Breaking News

Uncategorized

Horoscope: Tuesday, June 23

You think deeply, ask different questions, have novel interactions and become known for the fun and interest you bring to groups. Aries (March 21-April 19) Comfort can be indulgent, as in too much macaroni and cheese, or it can be productive, as in the way your favorite hoodie makes you feel calm and capable as you take on the day. Taurus (April 20-May 20) When the director has a vision that the actor doesn’t share, there’s conflict on the set. Expect some version of this in a clash between two people, or an internal clash between two sides of yourself. Both sides have ...

Bill coming due on vaccine denialism

If history someday defines our current political era as one in which America inexplicably allowed preventable, once-defeated diseases to reemerge and ravage society — and that narrative is growing today with alarming clarity — the most baffling part of the story will be how we failed to see it coming. Today’s deeply misguided anti-vaccination movement didn’t start with the 2020 pandemic, but political resistance to COVID vaccination policies supercharged it. Many have warned in the past few years that politically driven distrust of COVID vaccines would spread to vaccination ...

Why Trump couldn’t get Iran to heel

Iran, a second-rate power in a state of economic collapse, just fought the U.S. to a standstill in a major military conflict. The disappointing outcome has echoes of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, in that a major world power hasn’t been able to impose its will on a militarily inferior foe. The problem comes when we run into an enemy that has a high threshold for pain and is determined to outlast us, while we make what we hope will be a time-limited commitment, seek to avoid escalations that carry unpredictable risks and operate from a tenuous base of domestic political support in ...

Debate over global poverty continues

The new “Global Justice Report” by the World Inequality Lab in France — which calls for caps on economic growth in rich countries, top income-tax rates of 90% and a World Sovereign Fund to redistribute wealth to the Global South — has reignited one of the oldest debates in economics: How do we actually lift people out of poverty? The answer is economic growth. Many development economists have spent decades arguing that growth isn’t enough or as important as development aid. The French report is simply a radical expression of a popular view. Stated plainly, every country ...

Ukraine, Russia exchange deadly strikes

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy, while a Ukrainian strike on a Russian industrial plant killed five people, officials said Monday. Russia has pounded civilian areas of Ukraine with drones and missiles since its all-out invasion more than four years ago. Ukraine increasingly has struck back against oil facilities and military factories deep inside Russia. A United Nations tally says more than 16,000 civilians have died in the war. U.S.-led peace efforts have failed ...

Starmer to resign as UK prime minister

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill following a landslide election victory two years ago on a promise of steady leadership and economic growth. Starmer says he will remain caretaker prime minister until his Labour Party chooses a new leader — with expectations growing that it will be former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Burnham confirmed on social media that “I will put myself forward as part of this process.” Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, ...