Stranger Things was never meant to end like this, largely because it was never meant to go on the way it has. The first season was conceived and written as a limited series, with the possibility of succeeding other, entirely different seasons, similar to True Detective or American Horror Story. Someone at Netflix decided during filming that […]
The beauty of Physical: Asia, a televised sporting event-cum-reality show that originated in Korea before spinning off to this international franchise, is that it cannot be gamed. Most sports today, after all, are all about the numbers. You can see it in the way people watch sports now, eyes on their second screens, checking lines […]
The new year began with another day of decreases at the pumps as the national average price for regular gasoline dropped to $2.833 per gallon. The latest price marked a decrease of 23 cents per gallon compared to New Year’s Day in 2025, according to AAA, when Joe Biden was president of the United States. […]
President Donald Trump’s boast about ending the Israel-Hamas war was a bit premature. Trump, on Oct. 13, addressed the Knesset in Jerusalem. The speech to the Israeli legislature marked the implementation of a landmark ceasefire and hostage deal in the Gaza Strip that the Trump administration helped negotiate, a bit over two years after the […]
Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the first trailer, in fact. Its initial image was a shot of a speeder zooming past the wreckage of a long-forgotten battle, an X-wing in the foreground dwarfed by a Star Destroyer in the background. Following it […]
President Donald Trump sought to set the record straight about the medical care he received in October and denied receiving an MRI while at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal released on Thursday, Trump and his doctor said the president underwent a CT scan and […]
The French government has defended its decision to grant citizenship to U.S. citizen George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, a British and Lebanese citizen, following President Donald Trump’s criticism of the pair and a French official’s accusation that the two received preferential treatment. The Clooneys recently locked in their French citizenship, the couple announced […]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan denied political messaging in his city’s fireworks show for New Year’s Day by confirming that Israel’s flag was not altered for the show. Thursday’s fireworks display included a brief digital display of every flag from around the world on the London Eye, the city’s iconic Ferris wheel. The Israeli and Palestinian […]
At least six people were killed as demonstrations over Iran’s ailing economy spread throughout the country midweek, marking the first protest-related deaths, according to a new report. One death occurred on Wednesday, with five more reported on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The protests come as Iran’s currency reached an all-time low compared to the […]
The newly inaugurated mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, promised during his first address to residents on New Year’s Day that he would stick to his “democratic socialist” ideals as he leads the country’s largest city. Mamdani, a 34-year-old former state representative and rapper, vowed in his inaugural speech in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon […]
