Australian documentary “Shared Table: Regional Heroes” has been acquired by Cinepolis India for a limited theatrical release later this year, following the film’s world premiere in the international competition sectio...
Read Full Story →Iran's military said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to continued Israeli military strikes in Lebanon; the U.S. said it remains open.
Read article →The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. income tax code since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Previous analyses of the TCJA’s economic impact often rely on estimates bas...
Read article →Lisa Lu, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, joined a packed audience for a post-screening event celebrating “The Arch,” the 1968 landmark of Chinese-language ...
Read article →The chief of the White House World Cup task force says it’s “pretty amazing” Iran’s football team has been given visas.
Read article →Los Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani announced on social media Saturday that he is a father again, and hours later, he hit a homer in the Dodgers' 3-2 loss to the Orioles.
Read article →Tigers veteran right-hander Justin Verlander has a left hamstring strain and likely will be out "weeks," according to manager A.J. Hinch.
Read article →Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Saturday he's planning to have back surgery on Thursday, when the team is off, and a procedure on his hip during the All-Star break.
Read article →Byron Buxton hit a grand slam in the Twins' 10-run fifth inning against the Diamondbacks on Saturday night, and Minnesota went on to win 16-8.
Read article →Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu emerged as twin forces reshaping the landscape of women's basketball in 2023–2024. Clark broke the all-time NCAA scoring record and drew unprecedented national attention, while Ionescu competed in a headline-grabbing 3-point contest against Stephen Curry at NBA All-Star Weekend, drawing 5.4 million viewers in a single 15-minute window. The convergence of the two stars reflected a broader surge in the sport's popularity. The WNBA Draft audience grew 42 percent from 2022 to 2023, and Ionescu's New York Liberty became one of the league's marquee franchises. Together they signaled that women's basketball had entered a new era of mainstream visibility and commercial relevance.
Read Full Story →Evergrande Group, once the world's most valuable real estate developer, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States in August 2023 after defaulting on its financial obligations in 2021. With more than $300 billion in liabilities, the collapse sent shockwaves through China's property sector, which accounts for roughly 30 percent of the country's GDP.
Read article →The Lycurgus Cup is a 4th-century Roman glass chalice that appears jade green when lit from the front but shifts to a glowing blood-red when light passes through it from behind. Held at the British Museum, the cup depicts King Lycurgus of Thrace ensnared in grapevines. For decades after the museum acquired it in the 1950s, scientists were baffled by its color-changing properties.
Read article →Michał Kalecki was a self-taught Polish economist who independently developed many of the same macroeconomic insights as John Maynard Keynes, yet remains far less known today. Working from a Marxian class perspective, Kalecki built models of business cycles, effective demand, and income distribution that challenged the assumption that households, not firms, are the key economic decision-makers.
Read article →E3 — the Electronic Entertainment Expo — officially shut down in December 2023, ending a nearly 30-year run as the gaming industry's most prominent annual showcase. Launched in 1995, E3 became the event where console makers, publishers, and developers unveiled their biggest titles and hardware announcements each summer in Los Angeles.
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