With $50 Million in Hand, BuzzFeed Wants to Take Hollywood
After landing a $50 million investment from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, BuzzFeed wants to “take its content far beyond” the lists for which it became known, The New York Timesreported...
View ArticleTurkey’s New President Was Elected on a Platform of Hatred
“This is like in any election, anywhere. Political candidates will say what they need say to win,” a Turkish diplomat told me.The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was referring to one of...
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Ebola Frontline: Flooding in Sierra Leone Exacerbates Public Health Fears
As Sierra Leone continues to reel from the Ebola outbreak, no one feels the danger more than the residents of Kenema and Kailahun, where a military blockade keeps the residents in lockdown, even as the...
View ArticleTroops Deployed in Baghdad as Iraq's Maliki Clings to Power
Iraqi President Fouad Massoum nominated Haider al-Abadi, the deputy parliament speaker, to be the country’s new prime minister on Monday, plunging Iraq into a new wave of political instability as it...
View ArticleAn Algorithm Spotted the Ebola Outbreak Nine Days Before WHO Announced It
Disease surveillance—monitoring the spread of infection in order to predict its pattern—is vital to any attempt to prevent a pandemic. In the case of the current Ebola outbreak in Central and Western...
View ArticlePhotos: Persecuted Yazidis Descend Death Mountain and Flee Islamic State Terror
After taking refuge at the top of mountain and becoming stranded for days without food, water or medical supplies, some members of Iraq's Yazidi religous minority group have been rescued and are making...
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On Martha’s Vineyard, Obama’s Cool is On Display
Menemsha, Mass.—It caused barely a ripple. A day after arriving on Martha’s Vineyard, Barack Obama departed his vacation rental to go golfing. His motorcade drove down the island’s North Road, causing...
View ArticleAfter Riots, Hundreds in Missouri Protest Teen's Death at Hands of Police
FERGUSON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered at a suburban St. Louis police station on Monday demanding murder charges against an officer who shot to death an unarmed black...
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Obama: U.S. Airforce 'Remains Positioned' Around Refugees at Mount Sinjar
Speaking from his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, President Barack Obama told reporters that the prospect of a new government in Iraq is a “promising step forward.” He also said that Vice...
View ArticleRobin Williams Found Dead in California Home
Actor and comedian Robin Williams, 63, was found dead in his home in Triburon, California, on Monday, according to a release from local police. Late Monday evening, the Marin County Sheriff’s office...
View ArticleWhy Russia and Cuba Are Partying Like It's 1962
It seemed like old times: In Havana in early July, Castro, the revolutionary leader of Cuba, embraced the current occupant of the Kremlin—once upon a time the isolated Communist island’s sugar...
View ArticleIslamic State Seek to Unleash Sectarian Chaos in Lebanon with Border Assault,...
Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'ites that would have endangered the...
View ArticleU.S. Approves Use of Experimental Ebola Drug in Liberia
U.S. authorities have approved a request from Liberia's government to send sample doses of the experimental ZMapp drug to treat Liberian doctors infected with Ebola, the Liberian presidency said.A...
View ArticleIsrael Says Gaza Talks Are Showing Little Progress
Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Islamist militants in Gaza have made no progress so far, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire in the shattered Palestinian...
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The 'Palestinian Gandhi' Who Still Believes Non-Violence Is the Answer
Amid the smoke, rubble and blood, the idea of nonviolent protest in Gaza seems as preposterous as it is naive.Indeed, those Palestinians who preached nonviolence and led peaceful marches, boycotts,...
View ArticleWho’s to Blame for the Islamic State Crisis in Iraq?
Unfortunately, most Americans only remember the shoes.In December 2008, during former President George W. Bush’s final visit to Baghdad, an Iraqi journalist disrupted a press conference by throwing two...
View ArticleTensions Rise as Migrants Mass in Calais Hoping to Reach Britain
In a park opposite the Hotel de Ville in Calais sits a squat concrete bunker covered in ivy. Built for a German naval telephone exchange during the Nazi occupation of France, it now hosts a Second...
View ArticleU.S. Ready to Help New Iraq Leader as Iran Welcomes Choice
Iraq's new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran on Tuesday as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let...
View ArticleThe Manic Joy and Deep Despair of Robin Williams
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…” In an early scene from Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams as English teacher John Keating informs his students that he is playing for more than laughs. “Believe it or...
View ArticleWHO Endorses Use of Experimental Ebola Drugs, But Isn’t Sure Who Should Get Them
The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that due to the unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western and Central Africa, their panel of experts concluded that “compassionate use” of...
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