Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan shared a light moment with Melania Trump on Wednesday as the two women renewed an acquaintance dating back to the Trumps’ first term in the White House. The first ladies smiled as they greeted each other at the foot of the aircraft stairs at Joint Base Andrews, where Peng arrived with President Xi Jinping for a visit to Washington. Walking behind their husbands along the red carpet, Peng gestured towards the honour guard, apparently remarking on the soldiers’...
Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced on Wednesday in a joint statement with its neighbour. “In light of progress achieved by these security measures implemented by Iraq, Turkish forces will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan base to the Federal Government of Iraq in accordance with the agreed mechanism and timetable,” a joint statement said. The announcement followed a meeting Wednesday between Turkish President...
A jury convicted the man, John Livigni, who prosecutors said was a leader of a narcotics operation that resulted in two deaths and involved millions of sales around the Greenwich Village park.
Alexander Stepanov of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration says the Kiev regime urgently needs a respite rather than seeking full-scale peace talks
Hundreds gathered on Tuesday night in anticipation of a small boat arriving in Gosport Three people have been charged in connection with anti-migrant protests that drew hundreds of demonstrators to a marina in Hampshire on Tuesday night. Six people were arrested by police, as anti-migrant activists who mistakenly believed a small boat was due to arrive at Gosport gathered in an attempt to disrupt the arrival of any asylum seekers. Continue reading...
New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.