Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from July 24, 2018

Leader of breakaway South Ossetia meets Assad in Syria

The leader of South Ossetia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, met Moscow's ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LIFzo5

A Road Runs Through Matt Lauer’s New Zealand Ranch. Access Is an Issue.

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LNwzOc

When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health

By ANAHAD O’CONNOR from NYT Well https://ift.tt/2A21HZe

‘I Didn’t Know How to Stop Him’: Ohio State Abuse Scandal Widens

By JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Lx1dii

Jacob deGrom, With the Best E.R.A. in Majors, Falls to 5-5

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2JOEedE

Trump, Pakistan, Macron: Your Tuesday Briefing

By REMY TUMIN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2uIixag

Jane Austen’s First Buyer? Likely a Prince She Hated

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Lfm2zc

What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Rock Rubber 45s’ and ‘Drunk History’

By SARA ARIDI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2uYcfTq

North Korea Starts Dismantling Key Missile Facilities, Report Says

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2LJVCSv

Venezuela’s Fate: Brother, Can You Spare a Million Bolívars?

By NICHOLAS CASEY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2mEK8F5

Stormy Daniels and Her Husband Are Divorcing, Lawyer Confirms

By NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2A4N1sh

Trump’s All-Caps Threat Against Iran: Loud but Hardly Clear

By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NERT98

Review: ‘Straight White Men,’ Now Checking Their Privilege on Broadway

By JESSE GREEN from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2ObzUbJ

A Lethargic Gary Sanchez Costs the Yankees in Tampa Bay

By PETER KERASOTIS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Lflp8O

Hall of Fame or Not, Chase Utley Was ‘The Man’ for Philadelphia

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2OaYREc

New Audio Materials Seized in Cohen Inquiry Are Turned Over to Prosecutors

By BENJAMIN WEISER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2A1wh57

What 7-Down Is

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2A2Cuh3

Suing Las Vegas Victims Got Headlines. Outcome Could Be Big News, Too.

By CRAIG A. NEWMAN from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2LI8bxL

Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches

A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150 as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, with huge flames trapping families with children as they fled. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JNL3w0

Rights groups critical of muted international action ahead of 'one-sided' Cambodian poll

The U.S.-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and rights groups say they are disappointed by the muted international action ahead of a general election in Cambodia on Sunday which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to win easily. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mCIjZ3

Thousands of Philippine poor nabbed in Duterte's latest war - on loitering

Each night, police in teams of about a dozen fan out across the most rundown areas of the Philippine capital, rounding up slum-dwellers who linger in the streets, or teenagers who play in makeshift computer gaming shops. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LwZWI2

Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics

Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of kidnap and killing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JOpStJ

Another 26 casualties found from Greek wildfire: Greek Red Cross

Greece's Red Cross organization said on Tuesday the bodies of around 26 victims of a devastating forest fire east of Athens had been discovered, substantially raising a death toll from an inferno which ravaged the area on Monday evening. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2mD2eaj

Ozil departure puts focus on German relations with Turkish community

German soccer star Mesut Ozil's decision to quit the national team due to "racism and disrespect" he faced over his Turkish roots triggered a bad-tempered public debate on Monday about the country's relations with its largest immigrant community. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uXVHuy

Several more victims found from Greek wildfire: Reuters witness

A Reuters witness saw casualties on Tuesday from a devastating fire which ripped through a tiny Greek resort on Monday afternoon, potentially raising the death toll substantially from an official figure of 24. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uM2vMD