’Long Island’ renders bare the universality of longing

Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present...

19/05/2024

In a heartrending follow-up to his beloved 2009 novel, emBrooklyn,em Colm Tóibín handles uncertainties and moral conundrums with exquisite delicacy, zigzagging through time to a devastating climax. McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the iss [Read more]

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again...

19/05/2024

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [Read more]

Member of Israeli war cabinet threatens to quit if Gaza plan doesn't change...

19/05/2024

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three-member war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan within three weeks. [Read more]

Napkin securing Lionel Messi's first contract fetches nearly $1 million at auction...

19/05/2024

The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi and FC Barcelona. [Read more]