UK's Cameron Under Pressure to Appear In Pre-Election TV Debates
British Prime Minister David Cameron came under concerted pressure on Wednesday from political rivals to take part in a series of pre-election TV debates he has said he will boycott unless the smaller...
View ArticleFrench Rush to Buy New Charlie Hebdo Edition After Attacks
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after the deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday, with people queuing up to buy copies to...
View ArticleWomen’s Privacy ‘Violated’ at Yarls Wood Detention Centre
Female asylum seekers, often survivors of sexual violence, are denied dignity and privacy by being routinely watched and searched by male staff in Britain's Yarl's Wood detention centre, a report by...
View ArticleControversial French Comedian Arrested After Charlie Hebdo Gag
A French comedian was detained for questioning on Wednesday for writing on his Facebook account he felt "Charlie Coulibaly," a word play combining the widespread "I am Charlie" vigil slogan and the...
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The Syrian Satirist Making Graffiti in Solidarity With Charlie Hebdo
The killings at Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday have hit Syrian Tarek Alghorani hard. His girlfriend tells me he’s been distant since the news first came in; the events in Paris have stirred too many...
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The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11
Just before Christmas, former FBI special agent Mark Rossini greeted me with his usual good cheer when we met for drinks in a midtown Manhattan restaurant. He told me his life had finally taken a turn...
View ArticleStav Shaffir: My Fight Against Corruption in Israel
Israeli political parties are in the midst of a primary season, to determine their lists for the upcoming parliament. Yesterday, the Labor party led by Isaac Herzog held its primary. Today the Bayit...
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Sasha Frere-Jones on Ditching a Top Music Criticism Gig for Genius
By now you may have heard: Music critic Sasha Frere-Jones is leavingThe New Yorker for Genius, the lyric annotation site that was formerly known as Rap Genius. Or, in other words, Frere-Jones is...
View ArticleJPMorgan's Dimon Says Banks 'Under Assault'
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 6.6 percent drop in quarterly profit as legal costs exceeded $1 billion in the wake of government probes, leading Chief...
View ArticleDecember Retail Sales Disappoint, Post Largest Decline in 11 Months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales recorded their largest decline in 11 months in December as demand fell almost across the board, tempering expectations for a sharp acceleration in consumer...
View ArticleJudge Won't Delay Boston Bombing Trial Over Paris Attacks
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected the latest plea by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to pause jury selection for his trial due to the recent attacks in...
View ArticleAt Least 10 Killed When Texas Prison Bus Hit by Train: Reports
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas prison bus carrying 15 people was hit by train on Wednesday, prison officials said, with local media saying at least four people were killed in the accident.The bus...
View ArticleSection of International Space Station Evacuated Following Ammonia Alarm
A section of the International Space Station has been evacuated after an alert over a suspected ammonia leak in the American area of the station.The six crew members were evacuated from the US section...
View ArticleISIS Threat: Why Aren’t the Arab Nations Stepping Up?
Following a visit to Jordan in November, Representative Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, argued the campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) “needs an Arab face.” Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal agreed,...
View ArticleMeet the New CISPA, Same as the Old CISPA
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is back in a familiar form. The controversial bill, which would allow private entities to share users’ information with government intelligence...
View ArticlePutin’s Judo Partner Set To Build Russia’s Bridge to Crimea
The first bridge connecting Russia with the annexed Crimean peninsula will be built by Russian construction magnate and personal friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Arkady Rotenberg, local...
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Russian Sanctions: Are We There Yet?
It is tempting to rush to judgment on the Russian economic crisis.Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is among those declaring the currency crisis over and promising rate cuts to follow currency...
View ArticlePhotos: The Edible Theater of Noma
Noma's five-week pop-up restaurant in Tokyo has a waiting list of 60,000, holds 56 people and has two daily seatings where diners can feast on a 14-course meal that includes langoustine speckled with...
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A Restaurant With a Waiting List of 60,000
Imagine a pop-up restaurant that holds 56 people, has two daily seatings and a reservation waiting list of 60,000. Now imagine being the last person on that list. That may be the very definition of...
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Ralph Steadman on Charlie Hebdo, the Right to Offend and Changing the World
We were sitting in a bar in Aspen, Colorado, almost 20 years ago, I remind Ralph Steadman, when he first told me that he’d become a cartoonist because he wanted to change the world. It wasn’t the first...
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