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Catalan composer and experimental musician Marina Herlop is readying a new album, Dja Dja. Herlop will self-release her follow-up to 2023’s Nekkuja on October 9. Below, listen to a new song from the record, “Jaque.”According to press materials, Dja Dja was inspired by the “the hero’s journey,” the narrative framework popularized by Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Herlop recorded most of the album—which she described as “like a giant sudoku”—at her home, and later traveled to Bali to record local musicians playing gamelan.Revisit the 2022 Rising feature Marina Herlop Is Classically Trained and Totally…
Investigators reportedly suspect Ukrainian state involvement in the attack that wounded Vadim Ermolaev and his family in Monaco The Ukrainian multimillionaire sanctioned by Vladimir Zelensky and suspected of links to organized crime had become a growing nuisance to Kiev, former French intelligence agent Claude Moniquet has told Nice-Matin.Vadim Ermolaev, a Ukrainian-born businessman who now holds Cypriot citizenship, was seriously wounded on Monday evening when an explosive device hidden in a backpack detonated at the entrance to a residential building in Monaco. His partner and 13-year-old son were also injured in the blast.Moniquet, a former officer of France’s DGSE intelligence service…
What a massive swing by the 76ers.The Sixers have been worried about surviving the Joel Embiid experience from season to season, as their potential hinges on his availability. Last season, they figured that out a lot better with Tyrese Maxey continuing to rise as a star, and VJ Edgecombe immediately making an impact as a star rookie.Paul George did not have a great season and missed 25 games because of a suspension at one point. Now the 76ers replace him in the lineup with Jaylen Brown, who is coming off the best individual season of his career. The Sixers can…
Ale García of Ciudad Victoria in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas had been missing her dog Gorda for nearly a month when her pet was found in the last week of June. How the two were reunited is a heartwarming example of the human kindness of the Mexican people, the positive use of social media and the power of Mexico’s World Cup fever to unite the nation — even across species. García had immediately posted a request for help on social media to locate Gorda when her pet went missing on May 27, with no luck. But after Mexico’s…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned that Russia plans to launch a massive attack on Ukrainian soil, coming on the heels of a drone strike that hit a major communications center in Moscow. “We know that Putin has been preparing a massive strike against Ukraine for some time,” Zelensky wrote on the social platform…
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Another long-time NCIS regular is returning to the franchise. Michael Weatherly, who starred in the first 13 seasons of the long-running CBS drama, will rejoin the cast for NCIS‘ 24th season in 2026-27. News of his return comes a day after the network announced that Mark Harmon will have a season-long, on-camera role on NCIS: Origins. Weatherly will likewise appear throughout the coming season of NCIS as his character, Tony DiNozzo, reunites with the team in Washington, D.C. Weatherly last appeared on the flagship series in February 2024, although he and fellow former regular Cote de Pablo starred in NCIS:…
Nine years after her majestic Spellbound debut album, reggae luminary Kelissa has finally returned with a new soulful, grounded collection of tunes that champion The Good Side of Things. The sister of Grammy winner Keznamdi and partner of Grammy-nominated reggae superstar Chronixx, Kelissa crafted her new record from years of major life changes and music industry evolutions. In a way, she was in an Exile of her own. “I’ve been working!” she tells Billboard with a laugh. “This process took years. We made a lot more music across different genres, but this combination of songs was what felt most needed…
For all the positivity around the USMNT, the cracks are real — and the 3-2 dead-rubber loss to Turkey exposed them.The biggest concern is in goal. Mauricio Pochettino has never fully settled on Matt Freese or Matt Turner, and neither has nailed down the job.It has been quite a rise for Freese, who was a developmental goalkeeper with Philadelphia Union II just four years ago and is now starting at a home World Cup. But until the position is settled, no U.S. lead feels entirely safe.Depth is the other concern. Rotate too heavily and the drop-off is steep, as that…
THE MND SHEINBAUM INDEX™ Measuring Mexico’s president beyond the polls MND Intelligence · Third edition Welcome to the third edition of the MND Sheinbaum Index™, an eight-pillar index designed to give our readers balanced, data-driven insight into the current situation in Mexico across a range of areas under the leadership of President Claudia Sheinbaum. As we wrote in our inaugural Sheinbaum Index article, most of what you hear anecdotally about Claudia Sheinbaum fits into one of two buckets: breathless admiration or reflexive dismissal, often without a lot of evidence or data to support the opinion expressed. Neither tells you much…