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Putin

Russia and Putin: Is president’s popularity in decline?

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The level of support for President Putin is now under intense debate in Russia Within months of Russian President Vladimir Putin clinching his fourth term in office, Russia hosted the World Cup. It was June 2018, a…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Paris

The fake French minister in a silicon mask who stole millions

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The real Jean-Yves Le Drian is on the left, while the fake Le Drian sits behind a desk in a makeshift office Identity theft is said to be the world's fastest-growing crime, but in sheer chutzpah there can be few con…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping in North Korea: Why China’s president is visiting Kim now

Image copyrightAFPImage caption They've met before but never in North Korea itself China's President Xi Jinping is expected in North Korea on Thursday to meet Kim Jong-un, in the first Chinese state visit to the North since 2005. The two, who have met in …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Feudalism

Trump’s U.K. visit a massive success — despite media

President Trump recently came back from the United Kingdom, where Londoners were beaming with excitement, eager to greet the American president. Banners, flower arrangements, festivities and celebrations surrounded both the banquet with Queen Elizabeth and th…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Paris

Rebirth of a Parisian Legend

In coutures golden era of the 1950s and 60s some women, too, would slip over to Lapérouse to see and to seduce without being seen. The restaurants published history includes Hubert de Givenchy recounting a visit to study the sumptuous décor for a loyal client…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Climate Change

Trump UN pick Kelly Craft breaks with White House on climate change

Image copyrightReuters President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations has broken with his viewpoint on climate change, saying it "poses real risks". Kelly Craft told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing she would "be an advocate for …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Neymar

Football gossip: Lampard, Wan-Bissaka. Pogba, Rice, Maguire

Chelsea hope to appoint Derby boss Frank Lampard as their new manager on a three-year deal by the end of the week. (Standard) Manchester United have agreed a £55m fee with Crystal Palace for 21-year-old England Under-21 defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka. (Record) …

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Yemen Civil War

91,600 killed just in fighting during Yemen civil war since 2015, database says

CAIRO - Yemen’s civil war has killed at least 91,600 people so far, a database tracking violence said Wednesday, presenting a new estimate after completing reporting for the first months of fighting in 2015. The conflict began with the 2014 takeover of north…

bubmagJune 20, 2019

Slavery Abolition

For Juneteenth, These Chefs Honor Family, Freedom And Texas Traditions

Chef Adrian Lipscombe knows how to tell a story on a plate. At the James Beard House on Tuesday night, she and several other black chefs presented a delicious six-course meal to celebrate Juneteenth and honor the traditions of black American foodways. Junet…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Air Pollution

Iran, Reparations, Poet Laureate: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

6. We have the cleanest air in the world in the United States and its gotten better since Im president, President Trump said again this month. But thats not necessarily true. By one crucial metric, the U.S. ranks 10th in air quality. And air pollution is tic…

bubmagJune 19, 2019

Russia and Putin: Is president’s popularity in decline?

The fake French minister in a silicon mask who stole millions

Xi Jinping in North Korea: Why China’s president is visiting Kim now

Trump’s U.K. visit a massive success — despite media

Rebirth of a Parisian Legend

Trump UN pick Kelly Craft breaks with White House on climate change

Football gossip: Lampard, Wan-Bissaka. Pogba, Rice, Maguire

91,600 killed just in fighting during Yemen civil war since 2015, database says

For Juneteenth, These Chefs Honor Family, Freedom And Texas Traditions

Iran, Reparations, Poet Laureate: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

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