Not Americans: Irony of US saving children only to make them stateless for the rest of their life
Emily Howe was adopted from South Korea in 1984, barely young enough to be granted citizenship by the 2000 law. By a twist of luck and timing, this could have been her, she said. So she represents many adoptive families for free.
Changing Somalia calls for a rethink of the humanitarian system to tap into merging opportunities
The humanitarian-development-peace nexus – the aid sector’s framework to join short-term emergency aid with longer-term support – garners widespread attention. But true integrated practice has been slow to evolve in Somalia. Civil society actors – both international and national – often adopt the language of conflict sensitivity and “do no harm”, yet more critical structural dynamics remain ill-addressed.
Hitler syndrome: Why Trump brags his illicit sexual exploits are greater conquests than US Army war in Vietnam
Donald Trump’s angry response the cost of a fallen military officer: “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: “Don’t pay it!” Later that day, he was still agitated. “Can you believe it?” he said, according to a witness. “Fucking people, trying to rip me off.”
While political tensions are more pronounced since 2020 election, US doesn’t keep databank
On September 26, a Michigan man was arrested for assaulting a US Postal Service worker who delivered a Harris campaign mailer to his house. The postal worker was in her truck when Russell Valleau, 61, approached on a bike, yelling that he “did not want that ‘Black bitch’ in his mailbox,” according to police records and a statement from the Oakland County prosecutor.
New normal: Americans start seeing electoral violence as ‘part of the way politics happens’
Americans are starting to see violence as “part of the way politics happens,” said Nealin Parker, who heads Common Ground USA, a nonprofit that studies ways to bridge America’s political and cultural divides. In the current climate of mistrust, she added, “incidents of violence can metastasize into something bigger.
England men’s team borrow leaf from women’s national team success, hire foreigner for Three Lions
One concern is that Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern team didn’t look much like that last season when they were beaten to the Bundesliga title for the first time in 12 campaigns. Neither did his Chelsea or PSG teams towards the end. At those three clubs, and indeed Dortmund and Mainz before that, he left in strained circumstances.
While England have hired a winner, it’s no guarantee in international football Thomas Tuchel will replicate club success
Gareth Southgate was always cast in some quarters as the reason England kept falling just short, which, after decades of falling a long way short, seemed strange. Whatever the undoubted qualities he brought to the job, it was always assumed by his critics that any half-decent coach who operates in the top half of the Premier League or the later stages of the Champions League would bring all of those plus, crucially, the hard-nosed winning mentality and hard-wired tactical expertise of a Pep Guardiola, a Carlo Ancelotti or a Jurgen Klopp.
Battleground states: What’s changed in seven states likely to determine US next president
The battlegrounds have changed over time as the country’s economic and demographic trends have shifted populations around. Floria and Ohio, for example, had been tightly contested in past elections, but now lean Republican in presidential votes. On the other hand shifting demographics have put southern states like North Carolina and Georgia into play for Democrats.
Courting The Hague: Israel’s exploding pagers and walkie-talkies verge on war crimes
Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia group backed by Iran, has been exchanging rocket fire with Israel since October 7, leading to the displacement of tens of thousands in southern Lebanon and Northern Israel. Some estimates hold that more than 600 people have been killed in Lebanon, including more than 130 civilians, over the course of the past year. In Israel, including the annexed Golan Heights, the violence has killed at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.
Bill Gates defence of free speech seen as hypocritical after his support for suppression of truth on Covid vaccine
Bill Gates told CNBC any “solution” would involve “rules” for online speech, but he said he isn’t sure what form those rules would take or who would enforce them. Similarly, he told CNET “systems and behaviours” should be in place to target “misinformation.”
