[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing U.S. President Donald Trump’s brief, unannounced, and photo-op-filled visit to American troops still stationed in Iraq more than 15 years after the 2003 invasion—which estimates suggest ultimately killed over a million people—Iraqi political leaders issued statements late Wednesday condemning Trump’s surprise arrival as “a flagrant and clear violation of diplomatic norms.” Bina, one of Iraq’s major parliamentary […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — In 2018, technology firms such as Facebook and Google faced more scrutiny and negative press over their handling of data breaches and online speech. The issue may mean new rules and more regulations in the future. The question of who can access personal user data through technology caused many people to rethink […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]eavy rains are complicating efforts to provide aid to communities on Indonesia’s remote western islands cut by last week’s massive tsunami that killed 429 people. The rains have made roads impassible, holding up convoys delivering heavy machinery and relief supplies to isolated areas, forcing disaster officials to send helicopters to drop supplies and evacuate residents. There […]
Even as the government is in the midst of a partial shutdown, nothing can stop NORAD from its yearly task of tracking Santa’s journey through the Christmas Eve skies as the jolly one treks to locations across the planet to deliver his toys to girls and boys everywhere. For the past 63 years NORAD, who […]
