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On Nov. 20 and 21, everyone in Iraq stayed home, waiting for a knock on their door. Crowded highways were empty, bazaar shops shuttered. A team of around 120,000 specially trained census-takers fanned across the country for Iraq’s first national census in four decades. The last national census was held in 1987; the one held […]
In 2018, a joke tweet went viral suggesting that then-President Donald Trump spent 17 hours a day watching “the gorilla channel,” a fake TV channel featuring footage of gorillas fighting created by his staffers. In 2024, President-elect Trump nominated Peter Hegseth, whose primary qualification is appearing on Fox and Friends, for secretary of defense. Trump […]
Soon after it started broadcasting on November 13, 1995, Acik Radyo (Open Radio) became the radio station of choice for Turkey’s intelligentsia. For years, leading professors, authors, journalists, and artists produced programs and appeared as guests on the station, which declared itself “open to all the sounds, colors, and vibrations of the universe.” But in […]
Less than a week after Washington ratcheted up its chip export controls, Beijing responded with a pointed escalation on Dec. 9: an antitrust probe into Nvidia, the United States’ leading chipmaker and a linchpin in artificial intelligence hardware. The investigation threatens to impose steep fines and disrupt Nvidia’s operations in China. By the end of […]
England sealed a first Test series win in New Zealand since 2007-08, with Harry Brook’s hundred again pivotal. Alan Gardner was joined by Vithushan Ehantharajah, Andrew Miller and Matt Roller to break down the win in Wellington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Source link
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has come full circle and then some on Syria. At the dawn of the Erdogan era, Turkey’s then-prime minister was Bashar al Assad’s patron—once even proposing that the Erdogan and Assad families vacation together. The two leaders fell out after Assad turned his military against the uprising that began in […]
On Dec. 8, Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, bringing an end to nearly 54 years of his family’s rule and sending millions of Syrians at home and abroad into a state of euphoria and relief. Over a dramatic 12 days, an armed opposition offensive that had begun west of Aleppo on Nov. 27 triggered the precipitous […]
Canty makes bold argument about Purdy’s future 49ers contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Chris Canty has strong opinions on the 49ers potentially paying quarterback Brock Purdy next offseason. Canty was asked if he would give Purdy a lucrative new contract. “Not this offseason, I wouldn’t,” Canty said on ESPN’s “First Take” on […]
An Alaska State Trooper K-9 Unit SUV (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) Alaska State Troopers say two brothers got into a fight in Wasilla on Wednesday and tossed each other’s unusual pets into the snow: an alligator and a crocodile. The alligator was rescued. The crocodile was never found, and troopers believe it died of exposure. […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that reportedly stemmed from an argument over the placement of trash. It happened just before 10 p.m. Tuesday on the 2900 block of North Hicks Street. When officers arrived they found a man in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso and legs. […]