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Jes Macallan, Caity LotzPhoto: Jeff Weddel (The CW)Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, May 19. All times are Eastern.Top pickDC’s Legends Of Tomorrow (The CW, 9 p.m.): It’s an inevitability in a time-travel story: Eventually, your heroes will find themselves in an apocalypse. So here are the…

Roger Waters released a socially distanced rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” Sunday, with the bassist performing The Wall classic with his touring unit via video. “Social distancing is a necessary evil in Covid world,” Waters tweeted. “Watching ‘Mother’ reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band…

Along with everything else, the coronavirus has upended pop culture: Movie theaters are closed, concerts and other live events are canceled or postponed, TV production is all but shut down. But the powers of the internet and digital media prevail! Whether old or new, there are still plenty of movies…

Zalmay Khalilzad, US envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan has blamed ISIL for the recent attacks, saying Afghans must come together to fight this 'menace'. The United States on Thursday blamed ISIL (ISIS) - not the Taliban - for an attack on a maternity ward in Afghanistan this week in which…

In the spring of 2019, when David Byrne (b. May 14, 1952) took the stage at the third annual Universe in Verse to read a science-inspired love poem to time and chance titled “Achieving Perspective,” I introduced him as one of the last standing idealists in our world — a…

EXCLUSIVE: Orlando von Einsiedel, whose short doc The White Helmets picked up the 2017 Academy Award, is teaming with National Geographic to launch a series of short films celebrating Nobel Peace Prize Laureates from around the world. The five docs will launch on Nat Geo’s YouTube channel on May 20. Three…

The coronavirus pandemic is swiftly rearranging global priorities. The contagion, which has killed more than 288,000 people globally, gave rise to some new rivalries, but it also forced old foes in several parts of the world to pause their conflicts. In March, responding to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's…

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen stormed a hospital in the west of Kabul on Tuesday, killing two newborns and at least 11 other people while triggering a battle with security forces, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said.Another 15 were injured in the attack, officials said.Afghan special forces wrested control of the hospital, which…

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April 2018. (Thomas Coex / Pool)Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo headed to Jerusalem on Tuesday to bolster besieged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and bestow a U.S. blessing on his country's proposed de facto annexation…

Source: 2K GamesWhat you need to knowCivilization VI is an acclaimed strategy experience from 2K Games. It's getting a new expansion pass starting May 21 on almost all platforms. There are going to be lots of premium packs and free updates. You can purchase Civilization VI through Amazon. Civilization VI…