It’s never been a very good house. We will likely sell it soon, not long after the boy goes off to college. We’ve never been able to get the water pressure right, and the fireplace faces in a funky direction. The walls are too close. Like, right there. There are a million things wrong with […]
President Trump’s national security advisor has taken a wrecking ball to parts of the National Security Council. TOP STORIES Trump’s Remaking of the NSC The National Security Council has served as the intelligence and foreign policy hub of the White House since 1947. But in less than half a year, it’s undergone a remarkable transformation. […]
PALOCH, South Sudan — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by the Associated Press. The reports also contain accounts of “alarming” birth defects, […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On Thursday, for the first time in a week, 26-year-old Abdullah left his small dorm room at the Wuhan University of Technology in China to buy fruit and spices to cook the food of his native Pakistan. As Wuhan is gripped by the coronavirus outbreak, Abdullah and hundreds of Pakistani students are locked […]
The FIA’s investigation into the tragic F2 accident at Spa that claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert has cleared the drivers involved of any responsibilities. Hubert died as a result of massive injuries sustained when his car was struck at full speed at the top of Raidillon corner by Juan Manuel Correa, who suffered severe […]
Persol is teaming up with French fashion brand A.P.C. for the Spring/Summer 2020 season. According to an announcement from the Italian luxury eyewear label, this is its first collaboration in half a century. Together, Persol and A.P.C. created three color variants on the eyewear brand’s iconic 649 model, which was originally designed in 1957 for […]
OTTAWA — A second Canadian plane carrying evacuees from the quarantined region of Hubei, China, has landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in southern Ontario. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a release Tuesday that the plane landed with 130 Canadians and 58 accompanying family members. Officials say all the passengers aboard the plane […]
TOKYO — Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that 39 new cases of a virus have been confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined at a Japanese port. The update brings the total number of coronavirus cases found on the Diamond Princess to 174. The ministry also said the virus was confirmed in an official who participated […]
OTTAWA — Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis has become the first woman approved to run for the federal Conservative party leadership, saying she wants the job to bring courage and compassion back to politics. Lewis has been working for weeks to sign up supporters and raise funds to support her bid, handing in the first 1,000 […]
Click:F80001-1 WINNIPEG — Canada is keeping up the pressure on Iran to involve outside experts in the investigation into downed Ukrainian jetliner PS752, amid signs that Iran is balking at turning over the flight data recorders. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrote Sunday to his Iranian counterpart to stress Canada’s view that the black boxes […]