IDEAS Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. 2020 will prove a tipping point moment in international politics. In recent decades, globalization has created opportunities, reduced poverty, and supported peace for billions of people. But with China and the US decoupling on technology, the 21st century economy is now breaking in two. Developed […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mudslides and power blackouts hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia’s capital, where more than 60 people have died and some of the tens of thousands of evacuees were living in damp, cramped emergency shelters. More than a thousand soldiers and health workers sprayed disinfectant in hard-hit […]
An unidentified form of pneumonia has broken out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, prompting authorities to quarantine those infected and raise hospital alerts. Wuhan’s health bureau announced Sunday that close to 60 patients have been diagnosed with the virus, and neighboring Hong Kong has announced suspected cases. (A suspected case in Singapore turned […]
The Golden Globes used to be the fun awards show. Celebrities and honorees ate and — crucially — drank during the event. Dynamic duos like Saturday Night Live‘s Tina Fey and Amy Poehler channeled all their comedic prowess into one terrific monologue. The very small group that makes up the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s justice minister vowed Monday to strengthen border departure checks and review bail conditions after Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, fled the country. Masako Mori told reporters at a news conference the ministry has already acted to prevent a recurrence but declined to give details. She was asked about reports that Ghosn […]
In one of the more impassioned moments of Sunday night’s broadcast, Michelle Williams used her time onstage at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards to advocate for abortion rights. Williams, who People recently reported is pregnant, accepted the award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV for her role as Gwen […]
In A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks famously yelled that there is no crying in baseball, but that rule apparently doesn’t apply to Hanks on the Golden Globes stage. Viewers of the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards found it difficult to watch America’s Dad cry while accepting the award. Hanks‘ tearful moment came as […]
Rita Wilson caused quite a stir on Sunday afternoon ahead of the 77th Annual Golden Globes, as she reported that her hair and makeup stylist was quite late just a few hours before the event. In a tweet, the actor said that her “hair and makeup person” was “one hour and twenty minutes late.” In […]
(SYDNEY) — Two more people are missing in remote parts of New South Wales as rain and cooler temperatures brought some measure of relief Monday to Australian communities battling wildfires. But the rain was also making it challenging for fire crews to complete strategic burns as they tried to prepare for higher temperatures that have […]
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was violently blocked Sunday from presiding over a special session of congress where rivals proclaimed a substitute leader — moves opposition officials condemned as a hijacking of the country’s last democratic institution. Hours later, however, a majority of congress members held an emergency meeting at an opposition […]