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The Hill - Politics
America’s shrinking military is a cultural crisis
The future of the American military is in question as recruitment deficits, escalating tensions, and a lack of investment in defense technologies have led to a crisis, with the possibility of conscription or a reduction in military support ... -
CNBC - Business
China faces economic headwinds as it grapples with an aging — and shrinking — population
Birth rates are falling around the world as women choose to have children later, or not at all.China -
Financial Times - World
UK consultant numbers shrink as companies cut back on external advice
Headcount fell 3 per cent last year with firms axing jobs and moving staff as post pandemic boom fadesUnited Kingdom -
CBS News - Top stories
Examining Detroit's revitalization efforts after long decline
More than a decade after Detroit filed for bankruptcy, the city has seen the first increase in population since 1957, and with it a slew of new businesses. Axios Detroit reporter Annalise Frank joins to discuss. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
French Leftist Coalition Prevails Over Le Pen's Far Right in Election Shock
The New Popular Front won the biggest share of the National Assembly but fell far short of a majority, raising the specter of a hung parliament.France -
The Wall Street Journal - Business
Paramount Global, Skydance Agree to Merger
David Ellison’s production company would buy Shari Redstone’s National Amusements, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, as part of the deal. -
The Wall Street Journal - Business
Carlsberg to Buy Britvic for $4.2 Billion
The Danish brewer agreed to buy London-listed soft drinks maker Britvic as part of a plan to expand in the non-alcoholic beverage market and reduce reliance on beer sales. -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer: Time to deal MLB's saves leader?
Fred Zinkie examines sell-high and buy-low candidates for fantasy baseball managers to consider.Fantasy Football -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Raffaella' Review: An Enchanted Elegy
At the Morris Performing Arts Center, this fairytale ballet—commissioned by the Stroik family to honor their late daughter, Raffaella—is a tribute to the young dancer’s life and legacy. -
GameSpot - Tech
Zenless Zone Zero Review
Zenless Zone Zero is easily the most stylish entry in HoYoverse's fast-growing catalog of free-to-play RPGs. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Reds' Review: Communism in the U.S.A.
The Soviet Union cast a long shadow over American fellow travelers, who contorted their beliefs to follow the party. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Bodies in the Water' Review: Awash in Questions
In this true-crime documentary from ID, a fisherman’s horrifying find off the New Jersey shore sends law enforcement on a tortuous journey to solve the murder of a high-school student. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Frostbite' Review: The Art of Keeping Cool
Refrigeration changed everything, overcoming seasonal and geographic limits on food, making shopping a weekly routine and not a daily one. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'The Heart in Winter' Review: Romance on the Run
In Kevin Barry’s novel, a love affair in 1890s Montana turns perilous. -
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ABC News - Entertainment
Movie Review: Hollywood, sleazy 80s-style, in ‘MaXXXine’
Mia Goth reprises her role as aspiring Hollywood star Maxine Minx in “MaXXXine,” an A24 release in theaters FridayEntertainment -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Despicable Me 4' Review: Gru Undercover
Steve Carell voices Gru, the supervillain-turned-secret agent, for the sixth time as he parries the revenge efforts of his high-school nemesis, Maxime Le Mal, voiced by Will Ferrell. -
GameSpot - Tech
Zenless Zone Zero Review - Hacker's Delight
Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) is HoYoverse's third game launch in four years. You'd think that HoYo's formula would get stale with yet another free-to-play gacha RPG dropping just 15 months after the release of Honkai: Star Rail, but that couldn't be ... -
The Guardian - World
Kasabian: Happenings review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
(Sony Music)The lad-favourites shift into neon hues on their second Serge Pizzorno-led album, as knockout choruses face off against some disappointing filler. Losing a lead singer is always going to be a tough hurdle for a band to overcome, but it ... -
The New York Times - Business
Book Review: ‘Private Revolutions’ by Yuan Yang
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Blue Ruin' Review: From London to Lockdown
