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Whenever the Cold War is raging between Russia and the west, it’s ballet that helps build bridges and ease drama, says a leading choreographer, who’s taking his St. Petersburg company on a tour of the US. “This has already become a world tradition, when the Cold War begins between the west and the east or […]
REUTERS/Stephanie Nebehay Senior North and South Korean parliamentarians shook hands and shared a toast to “peace” with Swiss wine on Tuesday. South Korean MP and politician Young Chin shook hands with Ri Jong Hyok, director of North Korea’s National Reunification Institute and deputy head of its Supreme People’s Assembly. They were attending the annual assembly […]
Charles McQuillan / Getty Re-introducing a hard border in Ireland after Brexit would be like re-opening a “gaping wound,” a leading expert has warned. Prominent Northern Ireland academic Katy Hayward said a harder border with technology could destabilise Ireland’s highly sensitive peace process. Her warnings echo those from senior police chiefs who say that border […]
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The Gridiron Club and Foundation, a charitable journalistic organization, hosted its 133rd anniversary dinner at The Renaissance Washington Hotel on Saturday. President Donald Trump gave a joke-filled speech to members of the press and many top members of his administration who were in attendance. Here are the best jokes from Trump’s speech, […]
Attempts to broker a ceasefire in the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta have failed because illegal armed militants controlling the area have refused to give up their weapons, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “The appeals by the Russian reconciliation center to illegal armed groups to stop resistance, surrender arms and regularize their status did […]
Who knew the lead-up to a handshake could be so riveting? The Oslo Diaries, directed by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, tells the secret history of the 1993 peace talks between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli government. The directors rely on the personal diaries of a chief negotiator and interviews with both Israelis […]
GETTY Sainte Foy offers a truly different skiing experience In this untouched winter wonderland, the peace was broken only by the faint rattle of an empty chair lift as it climbed the mountain overhead, and the whisper of the snow-dusted pine trees as they shivered in the breeze. “We must be millionaires!” joked my guide, […]
This week on The CW’s Arrow, the first major phase of Cayden James’ grand plan delivered collateral damage, in the form of Oliver’s relationship with his son. How did William react to discover his dad’s lie? RELATEDQuotes of the Week From Arrow, The Flash and More Elsewhere in the episode: * Making an appointment with […]
Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images US Vice President Mike Pence told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he hopes to usher in a “new era” of Middle East peace talks. Pence also told the Israeli Knesset that the US was planning to move its embassy to Jerusalem by 2019. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Brussels […]
The US is the only party that can serve as mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas directly and repeatedly questioned Washington’s credibility. Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital on December 6 drove a stake through the heart of the two-state peace process, […]
