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he United States and Russia on Monday announced that a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria will go into effect on Saturday, February 27. “If implemented and adhered to, this cessation will not only lead to a decline in violence, but also continue to expand the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian supplies to besieged areas and…

Sebastian Vettel was on the receiving end of some unwanted team orders during the Belgian Grand Prix, when he was instructed by the Ferrari pit wall to move over for his team mate Charles Leclerc. It came after he briefly lost second place to Lewis Hamilton at the start of the race, only to get…

Newly released documents reveal the “staggering extent” of the British government’s mass surveillance of its citizens, ongoing since at least the 1990s, and its 15-year coverup of those operations. The documents, acquired by the London-based watchdog group Privacy International, show that the UK’s intelligence agencies—MI5, MI6, and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)—”routinely requisition personal data from…

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro trudges through high water in St. Mark’s Square on Wednesday, the result of an exceptionally high tide in the scenic Italian city. Updated at 2:55 p.m. ET “Venice is on its knees,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro says as the lagoon city suffers through some of the worst flooding in its history. The…

Click:womens beach shoes​ Critics were quick to question the official narrative after the Pentagon announced Monday that a combination of U.S. drone and air strikes killed 150 “fighters” in Somalia on Saturday.  The Bureau of Investigative Journalism called the death toll “unprecedented”—the highest in a U.S. counter-terrorism strike yet recorded anywhere since the group launched…

Even if you’ve never won an office raffle, a sports pool or a lottery, consider yourself supremely lucky. Unlike the atomic bomb victims who were recognized by President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima, you’ve never experienced the horrors of nuclear war. That’s nothing any of us should take for granted, says former Defense Secretary William…

As the saying goes: the stone age did not end due to the lack of stones and the oil age will not end due to lack of oil. It will end due to climate change and the coming clean energy revolution. And the end date could be nearer than you think. According to academics at…

There’s something about Sarah Jessica Parker’s voice that will forever remind us of Carrie Bradshaw, but it’s officially time to reimagine the actress as a new character: Frances. On Wednesday, the former Sex and the City star took to Instagram to share the first trailer for the new HBO comedy Divorce in which she portrays…

President Donald Trump wrecked relations with yet another foreign leader on Wednesday, leaving Australia scrambling to save its refugee resettlement agreement with the U.S. after he lashed out at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a phone call. Trump tweeted that the resettlement program, which would send 1,250 asylum seekers from detention sites in Australia to…

If you’re clamoring for a taste for the late Gianni Versace’s unforgettable work for his namesake brand, prepare to find your seat inside a movie theater. Antonio Banderas is set to take on the fashion favorite’s role in a new film, WWD reports. The 55-year-old Spanish actor will begin filming in December in Milan and…