One of China’s Picks for a Torchbearer is an Army Commander

China has often condemned what it calls the politicization of the Olympics, including the diplomatic boycott that the United States is trying to organize. Still, China’s selection of the first of 1,200 torchbearers came as a shock. nationalist note: A colonel fighting Indian forces at the western tip of the Himalayas. Colonel Qi Fabao, a …

A Permanent Army of Actors Keeps Germany’s Theaters Going

BERLIN – One of Germany’s best-known theatrical exports is the Regietheater, a staging approach that gives directors godlike powers to rewrite and reinterpret plays as they see fit. The aesthetic sensibilities, philosophical preoccupations and egos of the directors here help set the tone and define the identities of the country’s most high-profile playhouses. But make …

‘Army of Thieves’ Review: A Little Help From Some Old Friends

The heist at the center of the action-horror zombie movie Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” directed for Netflix earlier this year, wasn’t much of a heist—a cursory, surface-level safe-cracking scene that felt like a short break from all the violent zombie mayhem going on around it. “Army of Thieves,” a prequel starring and directed …

Netflix Surveillance New Jersey Army Base for Massive Production Center

Netflix wants to transform a crumbling Army base in New Jersey into one of the largest film and television production centers in the Northeast, a plan that has at least one major backer: Governor Phil Murphy. Tuesday, Netflix He said he would bid for a 289-acre piece of land. Monmouth Castle, about 50 miles south …

‘I Need an Army’: Schools in America Are Closing For Covid Tests

SAN ANTONIO — Last Thursday, Ciara Brown, a senior at Fox Tech High School in San Antonio, stood on a small white desk, lowered her face mask, and performed a test still nonstandard in American schools: rub a cotton nose. “Testing is very easy,” he said. “It’s not as scary as I thought – it’s …

At Army Football Match, September 11 Anniversary Gives Tone of Solemnity

“It doesn’t feel completely finished due to domestic and international threats. Part of this closure won’t be the way we think of a lane parade for some of our other shootouts. ” Updated September 11, 2021 at 3:46 PM ET Still, with the last soldiers to leave Afghanistan, this year’s seniors are the first to …

To Combat Vaccine Lies, Authorities Are Building an ‘Army of Influencing’

In March, the White House, Dr. He hosted an Instagram Live chat between Fauci and Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez, who has more than 16.6 million Instagram followers and is openly skeptical of vaccines. for 37 minutes argumentMr. Derbez was frank about his concerns. “What if I get the vaccine but it doesn’t protect me against …