Day: July 30, 2025

Alcohol ads could soon start popping up in the public transit system, as the agency nixes a ban.

By: Fern Sidman In a bold bid to transform Hamburg into one of Europe’s premier cultural capitals, Tobias Kratzer, the newly appointed general director of the Hamburg State Opera, unveiled his inaugural season earlier this year with a pointed declaration: “This is about embracing risk.” As The New York Times reported on Tuesday, Kratzer’s vision […]

By: Fern Sidman In a move that illustrates Hungary’s staunch policy against antisemitism and terror glorification, the Hungarian government has officially barred the controversial Northern Irish band Kneecap from entering the country, citing national security concerns. The decision, announced less than a month before the group was scheduled to perform at the renowned Sziget Festival […]

REVIEW: ‘Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History’ by Vali Nasr By: Michael M. Rosen In publishing, as in much of life, timing is everything. And by that measure, if by no other, Iran’s Grand Strategy, Vali Nasr’s latest analysis of the Islamic Republic, is a smashing success. First available just two short weeks before Israel’s […]

In its first six months, the second Trump administration has weaponized government machinery to wage war on immigrants while dismantling constitutional protections. With more than 300 anti-immigran…

The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier.

Thailand and Cambodia have reaffirmed their shaky ceasefire after days of fighting along their border.

Trump says pair fell out because Epstein poached staffers including the late Virginia Giuffre, who accused the disgraced financer of sexual abuse.

In a recent podcast discussion, EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan Aleška Simkić and Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the EU and NATO, Roman Vassilenko, discussed the