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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that there were still considerable unresolved issues with the European Union over Brexit as the two sides approached the “endgame” in negotiations for departure from the bloc. Lord Mayor of London Peter Estlin's listens as Britain's Prime»»»

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that there were still considerable unresolved issues with the European Union over Brexit as the two sides approached the “endgame” in negotiations for departure from the bloc. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to the an»»»

Over eight decades as an entertainment and media impresario – whose work has spanned comics, movies, TV shows and more – the imagination of Stan Lee has produced characters able to surmount or manipulate almost any limitation of the physical world. Think Spider-Man (Lee’s favorite creation), The In»»»

Michael Jackson's iconic black "Bad" jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 late Saturday, about three times its original asking price, at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced. Julien's Aucti»»»

With Florida banning greyhound racing by 2020, many of the dogs will need to be adopted. If you’ve always thought about adopting a greyhound, the coming months may be the perfect time. On Election Day, Florida voters passed an amendment to ban commercial greyhound racing by the end of 2020. Support»»»

Eighty-two years have passed since he was murdered by a rightwing firing squad, but Federico García Lorca remains doggedly true to his famous aphorism that “a dead man in Spain is more alive than a dead man anywhere else in the world”. Lorca’s plays and poems have endured on syllabuses and stages, »»»

When Sabrina Bugget-Kellum walked into a neighbourhood clinic in New York for a routine appointment in in 2016, she was desperate. Her son was in prison. She was trying to look after his two young children, who were aged one and two. Their mother was emotionally unstable. Bugget-Kellum did not want»»»

closeVideoHere’s your guide to help track and understand what wins in losses in various House races mean for the balance of power in Congress: First of all, keep in mind how rare it is for the House to switch hands. It’s changed party control three times since 1954. The Democrats won in 1954 and he»»»

LONDON: Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected “coordinated inauthentic behavior” linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections. The social media company shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more de»»»

closeVideoVoters across the country are decrying “vote shaming” efforts after receiving “voting report cards” and reminders that whether they vote in elections is public record. Residents in Arizona, Florida, Oregon, Texas and elsewhere have reported receiving the “voting report cards” in the mail,»»»

There’s a hidden world we have yet to plumb in our very own homes It is easy to think today that we know most of what there is to know about life on Earth. But most living things have yet to be discovered or named, much less studied. We are surrounded by our own ignorance. This is even true in the »»»

Chinese overseas City rolls out first antismoking campaign that specifically targets Chinese men Restaurant workers and builders are among the biggest smokers Outside Big Wong, a Cantonese restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown, a man took a puff on a cigarette as he watched people pass by. The 70-yea»»»

At it's worst the growth on Kiana's face made it difficult for her to eat and drink WOMAN cruelly called “the purple people eater” because of a birthmark that covered half her face says laser treatment has changed her life. Kiana Smith, 40, was born with a port-wine stain birthmark on the left side»»»

The “” is the kind of subject that’s easy to over-analyze, in part because there are so many different examples of bad behavior out there and in part because the aggregate damage these entities will do when they start blowing up is immense. But most people see pensions as essentially an accounting »»»

When Alexandra Waterbury was a student at the School of American Ballet, she caught Chase Finlay staring at her in the studio. “At the time, I was flattered. I was an 18-year-old girl, and he was this star that I grew up watching since I was 11” Waterbury said. At New York City Ballet’s fall 2016 g»»»

The disgraced comedian's announced shows at the Comedy Cellar drew protesters. Louis C.K. made another appearance at New York’s Comedy Cellar on Monday night ― this one advertised in advance and attracting protesters. The comedian, easing into a comeback attempt after acknowledging sexual misconduc»»»

In July 1996, flight TWA 800 exploded in mid-air, 12 minutes after taking off from JFK International Airport in New York. All 230 passengers on board were killed. It would be four years before an investigation concluded the likely cause of the explosion was But at the time, President Clinton felt t»»»

But from that point on, the wheels fell off for Wall Street. We just witnessed the But it isn’t just the stock market that is being shaken. The horrific violence in Pittsburgh is just the latest in a string of events that have rattled the entire nation. It is almost as if there is a tangible presen»»»

Al Jean tweeted: 'Adi Shankar is not a producer on the Simpsons. I wish him the very best but he does not speak for our show' THE Simpsons producer has rubbished claims that the beloved character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon will be written out of the show. Last week, producer and Youtuber Adi Shankar ma»»»

Forests are now awash with an impressionist’s pastels across much of the Northern US. Soon the color will drip as fallen leaves to the forest floor and it’ll seem like the Robert Frost poem “October,” (O hushed October morning mild; Thy leaves have ripened to the fall…) is being whispered by the wi»»»

Forests are now awash with an impressionist’s pastels across much of the Northern US. Soon the color will drip as fallen leaves to the forest floor and it’ll seem like the Robert Frost poem “October,” (O hushed October morning mild; Thy leaves have ripened to the fall…) is being whispered by the wi»»»

Alphabet Q3 net profit rose 36% to $9.2b, fuelled by gains in digital advertising SAN FRANCISCO: Internet titans Google and Amazon came under an investor cloud after posting disappointing sales updates, with the search leader also on the defensive for reportedly hushing up sexual misconduct. Two of»»»

