James Anderson & Stuart Broad Recalled By England For New Zealand Tests

“We are the people! We are the people!” Replete with boos, cheers, a brass band, and even a puppet show, this weekly gathering in the small eastern German city of Zittau could be easily mistaken for a pantomime performance. But the messages and ideas spread at the cobbled square in front of city hall are deadly serious: flags of far-right groups dot the scene as speakers rile up a crowd of 600. “How did an ideology-driven elite manage to completely destroy the livelihoods of such a well-educated people as the Germans?” shouts Karin Viehweg, a far-right activist in her late 50s, over the loudspeaker in late November, nodding to the cost-of-living crisis and Germany’s left-leaning government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Patience is a virtue when it comes to being a SZA fan: the R&B singer-songwriter has dragged out the release of the follow-up to her universally acclaimed debut album Ctrl for five years, practically a lifetime in pop music. Throughout that time, SZA has fought bitterly with her label for artistic control, battled depression and anxiety following her grandmother’s death, and scored a top three Billboard hit and Grammy with Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More.” All of these disparate factors raised the intrigue and expectations surrounding her new album to a roiling fever pitch. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] SZA teased the album all the way back in 2017 in TIME, saying: “I’m so tired of talking about myself.

(WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she now has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow voting majority in the Senate. Sinema has modeled her political approach on the renegade style of the late Republican Sen.

As Republicans try to shake off their loss in Georgia’s Senate runoff, the final election in a midterm election cycle where they fell far short of their own expectations, the soul searching has begun. And among many of the party elite, one idea in particular is gaining traction: the GOP war on voting by mail was a strategic blunder. “One of the first lessons we have to take from the midterms is the power of early voting,” tweeted conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk last month.

In a year when the movies are mediocre, there are always actors. In a year when the movies are terrific—and 2022 has turned out to be such a year—there are that many more actors doing astonishing work. Here are snapshots of 10 of the year’s finest performances, and at the end, a selection of others, any of which could have easily made this list.

Dr. Jennifer Lincoln has amassed nearly 3 million followers on TikTok through her frank, educational videos about sex, abortion, and reproductive care. And soon, she told TIME, the Oregon-based OB-GYN will take on a new role as Executive Director of Mayday Health, a health-education nonprofit founded in the wake of Dobbs v.