Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 5 – Hard Truths

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an immense, acidic performance as Pansy, a woman on the edge, in Mike Leigh’s strange, morbid miracle of a film
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From UFOs to drones, the US fascination with – and fear of – ‘anomalous detections’

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

A first-of-its-kind public archive of UFO records opens in New Mexico as New Jersey is gripped by drone panic

A widespread panic about drones or other unknown low-flying objects has gripped New Jersey…

US seeks stronger UN powers to intercept Red Sea shipments to Yemen’s Houthis

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Pentagon also considering redesignating Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorist group

Middle East crisis – live updates

The US is seeking global support to give the UN clearer powers to interdict ships in …

Putin says the West has pushed him to his 'red lines' and threatens to lift restrictions on Russian missile deployment in chilling WW3 threat

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Putin told a meeting of defence officials that Russia was watching the U.S. development and potential deployment of short and medium-range missiles with concern.

Elon Musk tops world's rich list after wealth soared by whopping $200BILLION this year as latest billionaire's list reveals 8 of the top 10 richest are tech titans

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Elon Musk, 53, has now amassed a net worth of $455billion, Bloomberg reported, a rise boosted by a nearly 71 per cent surge in Tesla stock following the US election.

Share your experience of US healthcare

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 10:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

We’d like to hear from people about their own US healthcare experiences. Were you happy with your coverage? Or did you feel you were treated badly?

Last week’s shocking shooting of UnitedHealthcare CE…

'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now can we speak out' – video

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Syrian airforce helicopters dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas onto the town of Douma on 7 April 2018. At least 43 people choked to death. For six years, afraid of reprisals, the town has grieved…

‘The most beautiful word in the dictionary’: Donald Trump’s tariff plan – podcast

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

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Guardian US business editor Dominic Rushe explains why the president-elect wants to impose tariffs on imports, and the risks it poses to the economy. Senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins talks thro…

Best of 2024: Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite – podcast

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2024, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why w…

Lindsey Graham contradicts Trump by saying January 6 investigators should not go to jail

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

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Exchange offers example of senators’s willingness to publicly disagree with Trump while serving as staunch ally

US senator Lindsey Graham has said officials who investigated Donald Trump supporters’ d…