And the award for Best Travel Movie goes to …
That’s because while Oscars Best Picture nominees might make us want to go to the movies, what they really make us want to do is pack a bag. From not-so-jolly-olde…
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Small Phone Companies Use Wi-Fi to Punch Above Their Weight
SAN FRANCISCO — It would not be an insult to say Republic Wireless and FreedomPop are obscure little companies. But they dream big. The two companies are at the forefront…
Florence + The Machine Announces New Album, ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’
Florence + The Machine broke its silence earlier this week when the band debuted a new song, “How Big How Blue How Beautiful.” Now, they revealed it’s actually the first…
Old Tradition of Secularism Clashes With France’s New Reality
ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Laïcité, the concept of state secularism, is a defining principle of the French republic, right up there with the national motto of liberty, equality and fraternity. Developed…
New Republic Editor Gabriel Snyder To Speak At National Press Foundation Dinner
NEW YORK — New Republic Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder will speak at this month’s National Press Foundation awards in Washington, D.C., making his first public remarks since taking the helm following…
Equatorial Guinea stun Tunisia
But a controversial penalty decision in injury time handed Equatorial Guinea a lifeline. Spain-born striker Javier Balboa, who was once on Real Madrid’s books, scored and sent the game into…
Ukraine peace talks begin in Minsk as fighting continues
At the meeting are representatives of the Ukrainian government, Russian government and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic…
What post-9/11 U.S. can teach France
“Oh please, mind your language, show some restraint: it was not a French September 11!” wrote Olivier Roy last week, in an otherwise nuanced article on the French Muslims and…
Obama Makes the Most of India’s Republic Day Parade
NEW DELHI — On one level, of course, it was just a parade. But as President Obama watched marching military units pass by at India’s annual Republic Day celebration on…
Kidnapped French Aid Worker Claudia Priest Released In Central African Republic
France’s foreign minister says that a French aid worker kidnapped in Central African Republic has been released. – Central African Republic was hit by sectarian violence about a year ago…
In India, Obama looks to capitalize on new friendship
READ: What didn’t make the State of the Union The quiet moment was a rare incident of spontaneity on Obama’s otherwise rigid daily agenda, and as the leaders gazed at…
No truce with Ukraine, rebel leader says
“Since we’re attacking, there is no sense to have peace talks now. We’ve made this mistake before. It’s not decent to repeat it,” Aleksandr Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed People’s…
‘Je Suis Juif’: Do Jews and France have a future together?
At that demonstration, some Muslims held signs that not only echoed the rallying cry “Je Suis Charlie” but also proclaimed “Je Suis Juif” (“I Am Jewish”). The public overture was…
‘Cat Fancy’ reinvents itself for the Buzzfeed set
The switch from “Cat Fancy” to “Catster” may perplex some readers, but it speaks to the larger shift in the industry as magazines work to build an online presence. (This…
Ebola Fast Facts
Facts:Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,…