The Latest: Social media overflowing with sympathy for Paris
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 4:40 p.m. Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of red, white as people...
View ArticleThe Latest: Air France flight evacuated in Amsterdam
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 5 p.m. An Air France flight from Amsterdam to Paris has been evacuated at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after...
View ArticleIt's ISIS vs. the World, Not Islam vs. the World
PARIS -- La Ville Lumi�re -- The City of Light -- and its magnificent icon, the Eiffel Tower, stood draped in eerie darkness. Parts of Paris were under curfew. Street cafes bore a haunted look....
View ArticleAn Aging United Nations in 2015. But How About a New United Nations in 2020?
The new report from the Commission on Global Security, Justice, and Governance, co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, suggests that the 75th anniversary year in 2020 might be...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleL.A. Weekly’s New Owners Fired its Staff in Favor of Unpaid Contributors, So...
Things have been going pretty badly at L.A. Weekly ! In October, Voice Media Group sold the paper to a shadowy corporation known as the Semanal Media Group , whose ownership was kept secret. Then, the...
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