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Beyond making an early case for 2024’s best title, What An Enormous Room finds Torres approaching full rock star mode and making a confident declaration of ambition. “The me of yesterday hadn’t a clue!” she proclaims on the opener to her sixth album over a marching, metallic guitar riff. “Babe, my star’s just on the rise.”The artwork for What An Enormous RoomIt has been a decade since the indie rock musician (real name Mackenzie Scott) released her self-titled debut of hushed, blazingly vulnerable songs. She’s since…

to avoiding the very worst effects of . Earlier this week, delegates from around the world ratified a document setting out what we need to do, and when. Even better, the text finally ended the decades-long omerta of never talking about the impact fossil fuels have had on our environment. It’s a landmark moment in history and one that means we can have hope for the future of humanity. Unless, that is, you spend any time examining the substance of the deal to see if the expectations meet the reality. Because then you’ll…

Image Source : FILE Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India during the GPAI Summit 2023. GPAI Summit 2023: Representatives from 28 countries have unanimously embraced the New Delhi declaration, part of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). The primary focus is on seizing the benefits of AI while…

With less than 48 hours to the conclusion of the 28th meeting of the United Nations Conference of the Parties ( COP28), no fewer than 152 countries have committed to the COP28 UAE Declaration on Agriculture, Food Systems and Climate Action in Dubai. This was disclosed Sunday by the COP28 Food Systems Lead, Mariam Almheiri, during a high-level session focused on the implementation of the COP28 UAE Declaration on Agriculture, Food Systems and Climate Action. “As you know, we kickstarted 10 days ago, and I was on…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and unfulfilled, the declaration remains a milestone in human civilization as one of the earliest times the world came together to distill and assert general principles key to peaceful living on this…

Falling in love with someone wonderful is a great gift. Sadly, not every love story ends in happily ever after, but some people are truly blessed, getting to spend their lives with their soulmates. Former US President Jimmy Carter and his beloved wife Rosalynn had been married for 77 years and he often expressed his love through beautiful words that captured his tender love and care for his darling.Former US president Jimmy Carter and his beloved wife Rosalynn spent 77 wonderful years togetherShare iconImage credits:…

Nicolas Cage has made a lot of movies in his career, and in those films, he's delivered some iconic lines. Perhaps none are quite so loved, if only ironically, as when he says “I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence” in Disney's National Treasure. It’s a great line, equal parts dramatic and hilarious. And Cage says that’s why the line works so well, because it’s more than a little silly, but isn’t delivered that way.In a new video for Vanity Fair, Nicolas Cage goes over some of the most famous scenes in his…

Photo via Disney At one time, Johnny Depp was the face of Pirates of the Caribbean until he was exiled from his own franchise as if he was actually a pirate being told to walk the plank. Today, Disney doesn’t stand so firm on that decision they made a few years ago when the actor was in heaps of legal troubles, fighting for his life. The accusations Amber Heard made against her husband at the time led to a restraining order, their divorce, and a settlement payment of $7 million. What resulted was a series of…

When the way in which you are making an announcement (and the technical difficulties that ensued) overshadows the announcement itself, you’re in big trouble. That’s my takeaway from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ audio announcement via Twitter Spaces that he is officially seeking the Republican presidential nomination.The first impression Americans will have of the DeSantis campaign is that he declared his candidacy on a platform that’s been in a financial free fall ever since his announcement co-star, Elon Musk, took it…

Hello, it’s Wednesday, Dec. 14, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today.TOP STORIES Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration is approvedAfter several hours of turmoil, the Los Angeles City Council approved Mayor Karen Bass’ declaration of a homelessness emergency, allowing her first major policy proposal to move forward.With broad support from the council, the vote should have been a simple procedural step. But it was thrown into jeopardy by the tumult at City Hall, where the reappearance of embattled…