2026-04-19 20:00:11
What stands out most about San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama in his National Basketball Association playoff debut on Sunday night might not be how he plays, but who has to stay up to watch. Tipoff will land in prime time, at 8 p.m. CDT, for American viewers. In France, where he’s a national icon, that’s 3 a.m. Monday, forcing his most devoted fans to work around a schedule built for Texas.
2026-04-19 20:00:10
When Democratic activist Tom Steyer launched his campaign for governor of California six months ago, he did so as a billionaire populist promising to fight other billionaires on behalf of the working class. Given the eat-the-rich mood of the Democratic Party, most political observers dismissed him as an imperfect messenger and an unserious candidate — doomed to waste his money self-funding a bid to succeed Gavin Newsom.
2026-04-19 20:00:08
As Trump mistakes the pope’s pleas for peace as a declaration of war, Europe’s populist wave is breaking.
2026-04-19 14:00:08
America’s armed forces are heavily committed in the Middle East, but there are whispers around the White House that they have been warned to stand by for a new intervention against Cuba. As usual with this president, no final decision has been taken. But Donald Trump sees a window of opportunity to act in the Caribbean, where the 67-year-old Castro regime is tottering under the weight of US sanctions, the cut-off of Venezuelan oil and its own awesome incompetence.
2026-04-18 21:15:02
Frustrated concertgoers may feel vindicated by a jury’s finding that Live Nation acted as a monopoly. Coverage of the verdict has focused on potential structural changes, including whether a judge might force the company to divest Ticketmaster. But the bigger story might be that here, once again, antitrust law is chasing yesterday’s technology.
2026-04-18 20:00:10
How will the pieces of a broken global order be put back together after Trump?
