Turkey’s air force in September made a public appeal to hundreds of former pilots to return to its depleted ranks to replace more than 350 airmen purged after July’s failed coup. The call has largely gone unanswered, according to military officials and former pilots, as the deep divisions exposed by …
There is a risk of a trade war between America and China FOR decades, American grand strategy has been built on three pillars: open trade and the prosperity that flows from it; strong formal and informal alliances, from Japan to Australia to Singapore; and the promotion of democratic values. It …
Researchers say the death of coral reefs could leave people worldwide without protection from storms and could harm fishing and tourism industries. Coral reefs around the globe already are facing unprecedented damage because of warmer and more acidic oceans. It’s hardly a problem affecting just the marine life that depends on them or …
Source: You Blink and They’re Old Again – Cheezburger
The Turkey-Kurdish peace process that Erdoğan once championed hits a new low, felled by Syria’s conflict and his own ambition. LONDON — Promoting Turkey’s most serious attempt ever to negotiate an end to a three-decade-long Kurdish insurgency, then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared in early 2013 that, “We will drink …
Signs that polar vortex may be heading south. It has been an early and quite vicious start to the winter in parts of Eastern Europe. From the Baltic Sea states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the west; to Russia’s Siberia in the east; and the Caucuses in the south; …
Cypriot Greek and Turkish communities on Monday opened the newly restored Apostolos Andreas monastery – a jointly funded project – as the island’s two leaders met in Switzerland for talks on a conflict that has defied mediation for decades. The 5 million euro ($6 million) project began in 2014 on …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A committee in Mexico’s lower house of congress on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Enrique Pena Nieto for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, an idea that sparked big demonstrations by both supporters and opponents. The measure on enshrining same-sex couples’ right to wed in the constitution …
On Nov. 10, 1989, East German border guards tore away parts of the Berlin Wall Friday as thousands of their countrymen swarmed through the symbol of a divided Europe, testing the government’s open border decree and further crumbling the Iron Curtain. Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of …
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“The peaceful transfer of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. And over the next few months, we are going to show that to the world.” ~PRESIDENT OBAMA, on the transition to the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump. Source: Quotation of the Day – The New York …
