The British government said on Saturday it was suspending its plan to cede control of the Chagos Islands – home to the US-British air base Diego Garcia – which has been criticized by US President Donald Trump. The British press…
The prediction that Iran will become America’s next Vietnam—a moral disaster, a pool into which money and lives have been plunged, with the sole effect of weakening the United States and emboldening its enemies—is already widespread among Americans. A few…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed support for China’s push to build a “multilateral world” and called for deeper ties between traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media…
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The city’s promises of active transportation and safe, walkable neighborhoods fall short when parents are told their children cannot safely walk a few hundred meters to school. This happened earlier this year when the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority’s new “Community…
Talks between the US and Iran officially begin in Pakistan. While Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks of “the first glimmer of hope,” the situation is still explosive. Behind the fragile ceasefire lies a complex power structure: Can NATO secure the Strait…
Just once Wow sat down for our interview in the corner of the studio, we had invented a basic, but perhaps annoying question to answer too early: How did your interest in rap, and music in general, begin? For many…
I cut my teeth as a Middle Eastern scholar in places like Damascus, Syria; Ramallah in the West Bank; Ankara, Turkey; Istanbul and Cairo. They are cities with a lot of history or a lot of political influence or both.…
There are no words meaning when Black Friday falls in April and lasts for two weeks. Originally coined to symbolize the pandemonium and chaos when holiday shopping met post-Thanksgiving football games, Black Friday has come to mean “discounts anytime.” And…
