EXCLUSIVE: ‘She’s not capable of simple human kindness.’ Ex Vogue editor André Leon Talley rips into Anna Wintour, revealing how their decades-long friendship ended because he was ‘too old, overweight and uncool’ André Leon Talley, former editor-at-large of Vogue, has revealed his friendship with Anna Wintour is over in his upcoming memoir The Chiffon Trenches The fashion editor,…
SHAME LIST
KEY POINTS Hundreds of millions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program funds have been claimed by large, publicly traded companies. In fact, the U.S. government has allocated at least $243.4 million of the total $349 billion to publicly traded companies, according to Morgan Stanley. Several of the companies have market values well in excess of…
What would and should a post-pandemic world look like?
A post-American, post-liberal world order awaits us. But what shape will it take? Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a general feeling that the world is at an historical turning point, that nothing will ever be the same again. The realists ponder and the (neo)liberals bemoan the comeback of the strong state, the…
Germany to Reopen Stores in First Step Toward Post-Virus Era
Philipp Frese can’t wait to unlock the doors of his bed and mattress store in southern Germany on Monday, ending a month-long coronavirus lockdown that’s all but destroyed his hopes for a profit this year. The restrictions have been “a threat to our existence as a business,” said Frese, whose sales slumped by 90% in March while…
President Trump defends tweets against US states’ lockdowns
President Donald Trump has defended his tweets in which appeared to endorse protests against stringent lockdown measures in several US states. At his Friday briefing, he said some measures imposed by Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia had been “too tough”. Earlier, he wrote in a series of tweets: “LIBERATE MINNESOTA”, “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” and then “LIBERATE VIRGINIA”….
Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top. Now, He’s Fighting for Disney’s Life.
The Walt Disney Company turned franchises like Marvel and “Star Wars” into the biggest media business in the world, and last fall it was putting the finishing touches on the image of a storied character: its chief executive, Bob Iger. In late September, Mr. Iger, 69, published “The Ride of a Lifetime,” an engaging work of…
How many coronavirus cases does each US state have?
The US now has the most coronavirus cases in the world. As testing continues, the number is expected to rapidly climb. More than 432,000 people across the United States have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University and local governments. Over 14,800 people have died. The number of cases is expected…
CHINA ENDS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
China’s Wuhan ends coronavirus lockdown but concerns remain Roughly 65,000 people left the city by train and plane alone, within hours of the 11-week lockdown being lifted. Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since the central Chinese city was sealed off 76 days ago to contain the coronavirus that…
WHITE HOUSE: PEAK DEATH COMING
Trump: ‘Going to be a lot of death’ in U.S. next week from coronavirus By Jeff Mason and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of…
The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order
By Henry A. Kissinger The surreal atmosphere of the Covid-19 pandemic calls to mind how I felt as a young man in the 84th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Now, as in late 1944, there is a sense of inchoate danger, aimed not at any particular person, but striking randomly and with devastation….