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet titans Google and Amazon came under an investor cloud after posting disappointing sales updates, with the search leader also on the defensive for reportedly hushing up sexual misconduct. Two of the world's most valuable companies suffered slides in their share prices after »»»

“What makes a murder perfect?” asks the true crime podcast reporter David Pascall oleaginously over the obligatory unresolved piano-chord sequence. “What elevates a murder from a regular ho-hum killing to a crime so gruesome and compelling that it deserves its own podcast?” He finds the answer in a»»»

New York (CNN Business)Two years of pent-up bitterness and backbiting about Megyn Kelly have finally come to a head at NBC News. Her exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the "Today" show appears to be imminent. Variety reported on Wednesday evening that Kelly and NBC News executives have been holding conve»»»

I had lunch in New York with Mike Bloomberg, one of the most attractive characters in politics on either side of the Atlantic, and maybe the best president America will never have. I presented him with a tattered copy of a book entitled Quotations from Chairman LBJ, which I bought in his city half »»»

The 34-year-old's new film "Mid90s" is about a neighborhood as much as it is about the era alluded to in the title. I know, because I grew up there. Watching Jonah Hill’s new film, “Mid90s,” which came out Friday, I couldn’t shake how familiar the whole thing felt. There was something about the tac»»»

Does every man secretly desire his father’s death? The great biographer Richard Ellmann believed there was something in this idea, noting that it recurs in the work of, among others, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Edmund Gosse and JM Synge; and in his new book about the fathers of Oscar Wilde, WB Yeats and »»»

NEW YORK: The iconic R&B group The O’Jays has always made music for the heart. Now the group is going for the jugular on what it says is its last album. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees known for the classic song “Love Train” on Friday released the politically charged single ”Above the Law »»»

closeVideoWell, you'd think that violence, physical attacks, and threats in our political system would shock all of us. But at this point, unfortunately, nobody is really surprised. It almost seems normal. It was just last year that a progressive activist tried to murder an entire field of Republic»»»

I went to the Museum of Pizza and all I got was this lousy feeling that capitalism has gone too far and we all deserve to die. I love pizza. I respect pizza. I always try to treat pizza well. Nevertheless, 20 minutes at New York’s first ever Museum of Pizza almost broke me. I entered feeling vaguel»»»

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was targeted for demonization in a disgusting display of media malpractice this past week, as he was depicted in almost every disparaging way possible in coverage of uncorroborated sexual misconduct allegations against him. Comments in the media about the»»»

If you're married and a millennial, then congrats are in order - it looks like you're doing something right. Between 2008 and 2016 the divorce rate in the US fell by 18%, according to a report from the University of Maryland. The authors put it down partly to people born between 1980 and the mid-19»»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - William Ackman said on Tuesday his hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has taken a roughly $900 million position in Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) as he sees a chance for the world’s biggest coffee chain to reignite growth even as it struggles with stagnant sales in its home»»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - William Ackman’s activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has taken a new position in Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O), according to attendees at a conference where the billionaire investor spoke on Tuesday. Ackman revealed the position at a conference in New York on Tuesd»»»

The limousine that crashed in upstate New York on Saturday, killing 20, failed inspection last month and its driver was not properly licensed, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday. Saturday's accident, which killed two pairs of newlyweds, four sisters from one family and two brothers from »»»

Consumers need to select carefully and compare plans when buying pet insurance. By Elaine S. Povich California’s pet insurance regulations, which experts peg as the strictest in the country, owe their existence to a dearly departed golden retriever named Bodie. It was Bodie’s death more than a deca»»»

This week, Amazon announced that it was raising its minimum wage for all workers to $15 an hour. The move will affect more than 250,000 of their employees, as well as more than 100,000 seasonal workers. “We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lea»»»

One of the discussion points to have come out of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings has been the question of anger and what women do with it – specifically, where and how they manage to stuff it down low so it doesn’t spill out and get them labelled as lunatics. Lindsey Graham can go the full Foghorn Leg»»»

One of the discussion points to have come out of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings has been the question of anger and what women do with it – specifically, where and how they manage to stuff it down low so it doesn’t spill out and get them labelled as lunatics. Lindsey Graham can go the full Foghorn Leg»»»

Six weeks after Iris Cruz was fingerprinted so that she could pick up her 14-year-old, she still hasn’t seen her child. Thousands of undocumented children ― even ones with parents or other adults eager to take them in ― are languishing in U.S. government custody for increasingly long periods thanks»»»

“He covered my mouth with his hand and introduced his penis. I thought my last hour had arrived. I had the feeling my stomach was turning.” These are not the words of a woman testifying as part of the #MeToo movement, and they are not the words of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against the US»»»

“He covered my mouth with his hand and introduced his penis. I thought my last hour had arrived. I had the feeling my stomach was turning.” These are not the words of a woman testifying as part of the #MeToo movement, and they are not the words of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against the US»»»

“He covered my mouth with his hand and introduced his penis. I thought my last hour had arrived. I had the feeling my stomach was turning.” These are not the words of a woman testifying as part of the #MeToo movement, and they are not the words of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against the US»»»

