Mural in Cartagena / Photo by Kirk Siang / Flickr In Colombia, the popularity of Gabriel García Márquez rivals that of the country’s most famous soccer players. Could one imagine a better tribute to the value of literature itself? I learned something pretty important, I’d say, about Gabriel García Márquez when I was in Colombia
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: Wall Street tries to keep its rebound rally going Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola beat on earnings, revenue Netflix beats on paid subscriber growth, but misses on earnings United plans to ramp up flights to meet strong demand WHO
Lincoln Center Theater’s Flying Over Sunset will begin performances on Broadway a week later than previously announced, with previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater now set to start Thursday, Nov. 11, with an official opening on Monday, Dec. 13. The new dates, which producers attributed to scheduling conflicts, moves the premiere back a week from
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VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos and the others who were on the first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle hailed the experience as better than expected, but Bezos is facing a backlash for spending part of his extreme wealth on space. In a ceremony a couple hours after their brief suborbital
Samsung on Wednesday confirmed that it is hosting the next Galaxy Unpacked event on August 11. Alongside confirming the launch date, the South Korean company teased the launch of its two new foldable phones that are a part of the rumour mill as the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 for some
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer(R) (D-NY)speaks to the media during a weekly news briefing on Capitol Hill on May 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday rejected Republican calls to slow down the process of moving a bipartisan infrastructure plan through his chamber.
Play video content @dollyparton / Instagram You can bet Dolly Parton‘s getting a big O-vation tonight for the surprise she put together for her husband’s 79th birthday. The legendary country singer got dolled up in an iconic Playboy Bunny suit Tuesday to give Carl — her husband of 55 years — a special 79th birthday
A woman looks at the “Naming the Lost Memorials,” as the U.S. deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to surpass 600,000, at The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 10, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Covid-19 pandemic drove average life expectancies in the U.S. down by about a year and
Christian PetersenGetty Images The tables are turning for pop superstar Adele, who—despite keeping a low profile following her divorce from Simon Konecki, which was finalized in March 2021—appears to have found love stateside. The British singer was recently spotted laughing and cheering alongside sports agent Rich Paul at Game 5 of the NBA Finals, in
Several secrets drew closer to being revealed thanks to voices from the past. It was time for another holiday to be celebrated on Motherland: Fort Salem Season 2 Episode 5. Since Fort Salem is populated with witches, the human holiday of Halloween wasn’t enough by itself. Instead, the cadets there had Samhain. In this holiday based on
Signage illuminated at the China Huarong Asset Management Co. headquarters on Financial Street in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Yan Cong | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Weak spots are emerging in China’s growing debt pile. National debt levels have climbed to nearly four times of GDP, while an increasing number of
Universal has dated two DreamWorks movies, Distant and Easter Sunday, as well as Amblin Entertainment’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Distant, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, will open on March 11, 2022. The sci-fi comedy stars Anthony Ramos as a low-level mining engineer whose spaceship gets struck by an asteroid sending him to an unknown alien planet.
In this article CMG A person wearing a protective mask and gloves exits a Chipotle restaurant in San Francisco, California, April 19, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill will report its second-quarter results after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are expecting: Earnings
Everything is Better With Some Suga Brown Pastries From Jamie Alexis Jamie Alexis had a dream: to be a professional cook or baker. One of the first times she cooked, she added cinnamon to her string beans. While this cooking faux pas could have been the moment she decided cooking was not for her,
A 3D image (taken with laser confocal microscopy) shows crater-like features generated by the captured droplets. Courtesy: Northwestern University A transparent, viscous coating that can be brushed or painted onto any type of surface could reduce disease transmission by capturing airborne droplets. The coating, which is based on a polymer commonly employed in cosmetics, could
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. I’ve never read the ending of a book first, though I do have a habit of flipping to the back before I
Thomas Barrack, chairman and chief executive officer of Colony Capital Inc., gestures while speaking during the closing reception at the Milken Institute Japan Symposium in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March 25, 2019. The conference brings together business leaders and government officials to discuss geopolitical, economic and social issues facing Japan. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty