Ivanka Trump, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s older daughter, at Trump Tower in Manhattan last month.
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Joe Manchin says he has already spoken to Trump more than he has to Obama.
Philadelphia 76ers NBA coach Brett Brown is expected to be called to give evidence in a court case involving Australian basketball great Shane Heal who is facing with three counts of fraud relating to an alleged $750,000 scam.
Members of the National Federation of Indian Railway Men (NFIRM) demanded adequate safety and security for the railway personnel in the East Central Railway zone under Dhanbad division, during their conference in Barwadeeh block in Latehar district on Thursday.
Andrew S. Erickson
Security, Asia
If the past is any guide, China may test the new administration early on. Beijing's “maritime militia” could play an important part.
China’s Leninist leadership has rightly been termed the “high church of realpolitik.” Beijing’s leaders believe that even small changes in foreign leaders, correlation of forces, or the relative balance of power have important significance. If they appear in flux, China probes for opportunities. If meeting minimal or manageable resistance... Читать дальше...
The leaders of tech were close-mouthed about their meeting but this is what went on behind closed doors, Recode reports.
Latest triumph for Indigenous groups on Cape York Peninsula adds to the number of jointly managed parks spread over 2 million hectares in the area.
Unlike the AFL,Cricket Australia and Ten have not marginalised the women's competition.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking a federal court to order the state to release a list of about 21,000 people who have temporary driver's licenses in an apparent effort to bolster his claims…
ANZ Bank chief executive Shayne Elliot says the current operating environment is dominated by headwinds, none of which are likely to change soon.
A cross-party group of British parliamentarians met with Russia’s UK ambassador, Alexander Yakovenko, in a bid to heal the rift in the countries’ approach to Syria. On Thursday, Yakovenko was also summoned to the Foreign Office over concerns related to Aleppo.
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More than five years after Tunisia's authoritarian leadership was overthrown in the Arab Spring revolution, a still-tormented country is revisiting its brutal past in hopes of healing.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Chicago, but it feels more like the Ice Age, according to a number of Chicagoans on social media. Some Midwesterners are lamenting the cloudy, frigid weather by giving their city the nickname “Chiberia.”
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Christopher A. Preble
Security, Asia
The nation's interest, not friendship, should guide the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
I was honored to participate in the Soho Forum’s successful debate earlier this week in New York City concerning the question of whether, "The United States should be prepared to use force in defense of friendly nations even when not subject to the direct threat of force."
Arguing in the affirmative was the esteemed constitutional scholar Richard Epstein. Читать дальше...
Stepan Goncharov, Dina Smeltz, Lily Wojtowicz
Politics, Eurasia
While an improving tenor in official relations could lead Russians to warm to the United States, American public opinion may be more resistant.
At first glance, recent public opinion surveys in Russia and the United States paint a gloomy picture on the state of U.S.-Russia relations. Mutual favorability ratings are at their lowest levels since the end of the Cold War, and each public shows significant distrust toward the other. Читать дальше...
Veteran journalist Gary Adshead has quit Radio 6PR.
Daniel R. DePetris
Security, Asia
Are U.S. objectives realistic?
One of the more disturbing aspects of the 2016 presidential campaign — besides the name-calling, the callousness and the outright falsehoods that all of the candidates engaged in over a span of eighteen months — was the fact that nobody really spoke in concrete or detailed terms about America’s military involvement in Afghanistan. If Afghanistan were some blip on the radar screen, where the president decided... Читать дальше...
Tom Spoehr
Security, Americas
The Pentagon’s budget woes aren’t that simple.
There’s no shortage of waste in the daily operations of the Pentagon. Inefficient, culture-bound business practices, excessive layers of management, redundant capabilities between the military services and the defense bureaucracy—all contribute to excessive waste.
There is nothing new in this observation. Thus, when the Washington Post broke the story about a study supposedly identifying “evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste... Читать дальше...
Women of Kasmar, 40km from the district headquarters, and Chandankyari blocks are going to make a difference to the administration's initiative of making the blocks open defecation-free (ODF).
The sports broadcaster, known for his colorful suits, battled leukemia with a smile on his face.
PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona has fixated on the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate for more than five years, going so far as to send a deputy and member of his volunteer posse to Hawaii…
The outback Queensland city of Mount Isa has been cut in two by floodwaters following heavy rainfall.
