North Korea, Southwest Airlines, Barbara Bush: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing Mike Pompeo’s secret visit to North Korea underscores President Trump’s unorthodox approach to one of the riskiest gambits of his presidency. Mr. Trump confirmed that he sent Mr. Pompeo, the C.I.A. director, above, to meet Kim Jong-un over Easter weekend. […]
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Dozens of new Windrush cases being investigated after helpline set up’ Forty-nine new cases are being looked into after a helpline was set up for Windrush generation immigrants, the Home Office has said. It comes after Downing Street defended the decision in 2010 to destroy the landing cards that recorded […]
Bolton dealing to build an Arab military force in Syria President Donald Trump’s newly minted national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo are among those spearheading a push to build a coalition of Arab military forces that could replace US troops in Syria and serve […]
Castro’s successor seen as unlikely to bring sweeping change to Cuba The man likely to become Cuba’s next president is from a younger generation of leaders and has advocated modernizing the island but he is also a longtime Communist Party apparatchik who is not expected to push for sweeping political […]
Scientists can’t explain why diplomats in Cuba are suffering from ‘traumatic brain injury or two years, diplomats posted to Cuba have been suffering a mysterious illness. They say they have heard painful, high-pitched noises and lost their hearing. “Some were asleep and awakened by the sound, even as others sleeping […]
US struck Syria without certainty on sarin Even though US intelligence agencies did not have absolute certainty Syria’s regime had used the nerve agent sarin against civilians, the Trump administration still felt there was enough evidence to justify retaliatory strikes last Friday, several intelligence and defense officials tell CNN. The […]
C.I.A. Chief’s Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Latest Step in Winding Path to Talks Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director and nominee to be the next secretary of state, traveled to North Korea and met with its leader, Kim Jong-un, the strongest indicator to date that plans for direct talks between […]
City employee, supervisor placed on leave over military flags flap in Jacksonville As a petition is posted on change.org demanding a Jacksonville city inspector be fired for citing a Westside store for flying military flags, Mayor Lenny Curry has put her on administrative leave after video of her finger-wagging confrontation […]
Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Striking Syria. He Was Overruled. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged President Trump to get congressional approval before the United States launched airstrikes against Syria last week, but was overruled by Mr. Trump, who wanted a rapid and dramatic response, military and administration officials said. Mr. […]
Father Of Gynecology,’ Who Experimented On Slaves, No Longer On Pedestal In NYC New York City has removed a statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century gynecologist who experimented on enslaved women, from a pedestal in Central Park. The statue will be moved to a cemetery in Brooklyn where Sims, […]
