Yearly Archives: 2018

Sunday Reading: Nights at the Cinema

A collection of New Yorker reviews of classic movies that reveal how they were first received, including “The Wizard of Oz,” “Citizen Kane,” “All About Eve,” “Star Wars,” “Apocalypse Now,” and more.

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Donald Trump Goes Rogue

In half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, “Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out,” George Packer writes.

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An oil giant is taking big steps; Saudi Arabia can’t afford for it to slip

The state-run oil giant that operates Saudi Aramco is the economic force behind Saudi Arabia’s transformation into a regional powerhouse. The deep oil reserves, which the company extracts, transports and sells, have made the country an important part of a geopolitical equation.

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Jewish artifacts disappear from Damascus in fog of Syria war

Activists say the artifacts, moved from the now-destroyed Jobar Synagogue in Damascus’ eastern Ghouta suburb when it was taken by rebels, were allegedly put into safe keeping to avoid theft and damage in 2013, but twice since then local officials have discovered some are missing.

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When it comes to North Korea, no one puts Beijing in a corner

China may not have been at the table for Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s historic summit, but it still scored a strategic victory and sent out a clear message: no one puts Beijing in the corner. Just months earlier, it seemed as though the US might cut China out of its negotiations with the North altogether, as direct contact …

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