SEOUL — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday pressed Washington’s case that longtime ally South Korea must pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on its soil. “This is a very strong alliance we have, but Korea is a wealthy country and could and should pay more to help offset the cost […]
MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political crisis following his ouster as president in what he called a coup d’etat that forced him into exile in Mexico. Morales said in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday in Mexico City […]
HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his supporters say raises serious doubt about his guilt. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons […]
VATICAN CITY — A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls. Le Iene, an Italian investigative television program, plans to air the new allegations Sunday; the show provided the broadcast to the Associated […]
A second consecutive double points finish for McLaren in Austria has helped them take a firm lead over the midfield teams in the constructors standings. McLaren is in fourth place in the championship with a 20 point advantage over Renault, giving them a clear upper hand over their rivals. “It’s a great result for McLaren, […]
On 31st Jan, I followed Zekerullah, an Afghan Peace Volunteer who coordinates the Borderfree Street Kids School in Kabul, to visit Zuhair and his family in their rented room. Zuhair attends the School on Fridays with 92 other working and street kids, a minuscule number in the context of 6 million working children in Afghanistan. […]
Renault chassis technical director Nick Chester says the French outfit’s R.S.19 has the pace to lead F1’s midfield, an assertion the team will work to prove in the next few races. With a pair of seventh-place finishes shared between drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo in Australia and China and a double DNF in Bahrain, […]
Like clockwork, cynical calls to expand mass surveillance practices—by continuing the domestic telephone records collection and restricting access to strong encryption—came immediately following the Paris attacks. These calls came before the smoke had even cleared, much less before a serious investigation completed. They came from high places too, including CIA head John Brennan and New […]
Two Zac Efrons are definitely better than one. While visiting Rio for the 2016 Olympics, Efron made a few headlines when he cozied up to Simone Biles and the rest of the Final Five. “They have such heart, you know? There was clearly something special that was going on. I was really excited to come,” […]
It took her a few months, but on Wednesday, Rihanna finally visited the giant headless statue of herself that’s been towering over the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in Germany since June. And luckily for us, RiRi stopped for a photo with her monstrous likeness. “Went to visit my boobs the biggest they’ll ever be […]