“The Paris Review is known for its hysterically extensive masthead,” she said, “and Susannah was the only person in the world who could coax all these founders, editors, associates, readers, contributors and board members not only to get along but to have wild fun together.” Terry McDonell, a former editor of Esquire and a former president of The Paris Review’s board, called Ms. Hunnewell a protector of the essential DNA of the magazine, which Mr. Plimpton helped start in Paris in 1953 and whose modest circulation had belied its influence in the literary world as a showcase for writers and ..read more

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jetliner flying to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming a few minutes after takeoff and began smashing an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing toward the cockpit. Associated Press photographer Hussein Malla was on the flight Friday and says several passengers stopped the man in the Boeing 737-900’s business class section. Flight attendants calmed the man down after about 15 minutes and he was taken back to a seat as the plane continued toward Khartoum. Flight attendants said the man was comp ..read more

CLOSE From “Chernobyl” to “Fleabag” and “Leaving Neverland,” these are the best 10 TV series that 2019 has been able to produce, so far. USA TODAY Skip the ties, the mugs and the grill tools for Father’s Day this year. Instead, give your dad the gift of some time on the couch together, watching TV you’ll both enjoy.  When it comes to watching television with a parent, it can be hard to make sure that everyone will like your pick, and, more importantly, that there’s nothing in it that will make you squirm with awkwardness (cough, nudity and sex, cough).  To help you pi ..read more

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic “Romeo and Juliet” and the miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth,” died Saturday at 96. While Zeffirelli was most popularly known for his films, his name was also inextricably linked to the theater and opera. He produced classics for the world’s most famous opera houses, from Milan’s venerable La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and plays for London and Italian stages. Zeffirelli’s son Luciano said his father died ..read more

After days of protests, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that the government will suspend its controversial extradition bill.         Sahred From Source link World News ..read more

The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And when the second person in this Uganda border town died after the virus outbreak spread from neighboring Congo , the hospital for several hours couldn’t find a vehicle to take away the body. “We don’t really have an isolation ward,” the Bwera Hospital’s administrator, Pedson Buthalha, told The Associated Press. “It’s just a tent. To be honest, we can’t accommodate more than five people.” Medical workers leading Uganda’s effort against Ebola la ..read more

One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than Switzerland where thousands of the animals have been slaughtered in recent years. The apparent turnaround in Niassa reserve in a remote region of northern Mozambique comes after the introduction of a rapid intervention police force and more assertive patrolling and response by air, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the reserve with Mozambique’s government and sever ..read more

Liberal environmental activist and lawyer Zuzana Caputova was inaugurated Saturday as the first female president of Slovakia. Caputova took the oath of office at a special session of Parliament, becoming Slovakia’s fifth president since it gained independence after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The 45-year-old has little experience in politics but attracted voters who are appalled by corruption and mainstream politics. Her election to the largely ceremonial post defied a wave of gains for far right populists across Europe. “I’m not here to rule, I’m here to serve,”Caputova said ..read more

Miami Dolphins players who do not stand on the field during the national anthem could face up to a four-game suspension under a new team policy. The Associated Press reported Thursday that a nine-page discipline document classifies anthem protests as “conduct detrimental to the club.” Under the National Football League’s collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union, teams can fine players a maximum of one week’s salary and/or suspend them for up to four games for this type of violation. A team source confirmed the report to BuzzFeed News, but cautioned that the club has not yet ..read more

The Trump Administration wants to dramatically cut the expert panels that widely advise federal agencies on pollution, public health, spending, and planning, according to a White House executive order released late on Friday. Often called “the fifth arm of government,” there are about 1,000 of these advisory committees that act as a reality check on agencies, operating under a 1972 law that makes their deliberations transparent to the public. “Each agency shall, by September 30, 2019, terminate at least one-third of its current committees,” the Friday executive order says. “If the combined ..read more