Month: October 2019

“Never get into a well with an American rope” goes the saying spreading across the Middle East, as the US abandons its Kurdish allies in Syria to a Turkish invasion force. People in the region are traditionally cynical about the loyalty of great powers to their local friends, but even they are shocked by the…

Leading Republican and Democrat senators have launched a joint push to impose hard-hitting sanctions on Turkey over its military offensive in Syria, despite Donald Trump’s limited condemnation. Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator for South Carolina and one the US president’s most prominent allies, joined Democrat Chris Van Hollen in publishing a bill to punish Turkey…

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has been one of President Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, on Wednesday said Kurdish fighters in Syria had been “shamelessly abandoned by the Trump Administration” in its sudden decision to pull U.S. troops from northern Syria, leaving America’s longtime allies in the fight against the Islamic State group exposed…

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea.”  The Nobel committee said during its announcement Friday that the coveted prize was also meant to recognize all the…

WASHINGTON — The president’s decision to bulk up his legal team with former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy amid a widening impeachment inquiry is drawing criticism from one of his high-profile supporters. On Wednesday morning, the day after news leaked that Gowdy was set to serve as outside counsel to the president, Victoria Toensing, a veteran Washington…

NEW YORK — Brian Mulkeen, 33, had a fascination with heroes and action movies. It did not surprise his friends when he became a New York City police officer, in an aggressive plainclothes unit focused on getting guns off the street. Antonio Lavance Williams, 27, a cook and a father of two from Binghamton, New…

MINNEAPOLIS — At his first campaign rally since House Democrats initiated an impeachment inquiry targeting him, a defiant President Trump blasted the opposition party’s investigations at a campaign rally before an arena of boisterous supporters who, like Trump, likened the congressional oversight efforts to a “coup.” “From day one, the wretched Washington swamp has been…

The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories. What’s happening: President Trump and his administration have stepped up their battle against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry taking place in the House of Representatives. On Tuesday, the White House announced it would refuse to cooperate with committees probing allegations that the president withheld aid money in…

Share 11th Oct 2019 It’s not easy being a woman (or man) in this day and age and self-love can be one of the hardest feelings and states of being to cultivate. I’ve always been big on self-love as, quite frankly, I don’t see the use in feeling otherwise about oneself, but like everyone I…

How to fall asleep by Francesca Zak. Francesca Zak, @francesca.zakHow to fall asleep is the reimagining of abandoned imagery and the traditions of storytelling and memory. The work serves as a reimagining of the visual and hidden languages that were developed and learned between the artist and her grandmothers. It is the kind of language…