Editor’s Note: David Zurawik is a professor of practice in media studies at Goucher College. For three decades, he was a media critic at the Baltimore Sun. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. As wrongheaded as it was on so many levels, NBC’s decision to hire former Republican National Committee … Read more
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a test of his authority and his nerve on Wednesday as he tries to subdue a Conservative Party rebellion and win parliamentary approval for his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Lawmakers are due to vote on a bill that aims … Read more
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 06: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs from number 10, Downing Street ahead of the weekly PMQ session in the House of Commons on December 06, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak … Read more
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Tolga Akmen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla faces a growing revolt in Scandinavia after Danish dockworkers joined a sympathy strike with Swedish … Read more
Billionaire Marc Rowan has been in touch with what one finance executive quipped was “half of Wall Street” about halting donations to some of the country’s most prestigious universities, to protest the schools’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war. The CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management belongs to a growing group of Wall Street … Read more
Nicki Minaj fans have long held onto a promise from Drake that she’d be featured on his new album, but the rapper failed to deliver on that promise … and the Barbz are pissed. Drake’s “For All The Dogs” packs on several big-name features … 21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Sexyy Red, and J. Cole, just … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) enter the corridor through the summit of Russian-Belarusian Supreme State Council, on the Grand Kremlin Palace on April 6, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.Picture by Contributor/Getty Pictures Belarusian President Lukashenko says he helped negotiate an finish to the Wagner Group’s armed mutiny. He later bragged … Read more
The short-lived rebel by Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin has compelled a more in-depth examination of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s maintain on energy. Russia’s political system is “exhibiting its fragilities, and the navy energy is cracking,” the European Union’s international coverage chief, Josep Borrell, stated Monday at a summit of E.U. international ministers in Luxembourg. … Read more
The best problem to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his greater than 20 years in energy fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a cope with the Kremlin to enter exile and sounded the retreat. The temporary revolt, although, uncovered vulnerabilities amongst Russian authorities forces, … Read more