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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will expand production at its plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Alabama, where it will spend $40 million to construct new facilities and add 275 jobs, the company said Thursday.

“Cartography,” a multimedia work inspired by migrants’ stories, presents their journeys as universal and heroic, not merely tales of suffering.

Three people were forced to jump from a sinking boat and swim to safety near Little Barrier Island tonight. Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter flew to help after being told at 6pm a boat carrying three ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Canadian man wanted in the killing of a man who was found fatally shot after a house fire in North Dakota has been arrested, authorities said.

Geopolitical Futures

German Marshall Fund

A. Gilbert, M. Bazilian & S. Loza, Foreign Policy

Even more than fracking, tapping oceanic methane hydrates could soon upend the global energy landscape.

J. Forsyth, Spectator

For the first time in four years, the British government knows what it wants

Pres. Ursula von der Leyen with Der Spiegel

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has no shortage of challenges facing her as she begins her tenure. She spoke with DER SPIEGEL about Donald Trump, climate change and the state of democracs inside the EU.

Kenneth Pollack, RealClearWorld

Iran responded for the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani exactly as they said they would, with an overt military strike against a pair of American military targets. While the strike was perfunctory and mostly painless for the United States, we should not assume that Iran’s retaliation is over. There is a variety of means over time that Iran can employ to extract real vengeance for Soleimani’s death. Tehran could inflict real harm on the United States and its interests in the years to come. Читать дальше...

1. Harvey Weinstein judge won't step aside as jury selection resumes  Fox News
2. Harvey Weinstein prosecutor has medical 'emergency,' gets 'something in her eye in court'  USA TODAY
3. Harvey Weinstein's request to get a new judge after sharp threat over cell phone usage is rejected  CNN
4. Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself in Harvey Weinstein Criminal Trial | New York Law Journal  Law.com
5. 'Friendly' Emails Are Not Evidence Harvey Weinstein Did Nothing Wrong | Opinion ... Читать дальше...

Dovid Margolin, Mosaic

In early 2014, political disruption in Ukraine devolved into unrest, a Russian invasion of the country, and a war that is still not over. Yet today, almost six years later—and despite a phone call between the U.S. president and his Ukrainian counterpart that dominated the American news cycle for weeks—even those who closely follow international events remain, for the most part, in the dark about Ukraine’s overall present situation, its history—or, in particular, the condition of its Jews. Читать дальше...

Klaus Larres, The Conversation

That includes the U.S. and Iran, which have not had an official way to talk directly to each other since President Jimmy Carter cut off diplomatic and consular relations in April 1980, as part of the Tehran embassy hostage crisis. The link has never been restored.

Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

As long as Trump replies with air power disproportionate to any Iranian attacks, he governs the tempo of the confrontation.

Robert Jervis, WOTR

Most obviously, humility is in order. Those of us of a certain age can remember when many thought that the 1972 mining of Hanoi and Haiphong would lead to something worse than the Cuban missile crisis. In the mid-1980s, few analysts thought the Cold War would soon end. Many journalists and not a few scholars claim deep knowledge of the Middle East and the ability to predict how everyone will react, but we should recognize that the layer of regional expertise in the United States is... Читать дальше...

An 18-year-old man is fighting for life after being stabbed in the leg in east London.

Rules

• Select one team to win from the Premier League fixtures (if you can't post, PM me your entry).
• If they win or draw, you are through to the next round. If they lose, you are eliminated.
• You cannot pick the same team twice unless you have already picked every team (so if this goes into GW32, you can then pick a team you have already chosen).
• You can pick as many weeks in advance as you like...

Nebraska used an 11-0 first-quarter run, and an explosive 14-point run over a 5:25 stretch in the third and fourth quarters on its way to an impressive 65-50 women's basketball victory over Wisconsin on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Two men have been sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National (...)

In the last hours, the world saw the first Iranian response to the American aggression, just after the end of the mourning in memory of Qassem Soleimani. Iran led an attack of missiles against American bases in Iraq and an obscure earthquake lighted suspects of nuclear tests. Also, a Ukrainian airplane fell in Iran, creating every type of speculation. The western media is noticing the events since an American perspective, putting on Iran the responsibility to threaten international security. Hyper-alarmist... Читать дальше...

Is there an end in sight to a process that has dragged on for more than a decade?
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Child psychologist Jody Carrington offers advice about how we can best support children through the loss of a loved one.

Harsha Bhogle had condemned Jos Buttler's behaviour, only to land in controversy himself.