The magazine’s editor in chief and CEO, Edward Felsenthal, announced the Academy Award winner’s new position on Wednesday. Jolie’s pieces will appear each month and focus on topics including displacement and human rights, the magazine said in a statement. Egypt Quietly Buries Former […]
Xi left the Chinese capital Thursday morning with his wife and several key aides, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi, top diplomat Yang Jiechi, and key economic adviser He Lifeng, according to Chinese state media. Xi will spend two days in the North Korean capital with […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, was buried at dawn on Tuesday in a furtive and closely guarded ceremony attended by his wife and two sons. Reporters were barred from the short ceremony and coverage of Mr. Morsi’s death was […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had shot down an “intruding American spy drone” after it entered into the country’s territory Thursday, according to state-run Press TV. A US official confirmed to CNN a drone had been shot down, but said the incident occurred in […]
GORGAMA, Nepal — In Nepal’s hot southern plains, Rajesh Sada’s mother had one wish: that she would live to see the marriage of her 16-year-old son before she succumbed to tuberculosis. It took only a few days to find a bride. In March, several […]
Joe Biden, the 76-year-old former vice president who hopes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, invoked a more “civil” time in politics at a Tuesday night fundraiser by naming two unapologetically racist past colleagues. Speaking at a New York City hotel, Biden recalled his working […]
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