Month: August 2023
‘Double discrimination’: In French soccer, being female and LGBTQ
‘Double discrimination’: In French soccer, being female and LGBTQ | View caption Hide caption Soccer matches that end in a brawl are relatively rare. But such offensive comments from coaches, players, and the public remain commonplace in soccer, for both women and men, in France and across Europe. Despite a new rule implemented over the…
U.S. Activists Arrested at European Air Bases Protesting U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stationed There
Fire Expert Says Climate & Native Vegetation Changes Fueled Explosive Maui Wildfires
As Fires Destroy Native Hawaiian Archive in Maui, Mutual Aid Efforts Are Launched to Help Lahaina
Cellphone at 50: Its inventor reflects on mobile advances and risks
First Look Cellphone at 50: Its inventor reflects on mobile advances and risks Cellphone inventor Martin Cooper, who placed the first mobile call on April 3, 1973, remains hopeful the technology can transform lives, but he’s also concerned about its impact. “We don’t have any privacy anymore,” Mr. Cooper said at a trade show in Spain.…
What we learned from Donald Trump’s tax return
What we learned from Donald Trump’s tax return The return is a case study for why the Alternative Minimum Tax, for all its flaws, serves a useful purpose. But it’s mostly strong evidence that the basic law desperately needs fixing. | View caption Hide caption It turns out that Donald Trump and I are members…
Russian exiled leader: Post-Putin era may be ‘months’ away
Monitor Breakfast Russian exiled leader: Post-Putin era may be ‘months’ away | View caption Hide caption Mr. Ponomarev was also a key founder of something called the Congress of People’s Deputies – a kind of Russian parliament-in-exile composed of opposition leaders and other former Duma members. The 93-member body held its first meeting last November…
Hunt for pervert priest who fled to Italy with teen ‘grooming’ victim
A priest once hailed for his good looks online is now a wanted criminal. Father Alex Crow of Mobile, Alabama, is wanted by the authorities for allegedly fleeing to Italy with a high school student. The student, whose identity has not been released, was once his congregant, and they met when she was his parishioner. …
Lebanon shootout: Army deploys to village after 2 killed in gunfight
Lebanese army troops deployed on Thursday in a Christian village following a deadly shootout there the previous evening between residents and members of the Shiite group Hezbollah. A Hezbollah member and a Christian resident were killed in Wednesday’s exchange of fire in the village of Kahaleh, near Beirut, in an incident that began when a…