I’m working a few new ideas for big pieces of writing. But then, I remembered how good it felt, back when I was blogging in the aughts, sometimes just to write informal or small things. I’ve been thinking about the concept of “warp speed”, which is the childish, popular-culture-derived name that Trump has given to … Continue reading US hegemony evaporates at “Warp Speed” →
Albania’s psychologists have banned so-called “conversion therapy”, which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people, a move hailed on Saturday by the country’s rights groups.
Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trump’s firing of the State Department’s internal watchdog, accusing the president of further escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration.
Confirmed infections have been reported in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. Another suspected infection was reported in Spain.
In letters that were leaked to Mexican media on Friday, the same day they were sent, the foreign powers said the rules threatened foreign investment in the energy sector.
It brings the country’s reported death toll to 4,096
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis.
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James E. McPherson, then-nominee to be under secretary of the Army, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, on January 16, 2020. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images
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In 2013 the unthinkable happened: a pope resigned, and another became head of the Vatican. For the first time in six centuries, the Catholic Church had two popes. The new film “The Two Popes” imagines what conversations between the 85-year-old Pope Ben…