The Best Way to Respond to Saudi Arabia’s Embrace of Putin

The Best Way to Respond to Saudi Arabia’s Embrace of Putin

This week, Saudi Arabia colluded with Russia — deciding to cut 2 million barrels a day of oil production at the OPEC+ meeting, thus raising the price of gas to Russia’s advantage. The shocking move will worsen global inflation, undermine successful efforts in the U.S. to bring down the price of gas, and help fuel … Read more

Rithy Panh: Fact and Fiction At The Busan Film Festival

Rithy Panh: Fact and Fiction At The Busan Film Festival

Rithy Panh, director of “Rice People” and “S21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine” is an icon of art-house cinema, at once political, unique, and charming. The iconic image may be another of his confections – a palatable work built on uncomfortable facts. On the incomplete evidence of a 50-minute on-stage dialog at the Busan International … Read more

Google’s getting rid of its standalone Driving Mode dashboard

Google’s getting rid of its standalone Driving Mode dashboard

The standalone version of Driving Mode isn’t to be confused with the Driving Mode feature built into Google Maps, which automatically boots up once you start navigation. As Esper’s Mishaal Rahman points out, Google added Assistant Driving Mode to Maps before it even released the standalone Driving Mode. The only difference between the two is … Read more

Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed

Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed

Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, including children, had been killed in demonstrations. Anti-government protests that began on Sept. 17 at the funeral of 22-year-old Mahsa … Read more

A man is accused of breaking the bathroom door on a United Airlines flight and attacking a flight attendant while high on magic mushrooms

A man is accused of breaking the bathroom door on a United Airlines flight and attacking a flight attendant while high on magic mushrooms

Laura Waring eventually secured a seat 13 hours after her original flight was cancelled.Justin Sullivan / Staff / Getty A man was arrested after assaulting flight attendants on a plane from Miami to DC, according to an affidavit. Cherruy Loghan Sevilla is accused of breaking the bathroom door and yelling obscenities on the plane. Sevilla … Read more

Stocks Poised to Open Lower on Monday

Stocks Poised to Open Lower on Monday

U.S. stocks are poised to fall on Monday as investors await data on consumer prices and big bank earnings later in the week. On Sunday night at 6:18 p.m. Eastern time, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 125 points, or 0.4%, while the S&P 500 futures lost 0.5%, and Nasdaq Composite futures lost 0.5%.