. How can I help? That’s what’s going through my head when I ... Read More »
Congressman Hank Johnson should apologize for calling Jews ‘termites’ On Monday a Democratic U.S. congressman said that Jewish settlers in Israel were “like termites.” Now, you might be tempted to not take Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia seriously if I explain that this is the same congressman who expressed a ... Read More »
A few months ago, a messaging app called Talkshow debuted with an interesting premise: all of your conversations on it are public. Everyone can “listen in” on the chatrooms you create, sort of like podcasting but in text form. One of the ways it differentiated itself from Twitter is that ... Read More »
a further attempt to tighten censorship, China this week said it was investigatingeight of the nation’s high-profile Internet companies for “serious violations” of rules on who may report and publish news, ordering them to shut down or “clean up” their websites immediately. Just as millions of Americans turn to Google and ... Read More »
Within hours of their performance at a Donald Trump rally in Pensacola, Fla., last January, the U.S.A. Freedom Kids were a sensation. You remember the video: Three preteen girls in star-spangled outfits crisply working through simple choreography as they lip-synced an upbeat update to “Over There.” That infectious performance kicked ... Read More »
