U.S. President Barack Obama said his government was interested in starting a new relationship with Venezuela.

e3300eb16b6f8e5bae9c229bc9332b8bPresident Barack Obama made a good case for why the continued threat of military action against Syria was necessary despite rapidly unfolding diplomatic efforts to avert the use of American force. It was a good case, but perhaps not good enough to persuade enough Americans, and members of Congress, that a military strike needs to remain an option.

C.M., Athens

e3300eb16b6f8e5bae9c229bc9332b8bEven 10 years later, the original The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker?holds up remarkably well.

A man rushes into a television studio during the taping of a kids' talent show, the unimaginatively named KiddieFame, and takes the audience hostage. Most of the hostages are children. Police and security forces gather in the square outside the theatre with throngs of people, and the city is both horrified and captivated. One thing is clear, Taylor is making a statement here.