Liberty and equality are supposed to make possible the pursuit of happiness. It would be unfortunate if we were to protect the means only to neglect the end I’m a little surprised by how many people tell me they have no hobbies. It may seem a small thing, but — at the risk of sounding grandiose — I»»»

Although the process appears deeply flawed, the agency is up for this challenge. It’s not as hard as Republicans hope it will be. The FBI is back in the middle of it. When we were handed the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2015, the bureau’s deputy director said to me, “You know you are tota»»»

White families are involved in a lot of crime, at least on television. Netflix’s “Ozark” is the latest example. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney star as Marty and Wendy Byrde, whose loose connection to a drug cartel in Chicago devolves into a full-fledged life of crime in the Ozarks. Created by Mark »»»

White families are involved in a lot of crime, at least on television. Netflix’s “Ozark” is the latest example. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney star as Marty and Wendy Byrde, whose loose connection to a drug cartel in Chicago devolves into a full-fledged life of crime in the Ozarks. Created by Mark »»»

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was targeted for demonization in a disgusting display of media malpractice this past week, as he was depicted in almost every disparaging way possible in coverage of uncorroborated sexual misconduct allegations against him. Comments in the media about the»»»

They paint a picture of sexual misconduct today that resembles Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged teenage offenses. On Thursday, a prosecutor will ask Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about a sexual assault he allegedly committed in high school. His accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, will also be question»»»

In the wake of Thursday’s hearing on allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans are attempting to plow ahead with confirmation. This is despite public opinion polls prior to the hearing showing a plurality of Americans disapproved of Kavanaugh’s confirm»»»

What is Tesla without Elon Musk? That was the question Wall Street was asking on Friday as the electric car company’s share price plummeted following news that the US’s top financial regulator was suing Musk for fraud and seeking to ban him from running a public company. For the billionaire entrepr»»»

What is Tesla without Elon Musk? That was the question Wall Street was asking on Friday as the electric car company’s share price plummeted following news that the US’s top financial regulator was suing Musk for fraud and seeking to ban him from running a public company. For the billionaire entrepr»»»

But it's not like he'd starve, either. Despite what it looks like to some of his supporters, Brett Kavanaugh is not currently on trial. The federal judge is actually in the middle of the most intense job interview of his life, for one of the best gigs in the country: lifetime appointment to the U.S»»»

But it's not like he'd starve, either. Despite what it looks like to some of his supporters, Brett Kavanaugh is not currently on trial. The federal judge is actually in the middle of the most intense job interview of his life, for one of the best gigs in the country: lifetime appointment to the U.S»»»

The US risks losing its hard-won status as the beacon for free trade In normal times, Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on $200 billion (Dh735 billion) worth of Chinese goods, bringing us closer to an all-out trade war, would have dominated headlines for days. Things being as they are, it was »»»

The resident tells me our next cancer patient is septic. We walk in together to find a thin woman in a half-open gown struggling to walk to the bathroom. Her short hair is pasted to her sweaty forehead, cotton wool stick to puncture marks on her arm, and her eyes are a pale hue. “Remember me?” she »»»

Last Tuesday, McDonald’s workers in 10 US cities walked off the job to protest pervasive sexual harassment. A week earlier, female janitors in California marched 100 miles from San Francisco to the state capitol in Sacramento to support anti-harassment legislation. The janitors’ union, SEIU, in par»»»

Last Tuesday, McDonald’s workers in 10 US cities walked off the job to protest pervasive sexual harassment. A week earlier, female janitors in California marched 100 miles from San Francisco to the state capitol in Sacramento to support anti-harassment legislation. The janitors’ union, SEIU, in par»»»

The housing market indicated that a crisis was coming in 2008. Home prices, especially in the hottest markets on the east and west coasts, had been soaring. In case you are wondering, this is definitely a major red flag for the economy. According to , home sellers are “slashing prices at the highes»»»

Recently, my sister sent an irate text to our family group chat with a link to a popular Australian health and lifestyle guru and a simple message, "She's ripped off labneh and called it cream cheese!" My own irritation soon followed at the gushing ode to the traditional Lebanese method of muslin-s»»»

Elon Musk is one of the world's most prominent business figures. His latest headline-grabber is the announcement of the first paying passenger his SpaceX venture plans to fly around the Moon. There are also his extraordinary pioneering achievements include creating online payment platform PayPal, r»»»

“Musk’s influence and wealth cannot convert his lies into truth or protect him from accountability," says Vernon Unsworth's attorney. The British cave diver who helped save a trapped Thai soccer team has sued volatile Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for inexplicably calling him a “child rapist” and »»»

“Musk’s influence and wealth cannot convert his lies into truth or protect him from accountability," says Vernon Unsworth's attorney. The British cave diver who helped save a trapped Thai soccer team has sued volatile Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for inexplicably calling him a “child rapist” and »»»

Shakespeare’s Juliet was being decidedly unscientific when she proclaimed, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” In science, classifications – the names given to things – are of cardinal importance, as evidenced by the newest, fiery disagreement abou»»»

