(So much for the Pentagon’s standard claim that supporting the war gives the U.S. influence over how it is waged and so limits civilian casualties.) ... And so many years later, in the chaos of Yemen, the group’s power and reach is only growing. ..…
So although the US doesn’t like Assad and would like to see him step down, it prefers the continuation of Assad’s regime to any potential revolutionary alternative from below. ... So the West’s current policy in Syria is no surprise. Trump’s decision to keep US troops in Syria until..…
Those challenging the law are free to lobby for changes if they’re so inclined, New York conceded. ..…
Lew, President Barack Obama’s Treasury secretary, spent so much time on the Greece debt relief package that senior officials joked he had become the Treasury desk officer for Greece. ..…
As per details, the government rejected the registration of over 18 INGOs last week and some of them have already received the so-called rejection letters. ..…
On World Mission Day, each year we renew our missionary identity so that we may share the gifts of faith with others. In doing so, the Church is restored to her youthful, self-inspiration by the Gospel. ..…
The Charities Act would be amended so that religious charities could not be punished by the government for opposing same sex marriage. . ..…
“Limiting warming to 1.5°C is possible within the laws of chemistry and physics but doing so would require unprecedented changes,” said . co-chair of the IPCC . working group which assesses climate change mitigation. . ..…
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Thank you so much Dean Nasr for your introduction, to Johns Hopkins for inviting me here, and for all of you joining me here today, as well of those of you watching online. . ... Never before have we seen the power of big money over governmental policy so clearly. ..…
Reid, the longtime Democratic leader in the Senate and a powerhouse in Nevada politics, wanted a pickup for Democrats, and Rosen delivered — so much so that Reid, who remains influential, tapped Rosen to take down Dean Heller, the incumbent Republican senator. . ..…
Puigneró sent him a letter a year ago and has not received an answer, even though Ansip promised several times to do so, Puigneró explained to the press. ... Today Puigneró also met with forty MEPs to whom he provided more details about the websites that were taken down, with the goal of having a..…
“I work full-time, so in addition to all of those nausea symptoms, I had to function at work, so my diet was not at the forefront of my mind.” . ..…
“I’m so sorry that I didn’t ask before agreeing to write your recommendation letter, but I regrettably will not be able to write on your behalf,” Peterson wrote in an email to Secker, whose father is Israeli and who has visited Israel several times. ..…
It's honor to serve in White House alongside so many great colleagues and I know that President will nominate formidable replacement for Ambassador Haley. ..…
In this regard, Pope Francis recalled an uncomfortable truth when he observed that “if there are so many young women victims of trafficking who end up on the streets of our cities, it is because many men here – young, middle-aged, elderly – demand these services.”[3] We have a duty in justice..…
Situating Bolsonaro in context, it's inevitable to compare him with the growth of other extreme right-wing politicians and parties Trump in USA Marine Le Pen France The League Italy AfD Germany and so on. ..…
The 40% who call themselves 'extremely enthusiastic' is the highest share to say so in a midterm election cycle since CNN first asked the question in 2009. . ..…
So let’s banish the weapons so that we do not have to live in fear of war, “the Pope later wrote in a tweet @Pontifex_fr. . ..…
In Myanmar, children often have to work to feed their family, so they cannot study. . ... This chapter is not just about listening, so the title should be amended . . 65: The Hard work of listening . ..…
He had visited the consulate days before and was reportedly returning to pick up paperwork proving his divorce so he could remarry. ... So if there is a small price in that area, it’s better than paying a big debt to do that move.” ..…
Please note when using: . the Overseas pensions payment mandate forms you must also complete ‘Form 1’ . the ‘Allocation of pension (AFPS form 3)’: You can allocate up to 37.5% of your pension, so that after you die one or more nominated dependants can receive an income for life (certain..…
One of the virtues of gathering so much material is that I often run across many curious facts, usually representing human stories too small to be noticed in a work focusing solely on large issues. ... One of the virtues of gathering so much material is that I often run across many..…
So who’s Church is it anyway? The layity’s? The parish priests’? The bishops’? ... There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy….in my vision the heavenly chariot flies thundering through the ages, the dull heresies sprawling and prostrate, the wild..…
Their purpose, really, was not so much to think Latin-America as to think the world in the perspective of Latin-America. . . ... It is not the struggle against modernity ( as the so called “traditionalists” want). ..…
At around 13,000 years old, this individual was alive just a millennium or so before some humans first started farming, yet it has a strange mix of modern and primitive features. ... As yet, no ancient African hominin has had its genome sequenced, so it is possible that physical remains of..…
For many voters getting Trump elected is a summary victory for all time and the mid-term races are not so important. ..…
By promising that the judiciary will finally answer AMLO could stand apart from history Cabañas family, giving them the reckoning they so deserve. Bringing justice to Cabañas family on this anniversary would make powerful statement, even more so because it comes on the heels of the..…
'At the same time,' he said, it was his job to help homosexual couples “through a period of discernment, to understand what God is calling them to at that point -- so it’s for everybody.” . ..…
It means that a lot of so-called “structural consumption” took place. ... It is also important to remember that changes in HDDs have a 3x stronger effect on natural gas consumption than changes in CDDs, so monitoring weather forecasts on a daily basis is absolutely vital. ..…
“So that’s an issue.” . He also wants to get endowments for the university’s nursing, marketing and exercise physiology majors, which he said are among the most popular, so the departments have a stable funding source. . ..…
He’s from El Paso, a Democratic city so far west that it’s in a different time zone from the rest of Texas. ... But Delgado’s been impressive so far, defeating six other candidates in a crowded Democratic primary. ..…
So how big is the mental-health problem? According to YoungMinds, the ‘research shows’ that three children in every class have a diagnosable mental-health condition; 90 per cent of schools have reported a rise in anxiety, stress or depression among their students; and the number of children..…
'When your courts and your lawyers matter more than ever, then so, too, does who sits in the Attorney General's Office,' she said . ... Arizona Senate race: Why Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema seem so scripted . ..…
(To listen to the screams of protest, I wonder if progressive women are not hurriedly getting pregnant so that they can enjoy another cycle of rite by getting an abortion before he locks up their uterus.) . . Brett has major problems, but so does every Nazgul appointed in the last fifty or..…
joint federal-state task force tracking MS-13 gang tried and failed to force Facebook to help it wiretap calls made through its Messenger app, on Friday, even launching unsuccessful attempt to hold the in contempt of court for refusing to do so. ..…