Photo: Getty Images/Getty Images It’s reasonable to be worried about a recession. Banks have been failing , offices are closing , and it’s not like anything has been getting cheaper . Still, you have people like Neel Kashkari , the CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, saying that the economy is fine, that no downturn is on the horizon. It is all very confusing. When good data does come along, it seems to come with an asterisk. On Wednesday, the federal government released new information on the amount of jobs out there, and it was pretty great. Not only are businesses still hiring like crazy, they actually increased the total number of job listings in April. There were 10.1 million openings last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — nearly two for each of the 5.8 million unemployed. People are still quitting jobs for better ones, and fewer people are getting laid off. Good, right? Actually — this news sucked, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average … [Read more...] about How to Navigate the Bizarro Economy
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Macron: I Should Have Listened to Eastern Europe on Russian Danger
French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted that he should have previously listened to Eastern Europe regarding the threat Russia posed. Speaking at a security conference in Slovakia on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to admit that he failed to take warnings about Vladimir Putin’s Russia seriously before the Ukraine war. Macron was one of the last Western politicians to recognise the threat posed by Russia before its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the French head-of-state even once saying that he had received assurances from Putin that now military escalation with the Kyiv would occur just weeks before the invasion. According to a report by France24, Macron admitted that he, along with others in the West, missed their chance to heed the warnings of those in the East. I came all the way to Bratislava to deliver one message: we will not let Europe be kidnapped a second time. pic.twitter.com/SMCglLBr5F — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 31, … [Read more...] about Macron: I Should Have Listened to Eastern Europe on Russian Danger
The Mystic, the Monk and the Play Brought to You by Powerball
It sounds like the setup for some kind of droll joke: A lottery winner and a rhinoceros arrive at the birthday party for a dead mystic. Art, and a blowout brawl, ensues. An unusual stew of ingredients, some onstage and some off, has resulted in this strange spectacle’s move from Kentucky to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which, beginning Saturday, Jan. 16, will present “The Glory of the World,” a new play by Charles Mee that takes a silence-and-strife-filled look at the life of Thomas Merton , the 20th-century American Catholic thinker who “remains a source of spiritual inspiration and a guide for many people,” as Pope Francis put it in an unexpected shout-out during his address to Congress in September. The production is being financed by one of the newest and more unexpected patrons of American theater: Roy Cockrum of Knoxville, a onetime Episcopal monk who bought a Powerball ticket at his local supermarket in 2014 and won $259 million . The back story of “The Glory … [Read more...] about The Mystic, the Monk and the Play Brought to You by Powerball
In Samuel Fosso’s Photos, ‘You Can See Evil, You Can See God’
In February, 2014, in the war-torn Central African Republic , Christian fighters were rampaging through a predominantly Muslim district in the capital, Bangui. The renowned Cameroonian-born portrait photographer Samuel Fosso had already fled. While looters stripped the corrugated iron roof off Fosso’s vacated studio, three men tried to save his abandoned archive. “It was very chaotic,” said one of them, Peter Bouckaert, a Belgian environmental activist who was working for Human Rights Watch at the time. “I remember going up to a bunch of guys to tell them to go away, and then seeing one had grenades in his hand. So I decided to leave them alone.” During the previous day of mayhem in the city, Jerome Delay , a French-born photographer working for The Associated Press, had recognized some prints from Fosso’s 2008 “Africa Spirits” series, in which the artist portrays himself as Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Muhammad Ali and other inspirational figures of African heritage, scattered … [Read more...] about In Samuel Fosso’s Photos, ‘You Can See Evil, You Can See God’
Italy displays country’s previously looted antiquities worth $12 million
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Italy on Wednesday displayed hundreds of antiquities that had been looted from Italian territory and were recovered from a London antiquities dealer. The 750 objects, which date from the 8th century B.C . and the medieval period, include an Etruscan three-legged bronze table, marble busts of men from the imperial age, and wall paintings that are believed to be from the area of Mount Vesuvius. The Culture Ministry valued the items at $12.79 million, according to a statement. CELTIC GOLD COINS STOLEN FROM GERMAN MUSEUM IN STUNNING HEIST They were in the possession of a London company in liquidation, Symes Ltd, owned by dealer Robin Symes. "The most complex moment was when the liquidators showed their availability (to return the objects), which was a willingness that implied a demonstration … [Read more...] about Italy displays country’s previously looted antiquities worth $12 million
Freddie Mercury almost gave ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ another name
A newly discovered working draft for Freddie Mercury's "Bohemian Rhapsody" reveals the legendary British singer-songwriter intended to give it a different name at first: "Mongolian Rhapsody." The never-before-seen copies of Mercury's handwritten lyrics, along with drafts of other megahits, including "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Somebody to Love," are being auctioned at Sotheby's New York starting Thursday until June 8. Notable in the personal trove of lyrics found in the artist's London home was an early draft of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that Mercury had titled "Mongolian Rhapsody" in black and blue ballpoint pen, but "Mongolian" had been crossed out and replaced with "Bohemian." And instead of the verse "Mama, just killed a man" the page presents an alternative: "Mama, there's a war began." Some words, including "matador" and "belladonna," found in the manuscripts never made it into the final version. "The revelations in these pages include the extensive redrafting which was … [Read more...] about Freddie Mercury almost gave ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ another name