Hari Kunzru’s latest follows a struggling former art student whose past and present collide after a chance encounter during the pandemic. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'The Garden Against Time' Review: Paradises Lost and Found
Restoring an unkempt plot inspired Olivia Laing to investigate the place of gardens in our culture. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Alexander at the End of the World' Review: Empire in the East
With the conquest of Asia, Alexander added pomp to cruelty. His was a multicultural royal court. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Why War?' Review: Nature, Nurture and Violence
What explains humanity’s peerless talent for self-destruction? Freud, Einstein and many other thinkers have come to different conclusions. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
The Campus Review: Grading an Upstate Art Outpost
A former school outside of Hudson, N.Y., is converted into an exhibition space by galleries with Manhattan locations: Bortolami, James Cohan, kaufmann repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps and kurimanzutto. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Do I Know You?' Review: Trouble With Faces
We’re so obsessed with faces, we often see them where there are none. Meanwhile, the author mistook a stranger for her husband. -
The New York Times - Lifestyle
Paul Theroux, Author of Almost 60 Books, Has Advice for Aspiring Writers
After 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls out of his chair. -
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CBS News - Top stories
How other countries mark independence from Britain
America isn't the only country that celebrates independence from Britain.United Kingdom -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Some Apologies Say More Than Others
One from the IRS can be quite eloquent, one reader thinks. -
Inc. - Business
Corporate Greed and Other Scapegoats for the Sad State of Tech
When we keep pointing at the obvious, we let the problem fester. -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
'Barbie's Rookie of the Year. There's no other way to put it'
Chicago's Angel Reese delivered her 12th consecutive double-double on Friday night, but how do her stats compare to Indiana's Caitlin Clark? -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot' Review: Fostering Kindness
From the same studio as 2023’s ‘Sound of Freedom,’ this drama stars Nika King and Demetrius Grosse as a Texas woman and her pastor husband trying to find adoptive homes for over 70 kids—a task that is no child’s game in their hardscrabble community. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá)' Review: A Dreamer's Drive
The latest documentary in PBS’s ‘Voces’ series follows attorney Luis Cortes Romero, the first undocumented lawyer to make an argument before the U.S. Supreme Court—in a case that would decide his fate. -
The Guardian - World
Rosarita by Anita Desai review – a haunting tale about family bonds and betrayals
This profound and riddling novel follows a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother. Anita Desai’s riddling and haunted new novel is set in motion when Bonita, a young Indian woman, meets a tricksy figure in a ... -
The Guardian - World
Space Cadet review – Emma Roberts joins Nasa in lazy streaming slop
There are shades of Legally Blonde and Private Benjamin in Amazon’s lesser, low-rent comedy about a Florida bartender with dreams of being an astronaut. There’s a well-tested, and mostly well-liked, formula being recycled in Amazon’s lightweight ... -
The Guardian - World
The Conversation review – Gene Hackman is unforgettable in Coppola’s paranoid classic
Hackman’s surveillance expert Harry Caul is inexpressibly sad and lonely – a classic and poignant American everyman. God’s surveillance is everywhere: this is the thought that weighs heavily on bugging expert and practising Catholic Harry Caul in ... -
Wired - Tech
REI Co-op Cycles CTY e2.1 Review: Affordable and Dependable
REI's in-house electric bike is an affordable, fun-loving city commuter that gets better with every iteration. -
Inc. - Business
Seattle Plastic Surgery Provider Fined $5 Million for Threats and Fake Reviews
The complaint said the clinic violated state and federal consumer protection laws by posting fictional positive reviews and forcing patients to sign NDAs to stop them from sharing negative comments. -
The Guardian - World
Travelling by Ann Powers review – a dazzling life of Joni Mitchell
A sweeping study of Mitchell’s life and work that swerves familiar touchstones to create a vibrant, multi-faceted portrait. She felt like a cellophane wrapper on a packet of cigarettes. Every Joni Mitchell fan has heard this description before; ...