The attackers charged into the hotel at around 9pm local time (4:30pm UK time) and began gunning down guests, officials said. Details of the incident were unclear but the attackers appeared to have included suicide bombers, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. An official at the Afghan spy agency said: […]
Daily Archives: January 20, 2018
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The State Department, which represents the US in international affairs and foreign policy, has issued the advice amid escalating tensions with Kim Jong-un’s regime. A US passport will no longer get you into North Korea, but a special validation is possible in rare cases. The department’s first recommendation to travellers […]
MIRROR NEURONS MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE PART OF THE TEAM One of my favorite things to mess with my friends about while we’re watching football is how they seem to genuinely believe that as fans, they are one with the team — and habitually refer to their favorite teams as […]
Turkish Jets Bomb Kurdish-Controlled Syrian City of Afrin More (KOCABEYLI, Turkey) — Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to expand Turkey’s military border operations against a Kurdish group that has been the U.S.’s key Syria ally in […]
News analysis WASHINGTON — In the musical “Hamilton,” the Aaron Burr character stops the show with a jazzy tune about his outsider’s lust for political power. He wants to join the likes of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton in “the room where it happens.” Like Burr, Donald Trump is an […]
Jionni Conforti, a transgender man in his 30s, was scheduled to have a total hysterectomy in the summer of 2015. The surgery was deemed medically necessary by both his primary care physician and his therapist as part of his treatment for gender dysphoria, and a surgeon had agreed to perform […]
Back in 1989 Connery played Indy’s father, Henry Jones, in the third outing of the series, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. After a gap of almost two decades, a fourth film called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was announced. It’s been 10 years since it […]
The USS Hopper came within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island on Wednesday, China’s foreign ministry stated. The small island, also known as the Scarborough Shoal, is a disputed territory also claimed by the Philippines. The US has slammed China for constructing islands and military installations in the region, arguing […]