Month: December 2024

South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad  The New York Times South Korea bans president from traveling overseas as insurrection probe widens  CNN South Korean police consider travel ban for President Yoon amid martial law inquiry  ABC News South Korea’s democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?  The Associated Press South Korea […]

Syria latest: International community seeks stability after Assad overthrow  BBC.com Syrians ransack Assad’s private residence in Damascus after the regime’s downfall  NPR Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently?  The New York Times From eye doctor to brutal dictator: The rise (and fall) of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad  USA TODAY Syrian rebel takeover will have a […]

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets  The Associated Press Inside the hunt for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’  The Guardian Syrians Search Notorious Prison for Thousands of Missing  The Wall Street Journal Syria live updates: Assad prisons searched; Israel hits chemical weapons sites  NBC News Women prisoners told ‘you […]

A Profile Emerges From UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer’s Trail of Cryptic Clues  The Daily Beast The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has eluded police for nearly a week. How long can he avoid being caught?  CNN UnitedHealthcare CEO murder sends executives scrambling to hire security: experts  Fox News New York shooting: Images released in hunt for UnitedHealthcare […]

‘Net tightening’ around UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect, NYC mayor says  Al Jazeera English Manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Meets Unexpected Obstacle: Sympathy for the Gunman  The Wall Street Journal The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has eluded police for nearly a week. How long can he avoid being caught?  CNN NYPD Releases New Images of Suspect […]

Syrians celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad after five decades of dynastic rule  The Guardian Steve Rosenberg: Fall of Assad is a blow to Russia’s prestige  BBC.com After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what we know  CNN Syrian rebel takeover will have a ‘remarkable’ ripple effect equivalent to the Berlin Wall, GOP rep […]

Trump vows end to birthright citizenship and pardons for US Capitol rioters  BBC.com Explained | What is US birthright citizenship that President-elect Donald Trump wants to do away with?  Deccan Herald GOP Senator calls out NBC for ‘selectively omitting key words’ from 14th Amendment in Trump interview  Fox News Trump Vows to Deport U.S. Citizens in New Immigration […]

Juan Soto reportedly breaks Shohei Ohtani’s record with monster $765M deal with Mets  Yahoo Sports Sources: Mets land Soto on 15-year, $765M deal  ESPN Mets To Sign Juan Soto  MLB Trade Rumors Mets, Soto agree to record-breaking 15-yr, $765M deal (sources)  MLB.com In landmark deal with the Mets, Juan Soto gets what he’s wanted all along – The Athletic  The […]

Bashar al-Assad of Syria Falls to Rebels  The New York Times Fall of the House of Assad, with a billion-pound fortune and blood on their hands  The Telegraph As Assad’s Dictatorship in Syria Ends, New Risks for the Middle East Are Huge  The New York Times Assad’s fall was swift and unexpected. But the signs were always there.  The […]

Trump promises pardon for Jan 6 rioters on his first day  ABC News Trump lays out sweeping early acts on deportation and January 6 pardons, says Cheney and others ‘should go to jail’  CNN Threatened With Jail, Liz Cheney Condemns Trump’s ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’  The New York Times Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters […]