Maybe it’s all the sunshine, or the open spaces and never-ending views around every corner, but Lisbon doesn’t feel like other capital cities. Wandering the steep cobbled streets past tile-clad buildings and little shops that look like they’ve been there for 100 years can make you feel like you’re in a time warp. But Lisbon’s charms are not all in the past tense: Its unique vibe has been luring in arty types from all over for the past few years. Concept stores, galleries and coffee shops are popping up like mushrooms. The art scene is buzzing. Not to mention the surfing that’s less than an hour away. This grand little city at the edge of Europe is moving and shaking, and who better than the Instagrammers who love it to give us the lowdown.

Third time’s the charm. After twice collapsing from lack of support, a revised AHCA has been passed by the House of Representatives. The updated bill, which overhauls the current subsidy-based system, removes protections for those with pre-existing conditions but promises $8 billion to help cover those costs.

Only younger brothers will understand me. We're following in the footsteps of older brothers. You are looking up to your brother. You want to do the same things. You want to do as good as he and do it even better."

 --Wladimir Klitschko

By Alex P. Vidal

NEW YORK CITY -- Blood is thicker than water. 

Now a full-fledged politician as head of the Kieve City State Administration and mayor of Kieve, Vitali Klitschko might be forced to step on the ring once more to avenge the shocking technical knockout loss of his brother, Wladimir, who was badly butchered by British IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a double world title tussle at the Wembley Stadium, London on April 29, 2017. 

"Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke." 

--Josh Homme.

By Alex P. Vidal

NEW YORK CITY -- The incident occured in the morning on April 2, 2004 while I was being interviewed by GMA-7 in the lobby of the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center in Iloilo City, Philippines.

It may not be fait accompli. Considering “doomed” Donald Trump’s November victory, there’s still a chance for right-wing nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s French presidential election. Polls show centrist Emmanuel Macron winning by 24 points, but his campaign announced late Friday that it’s been hit by a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation.

With a fist flying toward his face, the fighter raises his left forearm to block, swivels to his right and strikes back, throwing his right fist upward and sending his opponent to the ground. For the first time in a boxing ring, a fighter was successfully using what would later be called an uppercut. Back then, it was simply called “the Mendoza.”

Long before the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson or Joe Louis, Daniel Mendoza came out swinging, elevating London’s 18th-century street fighting into a science. He ducked fists, faced anti-Semitism and overcame his small stature to rise to the top, and his fine-tuned boxing techniques are still with us today.