Review: Balmain banks on bourgeois with a twist for fall
Olivier Rousteing references his Bordelaise upbringing with equestrian motifs, luxe leather and a cadre of capes.
Olivier Rousteing references his Bordelaise upbringing with equestrian motifs, luxe leather and a cadre of capes.
The United States and other countries are failing to come together just when a cooperative international response is desperately needed.
Join the watch party for Ballet Hispánico's 'Con Brazos Abiertos' and catch a Q&A with choreographer Michelle Manzanales.
The sprawling shopping center has lost its anchor tenants, Walmart and Sears. A remake will add offices but not the housing that had previously been approved.
Disneyland is closed -- but that hasn't stopped fans from building their own theme park rides and attractions in their homes and backyards.
A book club for people who don't like book clubs, founded in 2012 in San Francisco and now boasting six chapters in L.A. County, has moved online.
We tend to look to the stars in troubled times. "Astro Poets," "You Were Born for This" and "Madame Clairevoyant's Guide to the Stars" teach us how.
The Envelope likes to judge a film's chances of winning the best picture Oscar by seeing whether it echoes any previous winners, and these do. Sort of.
Oscar voting is ending and a few motion picture academy members are ready to share their picks.
In Newport Beach, baseball super-agent Scott Boras has paid $3.925 million for a stylish home a few blocks from the ocean.
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has listed his estate in Westlake Village for $7.995 million. The gated, 2.33-acre compound features a basketball gymnasium and infinity-edge swimming pool.
After tossing his Scottsdale, Ariz., home on the market last year, retired pitcher Mark Mulder has sold the amenity-loaded home for $1.81 million.
Television writer-producer Matt Olmstead and his wife, NBC Universal executive Dawn Parouse Olmstead, sell a home in Newport Beach for $3.2 million.
Retired baseball star Roberto Alomar has sold his Florida home — an 18,700-square-foot mansion on more than three acres — for $4 million.
Two players have been named All-American, including one on the first team, and a coach has been chosen as national Coach of the Year.
Baltic states agreed each 'had successfully managed the spread of Covid-19 and trust each other's health care systems'
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says safety is the top priority for robot cars – but so is intellectual property.
Writer-director Gina Prince Bythewood, executive producer Spike Lee and cast members Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Regina Hall, Gabrielle Union, Tyra Banks and Alfre Woodard reflect on the enduring legacy of the landmark black romance "Love & Basketball" and how the industry has changed in the intervening decades.
YouTube and Tribeca Enterprises will launch the 10-day digital event We Are One: A Global Film Festival to benefit the World Health Organization and those affected by coronavirus.
During the coronavirus crisis, Kacey Musgraves' "Rainbow" has taken its place alongside other classic songs about rainbows to become an anthem of hope and healing.
The global financial crisis has spawned a global protest movement campaigning against things like inequality, corporate greed, lack of jobs, etc. Although these protests have occurred for decades, they have typically been in the developing countries, or about the situation in developing countries. As such, many Western nations, who have strongly influenced the conditions in developing countries, have typically not paid much attention to such protests, no matter how large. However, this time, the global financial crisis has hit the ordinary citizens of Western nations quite hard, and inspired by the Arab Spring and protests in Spain, a global movement seems to have sprung up.
The global protests page had not been updated since the end of 2003, but has not included a brief overview of more recent protests such as the so-called Occupy Movement. The older content remains because it is interesting to note some of the parallels too, and it is perhaps important to note that these protests are unfortunately not new. Whether this time it can make a difference is too early to tell but a lot of people in wealthy countries this time are also participating.
Read full article: Public Protests Around the World
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis. Their analysis shows temperatures around the globe in 2011 compared to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows how Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago.
Global temperatures have warmed significantly since 1880, the beginning of what scientists call the “modern record.” At this time, the coverage provided by weather stations allowed for essentially global temperature data. As greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, industry and vehicles have increased, temperatures have climbed, most notably since the late 1970s. In this animation of temperature data from 1880-2011, reds indicate temperatures higher than the average during a baseline period of 1951-1980, while blues indicate lower temperatures than the baseline average.
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Read full article: Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880 - 2011
The latest data covering global arms sales shows that sale of arms in 2011 increased to around $85 billion, 84% of which went to developing countries. This was almost double the arms sales compared to 2010 which was the lowest since 2004.
One major factor for the increase was the US sales of arms to Saudi Arabia. Most other major arms sellers otherwise saw a decrease in sales and the trend in recent years had been declining sales.
The global financial crisis has affected many countries, and many developing countries started to see a decrease in purchases in the last few years. However, just 10 developing countries account for some 85% of all sales to developing countries in the period 2004 to 2011, which the data covers. Saudi Arabia tops that list followed by India and the United Arab Emirates. (As well as concerns about some of the regimes in the top buyers, some of this spending is also said to be due to modernizing efforts.)
Updated graphs and charts on arms sales data are provided here.
The arms trade is big business. The 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, Russia, France, United Kingdom and China), together with Germany and Italy, account for approximately 85% of all arms sold between 2004 and 2011.
Some of the arms sold go to regimes where human rights violations will occur. Corruption often accompanies arms sales due to the large sums of money involved.
Read full article: The Arms Trade Is Big Business
A recent study found that coral reefs will face severe challenges even if average global warming temperature rise is restricted to 2 degrees Celsius. This is a rise that most countries are struggling to negotiate and meet. But reefs are very sensitive to temperature changes, experts fear the window of opportunity to prevent massive reef loss is very small.
Read full article: Nature and Animal Conservation
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