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US, EU, Turkey and Arab countries meet in Jordan on Syria.
Diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab countries met yesterday in Jordan to discuss Syria. The meeting ended with a consensus message that the new Syrian authorities must respect the rights of minorities.
Diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab countries met yesterday in Jordan to discuss Syria. The meeting ended with a consensus message that the new Syrian authorities must respect the rights of minorities.
December 15, 2024 at 12:38 PM
US, EU, Turkey and Arab countries meet in Jordan on Syria.
Diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab countries met yesterday in Jordan to discuss Syria. The meeting ended with a consensus message that the new Syrian authorities must respect the rights of minorities.
Diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab countries met yesterday in Jordan to discuss Syria. The meeting ended with a consensus message that the new Syrian authorities must respect the rights of minorities.
Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and current Democratic congresswoman for California, remains in a hospital in Luxembourg after suffering a fall while going down a staircase.
Pelosi, 84 years old, had undergone surgery this Saturday to implant a hip prosthesis.
Pelosi, 84 years old, had undergone surgery this Saturday to implant a hip prosthesis.
December 15, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and current Democratic congresswoman for California, remains in a hospital in Luxembourg after suffering a fall while going down a staircase.
Pelosi, 84 years old, had undergone surgery this Saturday to implant a hip prosthesis.
Pelosi, 84 years old, had undergone surgery this Saturday to implant a hip prosthesis.
Spain shows that structural reforms bring long-term rewards, reform its banks and labour market. A package of measures aiming to boost renewables, including abolishing the “sun tax” that levied additional fees on solar power, has helped green energy boom.
December 15, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Spain shows that structural reforms bring long-term rewards, reform its banks and labour market. A package of measures aiming to boost renewables, including abolishing the “sun tax” that levied additional fees on solar power, has helped green energy boom.
One lesson is to focus on services and not fetishise manufacturing. Although industrial production has not fallen as fast in Spain as in Germany, partly thanks to lower energy costs, it has still stagnated. But tourism has bounced back from its pandemic low,
December 15, 2024 at 7:33 AM
One lesson is to focus on services and not fetishise manufacturing. Although industrial production has not fallen as fast in Spain as in Germany, partly thanks to lower energy costs, it has still stagnated. But tourism has bounced back from its pandemic low,
Spain is on course to be the best-performing rich-world economy of 2024 across a range of measures including GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy and the performance of the stockmarket. Both overall economic growth and the pace of job creation are running faster than in America.
December 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Spain is on course to be the best-performing rich-world economy of 2024 across a range of measures including GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy and the performance of the stockmarket. Both overall economic growth and the pace of job creation are running faster than in America.
Syria will also fail if it becomes an arena for the rivalries of outside powers. It is more likely to prosper if it is left alone. And only if it prospers will millions of refugees choose to return home.
December 15, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Syria will also fail if it becomes an arena for the rivalries of outside powers. It is more likely to prosper if it is left alone. And only if it prospers will millions of refugees choose to return home.
With so much strife, no wonder many share a fatalistic belief that Syria is doomed to collapse into civil war once again. If it does so, they rightly warn, it will export refugees, jihadists and instability beyond the Middle East and into Europe.
December 15, 2024 at 7:18 AM
With so much strife, no wonder many share a fatalistic belief that Syria is doomed to collapse into civil war once again. If it does so, they rightly warn, it will export refugees, jihadists and instability beyond the Middle East and into Europe.
Syria’s new powerbrokers are hardly men of peace. Until 2016 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was known as Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of alQaeda. Its founder, Ahmad al-Sharaa, had fought the Americans as a member of IS in Iraq under the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Jolani.
December 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Syria’s new powerbrokers are hardly men of peace. Until 2016 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was known as Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of alQaeda. Its founder, Ahmad al-Sharaa, had fought the Americans as a member of IS in Iraq under the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Jolani.
Now that Mr Assad has fled to Moscow, the question is where will liberation lead. In a part of the world plagued by ethnic violence and religious strife, many fear the worst
December 15, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Now that Mr Assad has fled to Moscow, the question is where will liberation lead. In a part of the world plagued by ethnic violence and religious strife, many fear the worst
President Biden, Vice President Harris and Gershkovich’s family greeted the Journal reporter after the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
December 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
President Biden, Vice President Harris and Gershkovich’s family greeted the Journal reporter after the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of a major prisoner swap. The reporter and more than a dozen others jailed by the Kremlin were exchanged for Russians held in the U.S. and Europe.
December 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of a major prisoner swap. The reporter and more than a dozen others jailed by the Kremlin were exchanged for Russians held in the U.S. and Europe.
