Both parties are frenetically chasing votes in the counties that could very well decide the election. In many places, inexperienced conservative groups are going up against a more tightly organized Democratic operation.
Nepalis have complained that China’s breaches of the border threaten their land and their way of life.
Donald J. Trump is feeling aggrieved, unappreciated by donors and fenced in by security concerns in the final stretch of the race.
A second Trump administration would be expected to shred climate polices. California officials are devising ways to insulate its environmental regulations.
CBS Sunday Morning (October 13, 2024): We leave you this Sunday morning along the Yellowstone River at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in the lower 48 states, flowing 671 miles (1080 km) from its source southeast of Yellowstone into the Missouri River and then, eventually, into the Atlantic Ocean. It begins in the Absaroka Mountain Range on Yount Peak. The river enters the park and meanders through the Thorofare region into Yellowstone Lake. It leaves the lake at Fishing Bridge and flows north over LeHardys Rapids and through Hayden Valley.
Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
DW Travel (October 13, 2024): Come with us to Cambridge! DW reporter Clare will show you all the must-sees in the famous English university town. From punting on the Cam river alongside the tradition-rich colleges to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Video timeline: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Breakfast at Fitzbillies bakery 01:27 Stroll around the town, Corpus Christi College 01:50 Corpus Clock 02:09 Punting on the river Cam 03:40 Ryder & Amies souvenir shop 04:20 British lunch with supermarket sandwiches 04:52 Fitzwillam Museum 05:40 Grantechester, Orchard Tea Room🍵 06:27 Ending the day in a pub
What’s more, Clare will show you how she takes a typical English midday break. So, would you like to come on an outing to Cambridge?
Monocle on Sunday (October 13, 2024): Emma Nelson, Alex von Tunzelmann and David Bodanis on the weekend’s biggest talking points.
We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé in Bodrum after the Quality of Life Conference and Monocle’s correspondent in Nairobi, Naveena Kottoor, gives us the latest news from Kenya and the region.
Vice President Kamala Harris is on track to win a majority of Black voters, and has brought many back to her party since taking over for President Biden. Still, a significant gap in support persists.
The Times reviewed the minutes of 10 meetings among Hamas’s top leaders. The records show the militant group avoided several escalations since 2021 to falsely imply it had been deterred — while seeking Iranian support for a major attack.
Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.
They have become pampered family members in South Korea, which has the world’s lowest birthrate and where much of the population lives alone.
The Guardian Weekly (October 12, 2024) – The new issue features ‘The Isolation of Israel’ – On a year of the Israel-Gaza War…
Remember when the existence of natural disasters wasn’t up for ‘debate’? It seems like a long time ago now
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (October 12, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Heart of the Matter’
These terrifying tales by the likes of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson are more than good reads: They’ll freak you out, too.
The memoir, which will cover his time in prison and Russia’s move toward autocracy, will be published by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
The South Korean author, best known for “The Vegetarian,” is the first writer from her country to receive the prestigious award.
Voices of Music (October 12, 2024): Mozart’s motet Exsultate Jubilate, performed on original instruments by the award winning Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Nola Richardson, soprano. The complete is work presented here for the first time in 8K video on period instruments.
Video timeline: 0:00 I. Exsultate Jubilate 5:00 II. Recit: Fulget amica dies 6:04 III. Aria: Tu Virginum Corona 13:11 IV. Alleluia 16:05 Credits
Reconstruction of the recitative: directors Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler reconstructed the recitativo accompagnato string parts from Mozart’s continuo part, and this receives its world premiere here. Months after completing the Divertimento in D Major,
Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart left for their third tour of Italy, with a first stop in Milan. There they met the soprano castrato, composer, and harpsichordist Venanzio Rauzzini, who was cast as one of the leads in Wolfgang Mozart’s new opera Lucio Silla opposite the prima donna Anna Lucia de Amicis.
