Sunrise over Lake Baikal / Photo by Arseniy Chekmarev / Flickr My name is Iaromira Forgive me if I speak of sad thingsWhen my footsteps echo in my bones A silence saved me from the wordAnother silence will save the word And the wind shall be my home * I saw the stars swim
Para on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia / Photo courtesy of the author Editorial note: “Siberian Romance,” a suite of Para’s poems, accompanies this introductory essay. Born in 1956, Jean-Baptiste Para is a poet, art critic, essayist, translator, editor of numerous books, and editor in chief of the French journal Europe, which was founded in
Photo by Jennifer Boyer / Flickr Berlin poet, essayist, and playwright Esther Dischereit responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the shelling near Babyn Yar, the site of Nazi Germany’s 1941 massacre of 33,000 Ukrainian Jews and thousands of other victims. With Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s 1961 poem about the massacre as a point
Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has been granted an April 3 theatrical release date in China. Sony last summer licensed the fourth installment in the successful franchise to Amazon worldwide, but retained China rights. With the date now confirmed, Sony gets a month’s lead time on promotion and marketing in China where the previous
WASHINGTON — Astra Space said March 7 it identified two problems that led to the failure of a launch last month as the company gears up for a new launch that may be imminent. In a March 7 statement, the company said an investigation into a Feb. 10 failure of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle to
Garmin Instinct 2 series of smartwatches were launched in India on Tuesday, March 8. The new smartwatch series comprises two models — Garmin Instinct 2 and Garmin Instinct 2S. The former is offered with a 45mm dial, while the latter gets a 40mm dial. Both smartwatches get their own solar-charging editions. Garmin Instinct 2 Solar and
Service members of pro-Russian troops in uniforms without insignia are seen next to an armoured vehicle with the symbol “Z” painted on its side in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 6, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — Nearly all of the troops Russia amassed on
News Listen to Ethel Cain Cover Britney Spears’ “Everytime” “I knew I could take Britney’s melodies and make something super dreamy with it,” Cain said of her International Women’s Day single By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 8, 2022 Facebook Twitter Photo by Ethel Cain Facebook Twitter Ethel Cain has covered Britney Spears’ “Everytime,” originally from
Google’s Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai gives a keynote address during the opening day of the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on March 2, 2015. Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images Google announced Tuesday that it plans to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion as part of an effort to better protect
There are plenty of reasons to be upset with director Sam Levinson’s latest season of Euphoria, but actress Barbie Ferreira is easing some pressure with her latest confession: Much of the alleged behind-the-scenes drama is apparently “untrue.” In an interview with Insider, the actress responded—albeit indirectly—to rumors that not all was well between her and
Who ruined the surprise military homecoming? On 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 3 Episode 9, the drama mounted when the group was called out to help. Meanwhile, Owen was left responsible for taking care of a talkative pet. How did he navigate this very different day in his life? Elsewhere, Tommy went on her first date
Midway through the pilot episode of HBO’s genre-hopping, endlessly inventive dark comedy, Search Party—which just debuted its fifth and final season in January—millennial NYU graduate Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) is turned down for a job. “I read all four pages of your personal statement,” the interviewer tells her. “And it seems to paint a picture
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s brutal campaign to deter Ukrainian admission to NATO has inadvertently boosted the military alliance’s popularity among other prospective member states. As Russia’s assault on its neighbor intensifies, nearby Finland and Sweden are rethinking their long-standing positions of military neutrality, with a majority of voters now favoring membership of the 30-member alliance
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading Monday following the S&P 500’s worst day since October, as investors remained on edge about surging oil prices and slowing economic growth amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 100
Flux tracker: a sample is inserted into the experimental setup to track the exciton flux when the acoustic waves are applied. (Courtesy: Silvia Cardarelli/University of Michigan) Dynamically-controlled exciton transport has been demonstrated in a 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) using surface acoustic waves (SAWs). Researchers in the US and Japan used the SAWs to induce
Walt Disney CFO Christine McCarthy said the entertainment giant’s total exposure to Russia and Ukraine combined is about 2% of its total operating income — with Ukraine about 10% of that 2%. During a Q&A at Morgan Stanley’s technology, media and telecom conference, she called the situation there “very unfortunate.” Disney was the first Hollywood
TAMPA, Fla. — Intelsat has picked former Raytheon executive David Wajsgras as CEO to lead the satellite operator post-bankruptcy. Wajsgras will take the helm April 4 to replace Stephen Spengler, who announced plans to retire in October after more than 18 years at Intelsat. Spengler has been CEO of Intelsat for nearly seven years. His departure comes soon
A new version of the iPad Air in the works though no design changes are expected. According to MacRumors, the next-generation iPad Air will continue to look like the current iPad Air, though there’s a possibility we could see new colour options. Right now, the iPad Air comes in space grey, silver, rose gold, green,