As the citizens of wealthy countries reckon with political and existential angst, tens of millions in the rest of the world are facing a far more precarious year ahead.
Donald Trump says the US will “terminate” the 1987 intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty after claiming that Russia had been noncompliant for years.
Late last night, Saudi state media announced that Jamal Khashoggi was indeed killed by his countrymen in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate—a reversal of previous statements about the missing writer.
Iceland is the fairest country in the world, when it comes to how men and women are treated. According to the World Economic Forum’s annual “Gender Gap” report, Iceland ranked first for gender equality in 2017. And 2016. And 2015… In fact, it’s been the most gender-equal country for the past decade.
Good morning, UNGA survivors!
Good morning, global citizens!
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Good morning, globalists! Welcome to the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.
Globalization is key to Iceland’s economic survival (paywall)—but it’s killing its language.
Since the school massacre in Parkland, Florida, Americans have rushed to offer preventative solutions to mass shootings: Several student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High have called for stricter gun laws, while other voices have been raised to blame mental illness and bullying, calling for tighter school security and demanding broader background checks on gun buyers.
Exhausted yet? As the year draws to a close and thoughts turn to holiday plans, there’s one place where business is still very much unfinished: Washington, DC. The past week has been one of the most uproarious of the 10-month-old Trump presidency. On the first day of December, major issues like the future of the US tax system, Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, and North Korea’s nuclear threat were still hanging in the balance.
For the first time since 1976, US lawmakers are re-evaluating who should control America’s nuclear weapons.
For most of her life, Frida Kahlo wore medical corsets. Because it was Frida, she graffitied and decorated them in defiance of the health problems that crippled her. This one, painted with a hammer and sickle, can be seen at Casa Azul, the Mexico City home she shared with painter Diego Rivera. It’s a cluster of bright buildings and quiet courtyards just around the corner from the couple’s good friends, Leon and Natalia Trotsky.
Economy Candy, on New York City’s Lower East Side, is a narrow, messy store packed with nuts, dried fruits, and classic sweets like Nerds and Junior Mints. The packaging of this Tootsie Roll is very forthright about the fact that it’s made using genetically engineered ingredients. Probably all candy is now made with GM corn syrup—but I still haven’t eaten that Tootsie Roll.
When I’m in Venice in summer, we often make weekend road trips east to Croatia’s beaches. On the Slovenian side of the Italy-Slovenia border, there’s a green coffee bar mysteriously called “Teen,” which makes a nice stop for coffee after waking up at sunrise to hit the road.
Turns out there’s a bit of Caravaggio in artificial intelligence. Also a little Vermeer, Francis Bacon, Dalí…you could even see something of Edward Hopper, if you’re looking for it. A fascinating new series of images reveals what computers “see” after being fed images and symbols from Western literature, philosophy, and history, and they’re tantalizingly familiar.
Andrey Lomakin was 12 years old when he, his family, and all his neighbors were forced to leave home. Some left in a hurry, their dinners cooling on the table, while others took days, or even weeks to grasp their new reality. Today, all of Pripyat (former pop. 50,000) is a ghost town.
This is a developing story.
Mitt Romney, formerly a fierce Donald Trump critic, met with the US president-elect in public last night (Nov. 29), giving US press a rare view inside the presidential transition process.
One year ago today, a terror attack on Paris sent the whole world reeling.
US president Barack Obama hosted Donald Trump at the White House today to discuss their transition of power. Trump will assume the presidency on Jan. 20.
US president-elect Donald Trump went to the White House today to meet US president Barack Obama. There are no photos of his arrival.
Our hearts broke at around 10pm. Condolences came in over WhatsApp and text, little beeps of confusion in a huge and silent hall packed with cardboard cut-outs, inspirational quotes about achieving the impossible, and cupcakes decorated with shards of boiled-sugar “glass.”
Venice, Italy
