Statements by Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron on the Syria Strike Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France issued statements following President Trump’s announcement on Friday evening that the United States had launched airstrikes on Syria. The three governments said they were acting in response […]
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President Trump on Syria Strikes: Full Transcript and Video President Trump addressed the nation on Friday night about his decision to order strikes on Syria, following a suspected chemical attack. The following is the complete text of his remarks, as prepared by The New York Times. My fellow Americans. A […]
How Syria’s Death Toll Is Lost in the Fog of War In seven years, the casualties of Syria’s civil war have grown from the first handful of protesters shot by government forces to hundreds of thousands of dead. But as the war has dragged on, growing more diffuse and complex, […]
British Book Publishers Fear Brexit Will Bring a U.S. Invasion At the opening of the London Book Fair on Tuesday, a mobile massage company set up a row of stools for anyone in need of a shoulder and neck rub. It’s been a feature of the fair for years, but […]
Iran’s currency crisis could bring it one step closer to economic collapse Iran’s currency, the rial, has plummeted to an historic low amid growing economic and political uncertainty, causing a rush to the banks as Iranians desperately try to acquire U.S. dollars with exchanges forced to shut their doors to […]
UK govt agrees on ‘need to take action’ over Syria attack The British government has agreed on the “need to take action” over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said. “Cabinet agreed on the need to take action to alleviate humanitarian distress and […]
Trump weighs Syria options, Russia envoy says he ‘cannot exclude’ war President Donald Trump and his national security aides on Thursday discussed U.S. options on Syria, where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack, as a Russian envoy voiced fears of wider conflict between […]
Study shows Americans are forgetting about the Holocaust Sonia Klein, now 92, survived Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps. “We are not here forever,” she said of the dwindling number of fellow survivors. In 1945, Sonia Klein walked out of Auschwitz. Every day of the 73 years since she has been […]
Cabinet agrees ‘need for action’ in Syria Ministers at a cabinet meeting said it was “highly likely” the Assad regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack. They agreed that the use of chemical weapons must not “go unchallenged”. But Transport Minister Jo Johnson later stressed: “There has been no […]
Facing trade war with U.S., China’s Xi renews vow to open markets, import more President Xi Jinping renewed a pledge Tuesday to open China’s markets further for trade and investment, including its automobile sector, and said he would also work harder to boost imports, in what was seen as a […]
