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In April of 1987, when Reaganism was running amok and Henry Kissinger was fiddling with world affairs like a puppet master from hell, a relatively unknown 31-year-old Chilean artist named Alfredo Jaar staged his billboard installation A Logo for America smack dab in the heart of Times Square. It instantly became one of the most discussed works of political art in the contemporary canon. Appearing between ads for tomato sauce and a Mexican restaurant, the 42-second LED animation bewildered New Yorkers with the message “This Is Not America” superimposed on a map of the United States, followed by an image of…
After winning Super Bowl MVP for the Seattle Seahawks, Kenneth Walker III walked into free agency and immediately cashed in, signing a three-year, $43 million deal to become the focal point of the Kansas City Chiefs offense. Walker always possessed the talent to be a bell cow back although the opportunity never arose in with the Seahawks. But now, freshly paid and at the peak of his powers, Walker is expected to have the most usage of his career, especially with Patrick Mahomes returning from his serious knee injury. Walker rushed for 1,027 yards and five touchdowns last season, adding…
Slowly but surely, the Riviera Maya has begun to regain the clear turquoise waters that underpin much of its tourist appeal, following several months of massive sargassum arrivals along the Quintana Roo coast. In an interview with the news outlet Reportur, head of the Federal Maritime-Terrestrial Zone in Tulum David Buchanan García said that local beaches are returning to their natural colors following the removal of 5,600 tonnes of seaweed in recent months. Though influxes are down, Buchanan García insisted that his brigades will continue cleanup efforts in anticipation of potential new deposits of the macroalgae. 🌊 ¿Plan de sábado?…
EXCLUSIVE: Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams-Lee is expanding her relationship with Paramount under her new deal with BET Studios, spanning producing, writing, and performing across BET and Paramount platforms. VH-1 has ordered America’s Funniest People from the producers of America’s Funniest Videos, V10 Entertainment. The show is a comedy competition with Ms. Pat starring. Each episode will feature “outrageous creator-led content — savage jokes, wild stunts, pranks, bad decisions — and the kind of unforgettable social content you can’t believe someone actually posted,” the network teased. Content creators will go head-to-head for a cash prize. Additionally, Ms. Pat Settles It, from 495 Productions,…
Some of the festivities for Donald Trump Jr.’s intimate wedding celebration on two private Bahamian islands in May were paid for by a wealthy Russian who does business with the state. Umar Kremlev is the president of the International Boxing Association, a Switzerland-based sports league financed by Russian state energy giant Gazprom. He recently accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin on a delegation to China, and he is under Ukrainian sanctions that describe him as a “close friend of the head of Putin’s security service.”
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The 10-year US Treasury yield hit 5 per cent on Monday for the first time since 2023, as surging oil prices battered government bonds across the globe and pushed the world’s most important financial gauge into fraught territory.The yield rose 0.04 percentage points to hit a high of 5.01 per cent in morning trading on Wall Street, before easing back to 4.95 per cent. Yields rise as bond prices fall.The US 10-year yield acts as a benchmark for trillions of dollars in…
Talk about doomsday scrolling. In the past week, our timelines have been alight with dark predictions of our imminent demise, including the one by a Silicon Valley engineer who puts a number on the chances of artificial intelligence wiping out humanity. Better than 10-percent. Triggering the wave of panic, the recent breach of the machine-learning programmers’ site Hugging Face by AI machines who banded together to keep their nefarious deeds secret from their human overlords. Can machines actually destroy the planet on their own? In the age of technology, does problem solving always override safety? Forget hitting pause on the…
Lana Del Rey and Zach Bryan have joined forces and finished a song together, and Del Rey didn’t hesitate to announce the news with a cryptic Instagram post. Del Rey shared a carousel post on Instagram Sunday (Sept. 13) documenting what appears to be a recent recording session in Massachusetts with the country musician. The post starts with a video of Bryan walking through the studio, where several paintings of whales are seen throughout the space. The carousel moves on to a series of selfies, including one of Del Rey with Bryan and her husband, Jeremy Dufrene. “Whale, we finally…
Erling Haaland might just be the perfect goal scorer, but his goal in Manchester City’s 1-0 win against Manchester United on Sunday proved that perfection is something that will always be out of reach for VAR (Video Assistant Referee), despite it being there to give us exactly that.Remember when VAR was introduced into the Premier League in 2019 after a successful trial run at the 2018 FIFA World Cup? It was adopted by the most high-profile league in the world to bring clarity and certainty to the biggest decisions, and put an end to games being decided by the mistakes…
The fourth round of trade talks between Mexico and the United States will take place next week, with officials from both sides expressing eagerness to hammer out a deal before the U.S. midterm elections in November, according to sources interviewed by Reuters. A framework for a deal would benefit both parties. U.S. President Donald Trump is looking for a win on the economic front (a bilateral deal may bring down consumer prices in the U.S.) as he faces the possibility of losing control of Congress when ballots are cast on Nov. 3. Meanwhile, the Mexican government is struggling with investor…