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By Amanda Yeo2019-10-29 03:48:57 UTC Just in case you weren’t sure whether U.S. politics as become a massive international joke, on Monday’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers the host took the opportunity to skewer Rudy Giuliani’s butt-dial to a reporter.  This is what we’ve come to, folks. Presidential lawyers making high-profile butt-dials, and…

In 2011, a few days after yet another major protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Sana (not her real name) and I sat in a coffee shop close to the square where so much had happened in a few months. In the immediate aftermath of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, the protesters’ spirit and optimism seemed to…

Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world passed 5 million early Thursday as infections continue to accelerate in the Americas. Drugmaker AstraZeneca said it received more than $1 billion from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a vaccine in partnership with the University of Oxford. The company said it will begin first deliveries of…

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 12: Tim Sweeney speaks during BAFTA Presents Special Award to Epic Games at The London on June 12, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. Photo: Rachel Luna / Stringer (Getty)Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney gave the keynote speech at this week’s DICE conference in Las Vegas. The talk touched on many…

While COVID-19 has changed life as we know it, the NFL is trying to stay on course when it comes to their league schedule. Free agency went on as planned, the 2020 NFL Draft was 100 percent virtual and the league even released their regular season schedule last week. While the NFL doesn’t know what…

Grassroots funding is piling up behind plenty of Democratic campaigns this year, even those in which a candidate has yet to be named. Take the fund for Senator Susan Collins’s (R-ME) unnamed future Democratic opponent, which is crawling toward $4 million. The crowdfunding effort first made headlines when Collins called for an FBI investigation into…

10:13 AM ETBob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana UniversityAdam Scott returned to his home in Australia after the PGA Tour canceled the Players Championship because of the coronavirus pandemic. And despite the tour’s planned restart next month, he…

Pfizer gives first doses of experimental vaccine to ‘young and healthy’ Americans – and promises 20 million doses by the end of the yearPfizer announced Tuesday that the first volunteers gotten doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccines 360 healthy Americans will be recruited, with various doses going first to young adults ages 18-55, and later to…

Facebook says it is going to permanently embrace remote working once the coronavirus pandemic ends – but this could come at a cost for employees.The world’s biggest social network is going to start “aggressively opening up remote hiring” – with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg revealing that he expects about 50% of its workforce will end…

Drive-in movie theaters have been something of a salvation during the coronavirus pandemic. As one of the few entertainment joints that are safe to visit outside of the house, they’ve enjoyed a huge boost in popularity. But don’t call it a comeback, says Transit Drive-In Theater owner Rick Cohen. Outdoor moviegoing, once seen as a…

Walt Disney and unions representing workers at Florida’s Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from coronavirus, a union statement said on Thursday, removing one of the company’s hurdles to reopening its popular theme parks.The measures include mandatory masks for workers and guests and social distancing practices, according to a…

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Half a year ago one man stood alone and unchallenged on the summit of Israeli politics – the veteran right-wing populist Benjamin Netanyahu, known as “King Bibi” to his loyal followers. But on Tuesday Netanyahu failed, for the second time since April, to secure a clear victory in parliamentary elections. And now…

Smaller theme parks ask Orange County leaders if they can reopen ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health said Universal Orlando invited the agency to examine the steps it has taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus before it reopened CityWalk on Thursday.”They thought out the process,” said Dr. Raul Pino, FDOH…

Detective Trump wants to know! Image: jabin/BotsfordThe Washington Post/Getty Images By Heather Dockray2018-09-05 21:39:56 UTC Season 2 of Trump: The Administration is just as soul-crushing as ever. Every once in a while, we’ll still get a decent whodunit of an episode.  On Wednesday the New York Times published a sanctimonious op-ed written by an anonymous…