Palestinian Artist Khaled Jarrar Can’t Get to New York's New Museum Show
A contemporary art exhibit titled Here and Elsewhere, which documents scenes from the Arab world, opened Wednesday at New York’s New Museum. Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions Massimiliano...
View ArticleWhite House: Russia Not Taking Steps to De-Escalate in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that Russia had failed to take steps needed to ease the crisis in Ukraine, striking an ominous tone that appeared to position the United States...
View ArticleIsrael Will Observe Five-Hour 'Humanitarian Ceasefire' Tomorrow
Israel has agreed to a proposed cease-fire tomorrow in a bid to temporarily halt military action in Gaza. According to The Jerusalem Post, a senior Israeli official told Reuters that an appeal for a...
View ArticleU.S. Justice Department to Investigate Lost IRS Emails
The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to investigate the apparent loss of IRS emails linked to a probe into whether conservative non-profit groups were improperly targeted by the agency, The Wall...
View ArticleObama Endures a Mock Trial Before the House Rules Committee
As House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, prepares to bring a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over implementation of the Affordable Care Act, four high profile attorneys were summoned to the...
View ArticleDerek Jeter is Jerry Seinfeld, and All You Haters Are Newmans
To be a New Yorker in the epoch of Derek Jeter is also to have been, most likely, a fan of Seinfeld, whose last original episode aired in 1997, Jeter’s second season. Except that for many of us, “fan”...
View ArticleOperation Audit: The CIA Has an Embarrassing Problem with Its Tax Returns
The CIA routinely gets away with breaking laws in many countries, but back home, even it can’t escape the taxman. Michigan’s treasury department has slapped liens totalling over $20,000 on the spy...
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On Top of the World: This Could Be the Start of a Century of German Success
Ride a bike south from Munich city centre along the Isar river’s recently renaturalised shores – stony expanses that protect the Bavarian capital from flooding on rainy days and invite picnickers on...
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How Novak Djokovic Became Serbia's Brand Ambassador
It was his final gesture as he accepted the -trophy on Wimbledon’s Centre Court – the raising of the golden cup to the heavens, uttering the words “Jelena Gencic”, that revealed so much about Novak...
View ArticleBook Review: 'The Last Magazine' by Michael Hastings
When renowned journalist Michael Hastings died in a high-speed car accident in 2013, he left behind a secret manuscript hidden in his desk drawer. One year later, almost to the day, the manuscript has...
View ArticleIn Deepest Cuts Ever, Microsoft to Slash up to 18,000 Jobs
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will slash up to 18,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, this year as it almost halves the size of its newly acquired Nokia phone business and tries to transform...
View ArticleManuel Noriega is Suing an American Video Game Company
There are many reasons one might become upset at video games, or at a particular video game. Perhaps it’s that they’re too violent. Or maybe it’s that they’re frustratingly difficult. Or it could be...
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The US Department of Defense Is One of the World's Biggest Polluters
The old railroad track, now a bike path, winds through the forest that separates Camp Lejeune from Highway 24, the road that caters to the thousands of Marines stationed here with cheap barbershops,...
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U.S. Intelligence Thinks Flight MH17 Was Hit by a Missile, Killing 295
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, near the Russian border. Echoing Ukrainian officials, U.S. intelligence believes a...
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Meet Slovenia's Novice Prime Minister Faced With Stopping the Next Big Bailout
In early 2013 Slovenia was in dire political straits. Despite membership to NATO, EU and OECD, the former Yugoslav state that once seemed the most promising of all its neighbours was struggling.The...
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Putin's Crimea Land-Grab Has Backfired Spectacularly
According to nearly nine out of 10 Russians, 2014 has been a great year for their country. In the wake of the annexation of the Crimea in March, Russians have been riding high on a wave of patriotism,...
View ArticleBlues Guitar Hero Johnny Winter Dies
Electric blues wizard Johnny Winter died in a Zurich hotel room on Wednesday at the age of 70. The Texas-bred guitarist, who collaborated with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters, was known for...
View Article'Micropenis' Blog Posts Not Libel: Judge
Spurned bloggers, rejoice! A Manhattan judge found on July 8 that it’s A-OK to disparage an ex-lover’s genitals online. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Anil Singh found that blog posts about a New York...
View ArticleMurder by 'Zionist Thugs' Leads to Soul-Searching in Israel
When Environment Minister Amir Peretz paid a condolence call to the family of an Arab boy brutally murdered by Israeli Jews, he was the first member of the Israeli government to visit the shade cast by...
View ArticleScience Magazine Puts Transgender Women on Cover, Without Their Heads
Science, the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, put an image of transgender women sex workers on their cover this week, to accompany an extensive special...
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