Coming as it did after years of strained relations between Washington and Beijing, the recent joint climate agreement between the U.S. and China highlights the central dilemma for American foreign policy going forward, Fareed Zakaria says. Should it be focused on solving the largest and most challenging global problems, or...
Voters Waking Up to Radical California Crime Laws in Wake of Bay Area Looting
A groundswell of Californians has started to push back against laws that have contributed to out-of-control looting, such as what happened to a San Francisco-area Nordstrom and Louis Vuitton in recent weeks. Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike say that a 2014 law known as Prop. 47 helped create the crime surge...
Famous Doctor Killed in Afghanistan After Family Pays Ransom
A prominent doctor was kidnapped and killed in Northern Afghanistan — despite a hefty ransom paid to secure his release, family members revealed. Psychiatrist Mohamed Nader Alemi’s body was picked up by the side of the road, two months after he was snatched from Mazar-i-Sharif. His captors had demanded and...
Greenland Strips Chinese Mining Firm of License to Iron Ore Deposit
Greenland says it has stripped a Chinese mining company of its license to an iron ore deposit near the capital Nuuk, dealing a blow to attempts by Chinese companies to gain a foothold on the resource-rich Arctic island. Read more from Reuters
Kyle Rittenhouse Met with Donald Trump After Acquittal
Kyle Rittenhouse met with Donald Trump at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago club after the teen was acquitted of all charges in his homicide trial on Nov. 19. “Kyle, I got to know him a little bit. He called. He wanted to know if he could come over and say hello...
Why People With Mental Illness are at Higher Risk of COVID
Even before the federal government's recent decision last week to authorize COVID-19 boosters all adults, it had already recommended them in October for people with certain high-risk conditions. Along with with illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, that list included mental health conditions. The decision to prioritize people with psychiatric diagnoses...
Bradley Cooper Describes Being Held at Knifepoint on New York Subway
Bradley Cooper has recalled being held at knifepoint while traveling on the New York subway. The A Star is Born actor opened up about the incident, which took place in October 2019, as he was on his way to pick up his daughter from school. “I’m all the way at the...
Covid Patients in ICU Now Almost All Unvaccinated, Says Oxford Scientist
COVID-19 is no longer a disease of the vaccinated, according to the head researcher at the University of Oxford who developed the AstraZenica vaccine. The “ongoing horror” of patients gasping for breath in hospital is now “largely restricted” to people who are unvaccinated, according to professor Sir Andrew Pollard. Even...
Zakaria: Spending on Infrastructure Might not be Sexy. But It’s Important.
The need to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure has become a weary cliche — but that doesn’t change the fact that it is indeed falling apart. And just as is the case with any kind of deferred maintenance, the longer we wait, the worse the problem becomes — and the more...
Biden Approval Dips to 36 Percent in Latest Poll
President Biden’s job approval rating is down to just 36 percent in a new Quinnipiac University poll, signaling trouble for Democrats as they head into 2022. The president’s current approval rating is down a point from 37 percent last month, according to the poll. Disapproval with his job performance also ticked...