Like a Phoenix, the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris is reborn
December 7, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Like a Phoenix, the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris is reborn
@nytimes.com Trump’s threats could backfire for the dollar
Excessive use of tariffs and sanctions tends to steer other economies away from the dollar.
The New York Times (International Edition)BY ALAN RAPPEPORT
Excessive use of tariffs and sanctions tends to steer other economies away from the dollar.
The New York Times (International Edition)BY ALAN RAPPEPORT
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 AM
@nytimes.com Trump’s threats could backfire for the dollar
Excessive use of tariffs and sanctions tends to steer other economies away from the dollar.
The New York Times (International Edition)BY ALAN RAPPEPORT
Excessive use of tariffs and sanctions tends to steer other economies away from the dollar.
The New York Times (International Edition)BY ALAN RAPPEPORT
France, if it were not completely swallowed up by its political and budgetary debacle, would have the legitimacy to lead a diplomatic assault against the leaders of the Georgian Dream. Two of the main protagonists of the crisis are in fact French nationals.
Pro-putin oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili,
Pro-putin oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili,
December 6, 2024 at 10:49 AM
France, if it were not completely swallowed up by its political and budgetary debacle, would have the legitimacy to lead a diplomatic assault against the leaders of the Georgian Dream. Two of the main protagonists of the crisis are in fact French nationals.
Pro-putin oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili,
Pro-putin oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili,
Georgia: "If Europe does not take up the issue, it will be Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump who will resolve the matter. In their own way", political scientist Thornike Gordadze
December 6, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Georgia: "If Europe does not take up the issue, it will be Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump who will resolve the matter. In their own way", political scientist Thornike Gordadze
In 1994, President Bill Clinton brokered an agreement among Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Britain in which Ukraine agreed to give up 2,000 nuclear weapons. In exchange, Russia pledged to “respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine”
December 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
In 1994, President Bill Clinton brokered an agreement among Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Britain in which Ukraine agreed to give up 2,000 nuclear weapons. In exchange, Russia pledged to “respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine”
A Capitol rioter from Texas tried to join Russia’s military to fight against Ukraine.
On Oct. 28, Kevin Daniel Loftus, 56, attempted to fly to Turkey while still serving probation for a misdemeanor charge related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
On Oct. 28, Kevin Daniel Loftus, 56, attempted to fly to Turkey while still serving probation for a misdemeanor charge related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
December 5, 2024 at 3:26 PM
A Capitol rioter from Texas tried to join Russia’s military to fight against Ukraine.
On Oct. 28, Kevin Daniel Loftus, 56, attempted to fly to Turkey while still serving probation for a misdemeanor charge related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
On Oct. 28, Kevin Daniel Loftus, 56, attempted to fly to Turkey while still serving probation for a misdemeanor charge related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
December 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM
How easy it is to reject and erase all annoying or inappropriate imaginations, and immediately find yourself in total calm!
MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2
MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2
November 29, 2024 at 7:48 AM
How easy it is to reject and erase all annoying or inappropriate imaginations, and immediately find yourself in total calm!
MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2
MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2
The song is about a student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer, with the dark lyrics disguised by an upbeat sound. McCartney described the song as symbolic of the downfalls of life, being "my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does"
.. to Trump
.. to Trump
November 28, 2024 at 7:50 PM
The song is about a student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer, with the dark lyrics disguised by an upbeat sound. McCartney described the song as symbolic of the downfalls of life, being "my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does"
.. to Trump
.. to Trump
George Harrison’s interview.
John Lennon complained that George had apparently forgotten him while writing his autobiography. Lennon said: “I was hurt by it … By glaring omission in the book, my influence on his life is absolutely zilch and nil … I’m not in the book.”
John Lennon complained that George had apparently forgotten him while writing his autobiography. Lennon said: “I was hurt by it … By glaring omission in the book, my influence on his life is absolutely zilch and nil … I’m not in the book.”
November 28, 2024 at 7:20 PM
George Harrison’s interview.
John Lennon complained that George had apparently forgotten him while writing his autobiography. Lennon said: “I was hurt by it … By glaring omission in the book, my influence on his life is absolutely zilch and nil … I’m not in the book.”
John Lennon complained that George had apparently forgotten him while writing his autobiography. Lennon said: “I was hurt by it … By glaring omission in the book, my influence on his life is absolutely zilch and nil … I’m not in the book.”
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears
Trump’s new tariff pledges send a clear signal that he wants to rewrite the terms of North America’s free-trade pact
November 27, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Trump’s new tariff pledges send a clear signal that he wants to rewrite the terms of North America’s free-trade pact
A trade war involving retaliatory tariffs between the U.S. and Europe would harm all sides, the European Central Bank’s vice president said.
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
A trade war involving retaliatory tariffs between the U.S. and Europe would harm all sides, the European Central Bank’s vice president said.