Patrick deWitt, 43, is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter, now living in Portland, Oregon. His first book, Ablutions, was a New York Times editors’ choice while his second, The Sisters Brothers, was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize. His new novel, French Exit, is a satire of the super-ri»»»

CAIRO: Khalil Hamra, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press, is exhibiting his work in a show titled “Why Gaza?” at the 30th annual Visa Pour L’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France. The exhibition runs through Sept. 16.In 30 photos on display, Hamra shows the »»»

A onetime left-wing gate-crasher became the establishment Democrats’ pick for state attorney general. When Letitia “Tish” James was first sworn as New York City’s public advocate in January 2014, she scandalized the city’s political and media elites by ― the horror! ― daring to criticize outgoing M»»»

"The Land of Steady Habits," starring Ben Mendelsohn, is a departure for the director, who's known for witty stories about women. For 22 years, Nicole Holofcener has been known for making movies about women, treating their relationship hurdles (“Enough Said”), financial woes (“Friends With Money”),»»»

Serena Williams’s career has been a battle, but that doesn’t mean the world is always against her The power that comes with being one of the world’s few black female sporting icons is immense. Granted that has not always been the case, and to get to that point you will have to fight and overcome al»»»

The costs of vaping should be reduced for smokers in developing countries as an urgent “human rights issue”, researchers have told a pro-tobacco conference in London. Addressing a 300-strong audience of tobacco and vaping industry representatives, Helen Redmond, an expert in substance use at New Yo»»»

Serena Williams’s career has been a battle, but that doesn’t mean the world is always against her The power that comes with being one of the world’s few black female sporting icons is immense. Granted that has not always been the case, and to get to that point you will have to fight and overcome al»»»

The costs of vaping should be reduced for smokers in developing countries as an urgent “human rights issue”, researchers have told a pro-tobacco conference in London. Addressing a 300-strong audience of tobacco and vaping industry representatives, Helen Redmond, an expert in substance use at New Yo»»»

A cage for workers on wheels. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. It’s not. In 2016, Amazon filed a patent for a device described as a “system and method for transporting personnel within an active workplace”. It is actually a cage large enough to fit a worker. It’s mounted on top of an au»»»

A cage for workers on wheels. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. It’s not. In 2016, Amazon filed a patent for a device described as a “system and method for transporting personnel within an active workplace”. It is actually a cage large enough to fit a worker. It’s mounted on top of an au»»»

Last week saw a new chapter in America’s modern political history. The unprecedentedly fierce and targeted campaign launched against a sitting president was pushed further by two more strikes from some of the heaviest guns in the US media. Contrary to its established editorial traditions, the New Y»»»

There is nothing on the internet I love more than a good advice column. I’m an hour late to writing this piece because, in thinking about writing a column about advice columns, I got distracted and clicked through to read a few of my regulars. (Today alone: Heather Havrilesky’s Dear Polly, Daniel M»»»

There is nothing on the internet I love more than a good advice column. I’m an hour late to writing this piece because, in thinking about writing a column about advice columns, I got distracted and clicked through to read a few of my regulars. (Today alone: Heather Havrilesky’s Dear Polly, Daniel M»»»

Last week saw a new chapter in America’s modern political history. The unprecedentedly fierce and targeted campaign launched against a sitting president was pushed further by two more strikes from some of the heaviest guns in the US media. Contrary to its established editorial traditions, the New Y»»»

NEW YORK – Nearly 60% of respondents worldwide believe that local media must adapt to the changing environment or face extinction, Ogilvy said Wednesday announcing its findings of the second half of the 2018 Global Media Influence survey.The survey found that similar to global media outlets, local »»»

NEW YORK (AFP) - Calvin Klein took a bite out of the New York runway Tuesday with Belgian designer Raf Simons inspired by "Jaws," in his latest exploration of America, its glistening surface and dark underbelly. Models marched down a red-carpeted runway against a glittering video seascape backdrop »»»

How many cabs in New York City? How many tears in a bottle of gin? These aren’t just the lyrics to a song by the Australian musician Paul Kelly. They are the kind of questions you are likely to be asked during a job interview. In recent years, it has become common for bosses to ask interview questi»»»

Donald Trump’s approval rating has been remarkably consistent over the first 20 months of his presidency, moving between about 37% and 42%, according to polling averages maintained by FiveThirtyEight. That’s bad – likely about 10 points short of what he needs to be re-elected. But new polls indicat»»»

Donald Trump’s approval rating has been remarkably consistent over the first 20 months of his presidency, moving between about 37% and 42%, according to polling averages maintained by FiveThirtyEight. That’s bad – likely about 10 points short of what he needs to be re-elected. But new polls indicat»»»

One of the more remarkable aspects of US late cycle fiscal easing is that it has attempted to smooth the business cycle ahead of the US midterm election and the US presidential election in 2020. There is now widespread expectation that growth in 2018 has exceeded trend by some margin (mostly from c»»»

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it had summoned Algeria’s ambassador after the North African nation’s football supporters sang slogans glorifying former dictator Saddam Hussein during a game in Algiers. In a statement, ministry spokesman Ahmed Mahjub voiced “the indignation of »»»

