It’s challenging to find a movie that the entire family can enjoy together, but the Netflix movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines is the rare film that could work for everyone.
Joel Mathis, The Week
Are Cubans protesting against a repressive Communist government? Or are they angry about bad governance that makes their everyday lives worse? Why not both?
Michael Klare, TomDispatch
It's the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People's Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of laws mandating a society-wide mobilization to ensure permanent U.S. domination of the Asia-Pacific region. Although major armed conflict between the United States and China has not yet broken out, numerous crises have erupted in the western Pacific and the two countries are constantly poised for war. Читать дальше...
Leon Aron, The Dispatch
The ideology of the Putin regime is hardly less toxic and is perhaps more incendiary than communist totalitarianism.
Jaclynn Ashly, African Arguments
As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee. Yared* has not left his apartment in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa for days. "I don't feel safe here," the 29-year-old says. "I'm scared to go outside. They [Ethiopian police] are going around the whole city and detaining people from restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and even their homes." Yared is from Tigray and, about two weeks ago, celebrations... Читать дальше...
Malcolm Davis, TNI
Everyone knows that Beijing will seek to exploit the nuclear dispute between Pyongyang and Washington.
Ralf Neukirch, Der Spiegel
Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and other like-minded populists are trampling on the EU's values with growing disregard. Europe has an effective option for taking action and it is time to use it: We need to cut Hungary's EU funds.
Gideon Rachman, FT
The most important safeguard against authoritarianism is an independent judiciary
Doug Bandow, Cato
While maintaining the offshore capacity to act if truly necessary, the U.S. should encourage regional parties to develop their own security system.
Peter Suciu, 1945
The Russian military has touted the features of its Sukhoi Su-57, a single-seat, twin-engine, multirole fighter that was the product of the PAK FA fighter program. Intended to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27, the fifth-generation Su-57 is the first Russian fighter to feature stealth technology, while it was also designed to feature supercruise, supermaneuverability, and integrated avionics to overcome attacks from the prior generation fighter aircraft as well as...
David Lepeska, The National
The president has for five years used the putsch to justify a power grab, and the Turks are tiring of it
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor
The outgoing deputy head of the Israel Defense Forces, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, is not big on interviews and rarely speaks in public. At a handover ceremony for his successor Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi this week, Zamir dropped a bomb. Zamir, who was tasked with the IDF's force buildup, essentially said that the IDF is not big enough and could find itself lacking the critical mass it needs to defeat Israel's enemies.
James Bloodworth, Foreign Policy
The island hasn't seen anything like this for decades.
Ross Douthat, New York Times
From rustic fine dining to colourful ceilings designed to "stimulate the appetite", here are six top examples of interior design for restaurants from California. Loqui in Downtown Los Angeles, California, by Wick Architecture & Design Los Angeles studio Wick Architecture & Design looked to materials more commonly found on construction sites when designing Loqui, the
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England fans allegedly bribed stewards and forged tickets to enter London's Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 final, causing chaos that defender Harry Maguire said had left his father injured.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday to determine what is causing a hiccup that has lasted for days, according to a statement from the President’s
WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 -- Modern, flexible boots may be just as good as old-school plaster casts when it comes to treating broken ankles, new research suggests. Often related to sports, traffic accidents or falls, broken ankles can be simple...
Asserting that their next target is to strengthen the stir in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, the protesters said meetings will be held in districts of these two states from August 1 to 25 followed by a 'mahapanchayat' in Muzaffarnagar on September 5.