Cost of living benefits promised to retired teachers in Ohio were slashed a decade ago and then totally eliminated 5 years later, as payments by the state teachers’ pension to Wall Street’s highest cost money managers secretly skyrocketed.
Apple could have an iPhone 14 without a physical SIM card as soon as this fall, but most analysts believe this transition won't happen all at once.
Special prosecutor, V.T. Raghunath, who was handpicked by Madhu’s mother, had failed to turn up at the trial court
To help create the costumes for his musical adaptation of “Cyrano,” director Joe Wright enlisted Oscar-nominated costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini to bring his signature steady hand to the project. But while the end result – which is out later this month in limited release before a nationwide debut on February 11 (“Cyrano” had an […]
Vigilante has become a funny supporting character on Peacemaker, but comic book fans know his history is much darker in DC Comics.
The broadcaster said it has now amended a story on its news website from December.
For most of the main Supernatural characters, there is a Game Of Thrones character to match them up to, which is undoubtedly noticed by fans of both.
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BRITAIN'S economic growth has been downgraded by the International Monetary Fund due to Omicron, worker shortages and rising energy costs.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes a look at the effect of the #MeToo social movement on women in Africa. Guests include Audrey Kawire Wabwire, media manager at Human Rights Watch, Naasu Fofanah, an author and women’s rights activist and Rosebell Kagumire, editor of AfricanFeminism.com
FANS praised Kim Kardashian for looking so “real” as she showed off her curves in a silver bikini in new, unfiltered photos. The appreciation comes just as the 41-year-old deleted a swimsuit photo after she was accused of photoshopping it. In the new photos, which were taken a few days ago, Kim hit up the […]
Walmart is not alone in the race to the metaverse – Facebook obviously is leading the way, with others including Nike, Gap, Under Armour, Adidas, Ralph Lauren, Urban Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch in the game.
Jamie Dornan is looking back at his early days in Hollywood! In a new interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show to promote his new movie Belfast, the 39-year-old actor discussed getting his start alongside fellow actors Robert Pattinson and Andrew Garfield when he first broke into the entertainment industry. Click inside to read more… [...]
Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb don't always line up. These thriller films scored well with casual audiences but not so much with critics.
Fabrizio Romano has told Matt Hayes’ YouTube channel that things have gone a little quiet on the Adama Traore to Tottenham links, with Spurs unwilling to match Wolves’ asking price. FourFourTwo backed Traore to become Tottenham’s first signing of the January transfer window this month, while Football Insider claimed a fee had been agreed between […]
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Elsa might initially seem like an antagonist in Frozen, but she turns out to arguably be the most heroic Disney princess in animation.
Harold James, Project Syndicate
With the United States and its NATO allies seeking further negotiations to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine, many have been quick to invoke the 1938 appeasement of Hitler. But if the right lessons are taken from that episode, another violent conflict need not be inevitable.
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
Putin's desperate gamble in Ukraine is revealing that the West has no idea what it wants anymore.
Teresa Varley
It's been an award-winning week for linebacker T.J. Watt, with the latest accolade for Watt being voted the Pro Football Writers of America Defensive Player of the Year.
Watt is the second Steelers player to ever win the award, which was first presented in 1992, with James Harrison previously winning the award in 2008.
Earlier this week Watt was selected as the 101 Awards AFC Defensive
Rina Bassist, Al Monitor
As tensions between Washington and Moscow keep rising, Israel prepares contingency plans for Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
Joshua Rovner, War on the Rocks
President Joe Biden doesn't have a plan for China. Or, more precisely, the Biden administration has failed to articulate its approach to grand strategy in East Asia. Before taking office, Biden emphasized the centrality of the China in U.S. national security policy, and at the start of his term he predicted a period of "extreme competition." The White House may describe its approach later this spring, perhaps after releasing its National Security...
The MCU is an expansive movie franchise with loads of context and backstories, but there are a few key things you should know before the Endgame.
Financial Times
Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian border are pointing their weapons in the wrong direction. Jittery markets represent a greater threat to Russia than its neighbour's mooted membership of Nato.
Ted Snider, Responsible Statecraft
Both Russia and China were reluctant to accept the reality of a new cold war or the intensifying of hostility with the West, but there is no doubt that that reality accelerated their relationship. Their relationship has benefited from the personal rapport between their two leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Xi "a very reliable partner" and told an interviewer that Xi "is probably the only world leader I have celebrated one of my birthdays... Читать дальше...
Marcel Plichta, WP Review
Once considered a marginal country in regional affairs, the Central African Republic has become a frequent topic of discussion in African security circles. The CAR is frequently cited as the jumping-off point on the continent for the Russian private military contractor the Wagner Group and the touchstone for the group's involvement in other African countries. But with the group's activities having now expanded to Mali, Sudan and Libya, the...