Today, my son got his driver’s license. He is about to turn 18. Some of you might be thinking that is a little late, but we stalled for as long as we could. He is 6′3” and has long locs. He schleps regularly from our house in the city to soccer practice in the suburbs. He’s a boy with a giant heart»»»

American films It was his most acclaimed performance, but Reynolds’ role in the saga about the 1970s porn industry made him ‘uncomfortable’, and aggrieved at young director Paul Thomas Anderson In the mid-1990s, Burt Reynolds – who died on Thursday at the age of 82 – had hit an especially rough pat»»»

Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood's most popular actors as he starred in films such as "Deliverance" and "Smokey and the Bandit" in the 1970s and '80s, died on Thursday age 82. At the peak of his career, Reynolds was one of the most bankable actors in the film indu»»»

The anonymous New York Times op-ed becomes fodder for Twitter jokes about the Death Star, Mordor, ALF and more. The New York Times on Wednesday published a controversial op-ed from an anonymous “senior official” in President Donald Trump’s White House. The editorial claimed there were people inside»»»

And so the sun seems to stand still this last day before the resumption of business-as-usual, and the people across this land marinate in anxious uncertainty. Some kind of epic national restructuring is in the works. One side wants to magically reenact the 1950s; the other wants a Gnostic transhuma»»»

Almost a year after the Weinstein scandal first broke, a critical eye is being trained on Asia Argento and Rose McGowan. Some worry the accusations leveled against Argento will discredit the #MeToo movement. Others hope it will spark a more nuanced discussion. “The consciences are waking,” Asia Arg»»»

New York Following a simple lifestyle such as eating all food within 10 hours can restore balance, stave off metabolic diseases and maintain health, suggests a study led by one of an Indian-origin. The study, conducted over mice, suggests that the health problems associated with disruptions to anim»»»

CAPE CANAVERAL: A small air leak has developed on the Russian side of the International Space Station. NASA and Russian space officials stressed Thursday that the six astronauts are in no danger. But both the crew and ground controllers are working hard to isolate the leak. Russian officials say th»»»

You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who does not know the name. Yet when you mention Chicago, people would pretend to hoist a gun at you and rat-a-tat-tat away at the days of Al Capone. It is indeed a shame, for Chicago has been blessed with heavenly natural vistas, sprawling beaches, breathta»»»

“Got Cravings?” asked the billboard from its perch above a Times Square pizzeria. “Girl, Tell Them To #SUCKIT”. The image was arresting: a pretty young woman sucking an “appetite suppressant” lollipop splashed across a canvas of millennial pink. Flat Tummy Co, an online retailer that had previously»»»

An iconic New York institution - Union Square's Coffee Shop - which rose to fame after appearing on HBO’s “Sex and the City,” is closing its doors after nearly 30 years. "We’ve had a great run — 28 years and honestly it was a combination of factors that altogether caused us to just not be able to c»»»

As a result, economic conditions can look vastly different depending on where you live. In large cities on the east and west coasts that have been heavily “gentrified”, it can seem like times have never been better. Alternatively, there are certain areas in rural America where it feels like we are »»»

You reap what you sow. The chickens have come home to roost. The ship has sailed. The s**t has hit the fan. The English language has no shortage of idioms describing lost opportunities and the consequences of failing to act. And we’ve failed to act on human-caused climate change. It is here, with a»»»

The New York Times recently ran an exchange in its “Sweet Spot” advice column from an apparently anguished reader. The letter, signed Whitey, began: I’m riddled with shame. White shame. This isn’t helpful to me or to anyone, especially people of color. I feel like there is no “me” outside of my whi»»»

Even if you’ve never heard of Lisa Hanawalt, you’ve likely seen her work. It’s visible in every frame of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, for which she is production designer and producer. She has designed book covers for Patricia Lockwood, illustrated the New York Times, and decorated guitars for Tegan »»»

Last week, an emotional Elon Musk described how he was working so hard to keep production of the Tesla Model 3 on track that he missed his own birthday. “All night – no friends, nothing,” he told the New York Times, apparently “struggling to get the words out”. Musk had, he said, been working 120-h»»»

Residents of a swanky high-rise building on the Upper East Side Neighborhood in New York City, New York, are under siege after a mystery shooter fired a small caliber handgun into apartment windows twice in the last week. According to the , the bullets have been fired from a rooftop or balcony acro»»»

With just a hint of a smile, Camilla Cleese admits that the name of her Edinburgh fringe show is “the ultimate, shameless nepotism”. It’s called Produced by John Cleese, even though it isn’t produced by him at all. But she is. “I don’t think he would put money into something as un-lucrative as this»»»

President Trump on Sunday morning tweeted that a planned boycott by some Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners is “Great!” he said. he added. “Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.” Many o»»»

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a little bigger, a little more colorful, and a little more powerful than all prior Note phones, but be warned: it’s also a lot more expensive. Update: New ongoing Note 9 review impressions are here and being added every day. So far we've tested the camera and S Pen came»»»

I used to love the film Almost Famous, partly because I had my own hopes of becoming a Cameron Crowe-esque music journalist who would spend weeks “on the road” getting to know my subjects before writing 10,000-word epics on a life-changing experience that might have the power to change the world. M»»»

Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter assaults on those who criticize you for attac»»»

Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter assaults on those who criticize you for attac»»»

Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter assaults on those who criticize you for attac»»»

Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter assaults on those who criticize you for attac»»»

St. Louis County, Missouri, labor unions spent heavily in an effort to re-elect prosecutor Bob McCulloch, who was ousted on Tuesday by criminal justice reformer Wesley Bell, campaign finance reports reveal. It’s common for police unions to support prosecutors, but the labor groups who backed McCull»»»

Growing number of companies are rolling out products and services that allow employees to receive a portion of their pay when they need it Luis Vazquez and his girlfriend were down to their last $50 after she got sick and had to miss work for a month. He already paid his rent and bills for the mont»»»

Johannesburg - Opposition political parties have lauded a New York Times exposé on deputy President David Mabuza, saying it confirms that he is not fit to hold the second most powerful position in government. The article about Mabuza has resurfaced questions about Mabuza’s fitness to hold office as»»»

If you happen to come across HBO’s new late-night variety show Random Acts of Flyness, you’ll find yourself wondering, probably within the first several minutes, just whose brainchild it is. The show opens with a semi-scripted encounter between a cop and a black man riding his bike; minutes later, »»»

Mathew Shurka was 16 when he sat down with his father and told him he was gay. Brought up in a conservative New York suburb, the youngest child in a secular Jewish family and the only son, he was “terrified”. But, in that highly charged moment, the reaction was good. “He said: ‘I love you. I’m goin»»»

close Video Sen. Bernie Sanders is all over the internet! New York Magazine says he is “quietly building a digital media empire.” Mic.com calls it “one of the most powerful progressive media outfits in America.” This matters because bettors rank Sanders one of the top four Democratic presidential c»»»

close Video Sen. Bernie Sanders is all over the internet! New York Magazine says he is “quietly building a digital media empire.” Mic.com calls it “one of the most powerful progressive media outfits in America.” This matters because bettors rank Sanders one of the top four Democratic presidential c»»»

Welcome To Bad Faith Apparently, one angle of the tech world Sarah Leong overlooked was the mile-wide Twitter trail of messages she left over the past ten years declaring that white people should be “canceled out,” “made to live underground like groveling goblins,” or this pungent one from the Rein»»»

The New York Times' newest editorial board member, Sarah Jeong, was outed as a bigot yesterday after dozens of tweets from less than four years ago were unearthed, revealing . The Times, in response, claimed to have known about the tweets - and said they were simply Jeong imitating racists. "Her jo»»»

(Reuters) - Shares of Tesla Inc jumped more than 12 percent on Thursday, after the company convinced investors that it was able to yield positive cash flow and turn a profit, and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk apologized for past incendiary remarks. FILE PHOTO: The Tesla logo is seen at the entr»»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donna Fenn bought shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in the 1980s on the recommendation of a stockbroker a good friend of hers was dating. She’d heard of the company because its co-founder Steve Jobs had appeared on the cover of the magazine she worked for. FILE PHOTO: A store employ»»»

(Reuters) - Shares of Tesla Inc jumped 11 percent on Thursday, after the company convinced investors that it was able to yield positive cash flow and turn a profit, and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk apologized for past incendiary remarks. FILE PHOTO: The Tesla logo is seen at the entrance to Te»»»

It feels as if we are in a period of boom and bust in TV. It’s definitely boom time in terms of the amount of new shows being produced – more than 520 in 2018 – but the bust comes from how quickly those shows go from critically lauded to seemingly laboured. In the golden age of TV, big shows have t»»»

All eyes will be on Tesla's earnings after the close today, and considering the fiasco that was last quarter's earnings call, all ears too. One person who will surely be following closely is prominent Tesla short David Einhorn, who told investors that the rally in Tesla shares, which he is short, t»»»

NNA - How the media reports on suicides may impact whether others decide to kill themselves in the days following the original death, a study suggests. An international team of researchers analyzed newspaper reports and suicide patterns over a four-year period to determine if any sort of coverage w»»»

BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn told investors on Tuesday that a sharp rally in Tesla Inc shares, which he bet against, turned into heavy second-quarter losses at his Greenlight Capital fund, and stuck by his dim outlook for the electric carmaker. David Einhorn, Pres»»»

What's the probability of an agbressive, highly-fatal outbreak occuring soon? Is it high enough to worry about? And if one occurs, what can/should we do to protect ourselves and our loved ones? To address these questions, we interview John M. Barry, author of the award-winning New York Times best-s»»»

Gwyneth Paltrow irritates people. These days it’s what she does best, or at least most lucratively, for all her undoubted talent as an actor. If she’s not earnestly explaining how everyone could have a divorce as perfectly civilised as her own, then she’s evangelising about “vaginal steaming” (some»»»

26. Speech Debelle: Speech Therapy (2009) It’s hard not to feel sorry for Speech Debelle. In some ways a precursor to Kate Tempest, she channelled experiences such as homelessness into her debut’s smoothly jazzy raps, but her Mercury winner was met with poor sales and sparsely attended gigs. Speech»»»

