Iran is a key test of American leadership. Biden should take this window to act

AP In “Why America Must Lead Again” (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2020), President-elect Joe Biden promised to renew American leadership by returning to the source of American power — its democratic…

Erika Jayne Names The Woman Her Husband Tom Girardi Was Allegedly Cheating On Her With

Erika Jayne is sharing receipts after claiming her estranged husband, attorney Tom Girardi, had cheated on her. The 49-year-old entrepreneur and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star exposed text messages…

Pro-Trump shakeups continue at VOA’s parent agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of…

Mexico Is Quietly Pushing Out Foreign Oil Investors

Mexico Is Quietly Pushing Out Foreign Oil Investors Tyler Durden Fri, 12/18/2020 – 14:55 Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, For nearly 80 years, Mexico kept its borders closed to…

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo Seeking Job At Northeastern

BOSTON (CBS/AP) — The longest-serving speaker in the history of the Massachusetts House confirmed he is seeking a job at Northeastern University. Speaker Robert DeLeo said Friday he has filed…

Mass. Speaker DeLeo Discloses Plans to Negotiate With Northeastern, Indicating He Is Stepping Down

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo told officials Friday that he plans to negotiate a job with Northeastern University, formally paving the way for him to step down from his role.…

Five years after Romania nightclub fire, have lessons been learned?

On October 30, 2015, a deadly fire at a nightclub in Bucharest shook Romania to its core. Revellers in the basement of the Colectiv club found themselves trapped in a…

With Trump silent, reprisals for hacks may fall to Biden

By ERIC TUCKER, FRANK BAJAK and MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press WASHINGTON — All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies.…

Why Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat is still shaking the planet

On 18 February 1977 a thousand soldiers from the Nigerian army stormed a communal compound in Lagos that outlaw bandleader Fela Kuti had declared his own independent state: the Kalakuta…

344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official

Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official. More than 300 schoolboys were missing for nearly a week, after…

Austrian Central Bank Unleashes Pro-Cash Attack On ECB’s Digial Euro Agenda

Austrian Central Bank Unleashes Pro-Cash Attack On ECB’s Digial Euro Agenda Tyler Durden Fri, 12/18/2020 – 02:45 The ECB’s “war on cash” has been raging for years. It began most…

Amal Clooney Praises Husband George Clooney: ‘So Wonderfully Encouraging And Inspiring’

Amal Clooney has a lot of love for George Clooney. The human rights attorney, 42, thanked George, 59, during the virtual launch of her new legal text The Right to…

Christopher Nolan Defends Tom Hardy’s Acting In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan defends Tom Hardy’s performance as Bane in the final film of the trilogy. Although there’s a new Batman on the way in the…

Why Trump Declaring a 2024 Presidential Bid Would Be “Profoundly Stupid”

Donald Trump is reportedly considering another run for president in 2024, even contemplating a plan to counter-program Joe Biden’s inauguration with a big campaign rally in Florida. It’s not clear…

Movie theaters shut down in 2020, but movies kept going. Here are the best of the year.

The year’s best films told all kinds of stories. | Amanda Northrop/Vox The 25 greatest films from an unforgettable year. Writing about movies in 2020 was, in a word, bizarre.…