Before throwing a Hail Mary, Ryan Gosling went into a more serious space with First Man

First Man, a 2018 docudrama about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 moon mission, was overlooked during its initial release ...
The Christian Science Monitor

High risk, high reward? US considers taking Iran’s Kharg Island.

Over 2,000 U.S. Marines are headed toward the Persian Gulf. A possible goal: to gain leverage over Iran by seizing Kharg ...

California is renaming César Chávez’s holiday. Now, cities are slowly erasing his name from streets

From San Diego to San Francisco, city leaders across California are considering renaming streets dedicated to Cesar Chavez. But it can be a long and costly process.

California leaders lionized César Chávez. Now, they face a reckoning with his past

Leaders up and down California, many of whom were personally inspired by his life’s work, are grappling with multiple allegations of sexual assault by Cesar Chávez.
Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says It Foils Biggest Ukrainian Drone Attack in a Year

Russia said on Monday that it shot down 250 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow over the weekend, in what officials said was the biggest attempted attack on the Russian capital in at least a year.

Crew of MV Raider homeless and stranded in Sydney Harbour after $1bn cocaine bust in French Polynesia

The crew of a boat allegedly caught with what would have been Australia’s largest ever importation of cocaine is stranded in ...