CHENNAI: Nothing can be compared to Japanese animation, especially the works of cinematic art created by Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away,” “Princess Mononoke,” “The Wind Rises”), which is not just sharply political but also intensely emotional. In comparison, American animated films may seem somewha»»»

When I went to see Vanessa Kirby starring in Julie at the National Theatre, it turns out I picked “a really bad night. Oh God everything went wrong,” she says when we meet a few days later, in a café in Chelsea where she has just ordered scrambled eggs. In one climactic moment she has to kill a bud»»»

NEW YORK- Some billionaires are household names, but others like John Arnold are virtual unknowns. Arnold, 44, an energy trader at Enron Corp before its collapse in 2002 in an epic financial scandal, founded Houston-based hedge fund Centaurus Advisors but retired in 2012 at the prime of his career »»»

Four months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his house in August 2005, Henry Butler returned home to New Orleans for the first time. He couldn't see the damage - he had been blind since suffering glaucoma as a child. But he knew how bad it was. The stench that stuck to everything told him all he n»»»

Now thriving hashtag on Instagram, the practice of baking something completely unnecessary, is becoming popular All procrastibakers do not bake alike. Procrastibaking — the practice of baking something completely unnecessary, with the intention of avoiding “real” work — is a surprisingly common hab»»»

A major new technology known as Gene Editing has gained significant attention in recent months. Its advocates claim it will revolutionize everything from agriculture production to disease treatment. None other than Bill Gates has just come out in an article in the US foreign policy magazine Foreign»»»

The Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah has expressed his hope to reopen Ras Lanuf oil terminal after the tugboats have been provided to the port. NOC said in a statement that Sanallah visited the Ras Lanuf petrochemical complex and met with elders from the region»»»

As part of National Oil Corporation’s (NOC) plans to restore oil production to pre-2011 levels, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eng. Mustafa Sanalla, visited the Ras Lanuf petrochemical complex on Saturday, November 10, 2018; accompanied by Board members Mr Jadalla Hamad Alaokali; Eng. Abulgase»»»

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Dozens of Ethiopian security officials appeared in court on Monday after the attorney general accused security chiefs of ordering a grenade attack on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Pal»»»

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s attorney general accused senior members of the security services on Monday of ordering an attack on the new prime minister and announced a string of arrests and investigations that struck at the heart of the establishment. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy»»»

An exchange of fire erupted during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing six Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, officials said, while potentially dashing hopes that a recent agreement would restore calm. As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Ben»»»

An exchange of fire erupted during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing six Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, officials said, while potentially dashing hopes that a recent agreement would restore calm. As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Ben»»»

An exchange of fire erupted during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing six Palestinians and an Israeli soldier, officials said, while potentially dashing hopes that a recent agreement would restore calm. As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Ben»»»

As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he would cut short his trip to Paris, where he had been attending World War I commemorations, and return home. Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesperson for Hamas denounced a “cowardly Israeli attack”. Palestinian sec»»»

closeVideoThe leader of a union that represents a majority of California’s firefighters responded forcefully Saturday after President Trump threatened earlier in the day to cancel federal financial relief as deadly wildfires continued to ravage parts of the state. While in Paris, Trump claimed that»»»

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has unveiled an improved version of its Zhishengji-10ME (Z-10ME), an export-oriented variant of the People's Liberation Army Air Force's (PLAAF's) Z-10K all-weather multirole attack helicopter, for the first time in public at the Airshow China 2018 »»»

FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 Max takes part in flyng display during the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an emergency airworthiness directive on »»»

Jewel-encrusted bottles of champagne costing £115,000 have gone on sale in Harrods, at the highest prices ever charged outside of a fine wine auction. The three bottles of Piper Heidsieck prestige cuvée ‘Le Secret’ Rare are adorned with a ruby, sapphire or emerald embedded at “the heart of interwov»»»

Jeremy Hunt has defended opening up ambassadorships to industry leaders, denying that he is sidelining the Foreign Office in favour of an American–style patronage system. The foreign secretary announced that he was seeking candidates from outside the civil service and would invite successful chief »»»

Denmark has accused Iran of attempting to kill a group of Arab nationalists in a town near Copenhagen. A Norwegian with Iranian roots has been arrested over the thwarted attack in Ringsted on September 28. The target is believed to have been the Danish leadership of al-Ahvaziya, a group that seeks »»»

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A massive police operation in eastern Denmark last month was part of attempts to thwart an Iranian intelligence plot to kill an opposition activist, the country's intelligence agency boss said Tuesday. Finn Borch Andersen said police on Sept. 28 were searching for a stolen, Swe»»»

Tehran is accused of a plot to kill an Iranian opposition activist A massive police operation in eastern Denmark last month was part of attempts to thwart an Iranian intelligence plot to kill an opposition activist, the country's intelligence agency boss said Tuesday. Finn Borch Andersen said polic»»»

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A massive police operation in eastern Denmark last month was part of attempts to thwart an Iranian intelligence plot to kill an opposition activist, the country's intelligence agency boss said Tuesday. Finn Borch Andersen said police on Sept. 28 were searching for a stolen, Sw»»»

