Erdogan Poised To Win Turkey's First Popular Presidential Vote
Tayyip Erdogan is set to secure his place in history as Turkey's first popularly-elected president on Sunday, but his tightening grip on power has polarized the nation, worried Western allies and...
View ArticleKerry Says ISIS Campaign In Iraq Bears 'Warning Signs Of Genocide'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday a campaign by Islamist militants in Iraq bore the signs of genocide and the stakes for the country could not be more clear.President Barack Obama said...
View ArticleKorean Cool Is The Ultimate National Marketing Ploy
In 1992, a man named Chung Injoon, director of what was then called the Korean Overseas Information Service – a government organisation currently known as the Korean Tourism Culture and Tourism...
View ArticleTo Prevent 'Genocide,' U.S. Bombs Islamist Fighters in Iraq
BAGHDAD/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide."Islamic...
View ArticleThe Second Coming of 'Euro Noir' Drama
American noir dominated global crime fiction in the 20th century, starting in the 1930s with the Warner Brothers gangster movies, ripped from newspaper headlines, and the hard-boiled novelists who cut...
View ArticleWith the World Focused on Middle East, Will Putin Invade Ukraine?
The Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine are on the defensive, fighting to hold on to strongholds like the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. Meanwhile some 20,000 regular Russian troops have, along with...
View ArticleThe Restauranteur Bent On World Domination
For some time, London has been the hottest destination for international restaurateurs to launch ventures – New Yorker André Balazs and his Chiltern Firehouse is just the latest in a long line of...
View ArticlePutin Holds Peace Talks With Eurasian Leaders, As New Conflict Looms
Vladimir Putin will mediate talks between leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the reigniting hostilities on the disputed border between the two countries in Sochi today. Four Armenian and 13 Azeri...
View ArticleIraq Now a No-Go Zone for Commercial U.S. Aircraft, FAA Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday restricted U.S. airlines and commercial operators from flying over Iraq while armed conflict raged and the United States...
View ArticleThe Lights Go Out On Italy's Fourth Largest Opera House
“The public is informed that it has been necessary to cancel Il Trittico of Puccini in October and Lucia di Lammermoor of Donizetti in November,” reads the brief web announcement. It’s not just any...
View ArticleSuspected Ebola Case in Lagos, Nigeria Shuts Down Clinic
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's state oil company NNPC said on Friday it had shut down its own clinic in Lagos' commercial district of Victoria Island, after a suspected Ebola case was admitted there.The...
View ArticleU.S. Says it Would Consider Russian Aid Deliveries to Ukraine an Invasion
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Any bid by Russia to deliver humanitarian aid into Ukraine would be viewed as an invasion, the United States said on Friday, warning that Moscow voiced similar concerns for...
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Ebola Frontline: Sierra Leone Locals Resent Being Stuck Near Ebola Isolation...
In Kenema, people are adapting to the reality of living in lockdown. The motor bike taxis usually seen swarming the streets day and night are adjusting to their curfew—no one is allowed on the street...
View ArticleObama Has No 'Specific End Date' for U.S. Military Strikes in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has not established a "specific end date" for U.S. military strikes in Iraq, the White House said on Friday, explaining the situation will depend on the...
View ArticleHow Bank of America Benefits From a $16 Billion Settlement
Bank of America’s projected $16 billion settlement for selling toxic mortgages is expected to be the largest in the history of corporate America, but it’s also likely to include some hidden, and...
View ArticleIs New York Too Corrupt for Medical Marijuana?
New York’s recently signed medical marijuana law mandates that the state Department of Health decide who gets to grow and sell prescription cannabis, but a co-sponsor of the legislation warns there’s a...
View ArticleU.S Will Arm the Kurds, Provide Air Support Against IS: Galbraith
The United States will break with the Iraqi government of Nouri a-l-Maliki this weekend and provide heavy weapons to the lightly armed forces of the Kurds, who are fighting to defend their capital,...
View ArticleUsing Twitter, Linguists Find Global ‘Superdialects’
In an attempt to map Spanish dialects on a global scale, linguistics researchers Bruno Gonçalves and David Sánchez analyzed more than 50 million geotagged tweets, looking at certain words which vary...
View ArticlePulp, Not Fiction: Jarvis Cocker Judges Karaoke at N.Y. Documentary Premiere
Think, for a moment, about the kind of person who willingly performs karaoke versions of Pulp songs in front of the man who wrote them. Are they courageous exhibitionists with zero shame? Are they...
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Alynda Lee Segarra, Queen of the Riff Raff
As we stroll down the fittingly named Desire Street, Alynda Lee Segarra is raving about her love for John Lennon and Yoko Ono. “Seeing them separate and come together and constantly try to evolve as...
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