Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico and California
Hilary is expected to become a tropical storm – the first in 80 years to make landfall in California.
US-Japan-S Korea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?
“Tensions that run deep, particularly in South Korea due to past historical animosities related to Japan’s colonisation of Korea, do not disappear overnight, and we’re likely to continue to see…
Bradley Cooper: Why Bernstein nose row is complicated
Clein, who last year appeared in The Royal Court theatre’s show Jews. In Their Own Words, which looked at the legacy of anti-Semitism in the UK, says she doesn’t “believe…
The moment Southwest plane catches fire mid-flight
Video from onboard a Southwest Airlines flight shows flames bursting near the engine of a Boeing 737 shortly after take-off, on a flight from Houston to Cancun on Tuesday. The…
Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature – Musk
Elon Musk says the feature “makes no sense”, but users are concerned about protection from abuse.
Opinion | Hawaii’s Next Disaster Doesn’t Have to Be So Ghastly
Hawaii has one of the most sophisticated tsunami warning systems in the world, fine-tuned over the course of almost 80 years, ever since 1946, when a 55-foot wave hit the…
Opinion | Live by RICO, Die by RICO
WASHINGTON — I first met Rudy Giuliani in 1986 when I was a Times reporter writing about corruption cases in New York. Gotham was awash in so much municipal sleeze,…
Opinion | Enrique Tarrio Is a Curious Case of Latino White Supremacy
Mr. Tarrio’s case seems particularly vexing given his Afro-Cuban heritage, but being Hispanic does not insulate you from racism. Some people simply “don’t see themselves as what they are,” Ana…
Russian Strike Hits City Center in Northern Ukraine, Kyiv Says
A Russian missile slammed into the center of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens more, including 11 children, Ukrainian officials said. The…
A Peek at Big Pharma’s Playbook That Leaves Many Americans Unable to Afford Their Drugs | naked capitalism
Yves here. While this post is yet another reminder of how Americans are victims of Big Pharma price gouging, the evidence it presents is weak tea. It omits the degree…