Paris: French rocker Johnny Hallyday's posthumous album sold 300,000 copies on Friday after going on sale at midnight, the late star's record company Warner Music France told AFP. Fans of the singer, whose death last year sparked a nationwide outpouring of emotion, queued outside record stores on T»»»

Fame and celebrity • Court documents say actress Eryn Jean Norvill complained he had touched her inappropriately during a production in 2015 and 2016, allegations Rush denies Geoffrey Rush and the woman at the centre of a defamation trial between the actor and Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph e»»»

PARIS: Three people have been charged in France over an Islamic extremist's shooting rampage and supermarket hostage-taking earlier this year. French regional media reported that the three are suspected of providing help to assailant Redouane Lakdim before his March attack in Carcassonne and the ne»»»

NEW DELHI: An Indian court has ordered the trial of sexual harassment charges against one of world’s leading climate change experts, Rajendra K. Pachauri, his lawyer said on Saturday. The 78-year-old Pachauri, who had previously chaired the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,»»»

France Chinese residents of the French capital say the attackers are driven by the misconception that all Asians are wealthy Police believe they’ve broken up one gang, but the community is not convinced it will make much difference A series of increasingly violent attacks and robberies on Paris’s C»»»

The president of a French gay association has been beaten in what he said was a homophobic attack on the streets of Paris. Guillaume Mélanie, president of Urgence Homophobie, said he was leaving a restaurant in the centre of the city when the attack happened. He suffered a broken nose and went to h»»»

“The Algerian Imams or religious preachers, who are supervised by the Paris Mosque in the context of federalism, are well known and have good relations with the French administration through 500 mosques across French soil”. “The French media outlets and the French political parties contributed to t»»»

Two people were injured in a shooting in Paris, Le Parisien reported. They were taken to hospital. The target of this armed attack was a car, in which there were the driver and a passenger. When police had arrived at the scene, the victims were unconscious. Physicians say they are in critical condi»»»

The Algerian singer's life was defined by his uncompromising political stand in solidarity with oppressed groups, wherever they may be The death of Algerian singer Rachid Taha last month brought great heaviness to our hearts, not just because of his ground-breaking contributions to music, but also »»»

Sexual harassment and assault Attacker also ordered to pay €2,000 fine and undergo treatment for drug and alcohol addiction following July 25 incident A man who punched a young woman outside a Paris cafe, prompting outrage after a video of the assault went viral, was sentenced to six months in pris»»»

PARIS (AFP) - France coach Didier Deschamps insisted Thursday he was not concerned by escalating tensions between Paul Pogba and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho after he named his latest squad ahead of games against Iceland and Germany. Pogba told reporters he was "not allowed" to talk as he p»»»

A man who punched a woman outside a Paris cafe, prompting outrage after a video of the assault went viral, was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay a €2,000 fine, lawyers in France have said. The video of the attack on a 22-year-old student, Marie Laguerre, which she uploaded to soc»»»

A Paris court has convicted the man seen striking a woman on a Paris street in a CCTV video that went viral in July. He was handed a 12-month sentence for violence – including six months suspended – and ordered to pay €2,000 in damages. The 25-year-old was also ordered to receive sexual and domesti»»»

A man who punched a woman outside a Paris cafe, prompting outrage after a video of the assault went viral, was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay a €2,000 fine, lawyers in France have said. The video of the attack on a 22-year-old student, Marie Laguerre, which she uploaded to soc»»»

A Paris court has convicted the man seen striking a woman on a Paris street in a CCTV video that went viral in July. He was handed a 12-month sentence for violence – including six months suspended – and ordered to pay €2,000 in damages. The 25-year-old was also ordered to receive sexual and domesti»»»

PARIS (Reuters) - A man who punched a young woman outside a Paris cafe, prompting outrage after a video of the assault went viral, was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay a 2,000-euro ($2,300) fine by a French court on Thursday, lawyers said. The video of the attack on student Mari»»»

'Nine gunshots' are heard on the busy nightlife promenade at the popular resort near Marbella TWO gunmen reportedly opened fire at a tourist resort near Marbella tonight — sending panicked Brit tourists fleeing for their lives. Holidaymakers and locals in the seaside idyll of Estepona were forced t»»»

Iran wants to hold talks with France in an effort to clear the "misunderstanding" which led to Paris freezing the assets of Iranian government entities and officials, AFP reported on Tuesday. Earlier, France's Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry and Economy Ministry announced they are freezing the »»»

French intelligence concluded that Iran's intelligence ministry, which is controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered a foiled attack on an exiled Iranian opposition group's rally near Paris in June, a French diplomatic source said. "Behind all this was a long, meticulous and detai»»»

PARIS (Reuters) - French intelligence concluded that Iran’s intelligence ministry, which is controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered a foiled attack on an exiled Iranian opposition group’s rally near Paris in June, a French diplomatic source said. “Behind all this was a long, me»»»

PARIS (Reuters) - French intelligence concluded that Iran’s intelligence ministry, which is controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered a foiled attack on an exiled Iranian opposition group’s rally near Paris in June, a French diplomatic source said. “Behind all this was a long, me»»»