As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet
As President Trump makes an abrupt pivot toward Russia, upending generations of American foreign policy, he is also defying members of his own party in Congress, many of whom have…
Trump’s No-Prisoners Approach to Iran-China Oil Crackdown | naked capitalism
Yves here. We have yet another report from uber-neocon Simon Watkins, here on the US plans to mess Iran oil sales to China. resilc, who had worked extensively overseas and…
Muni Long, Victoria Monét and Other Women Reinventing R&B
To accompany this article, Adam Bradley created a playlist of the songs that define R&B’s new era. THE R&B SINGER-SONGWRITER Muni Long has a voice that people say could sing…
Opinion | Vance’s Munich Disgrace
In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question of why the National Socialists, despite being an “anti-parliamentarian party,” would nonetheless…
Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies
Gil Won-ok, one of the last survivors of sexual slavery for Japan’s World War II troops, who campaigned to bring international attention to the suffering of thousands of women like…
Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.
Astronomers on Tuesday said that the asteroid designated 2024 YR4 had become the most likely sizable space rock ever forecast to impact planet Earth. The object, first detected in December,…
European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia on Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France called a second emergency meeting of European allies on Wednesday seeking to recalibrate relations with the United States as President Trump upends international politics by…
Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles…
ASAP Rocky Found Not Guilty of Shooting Former Friend in Assault Trial
ASAP Rocky, the Grammy nominated hip-hop artist, was found not guilty on Tuesday of shooting a former collaborator. The jury deliberated for nearly three hours in a case that threatened…
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged on Tuesday with overseeing a vast scheme to hold on to power after losing the 2022 election, including one plot to annul the…