Trump mocks Greta Thunberg after emotional UN speech: ‘Such a happy young girl’
Donald Trump has mocked Greta Thunberg on Twitter, after the 16-year-old condemned world leaders for failing to combat climate change. “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood,” the Swedish...
View ArticleBeyond the Metaphysical: Milan show aims to reassess Giorgio de Chirico’s...
Metaphysical matador: De Chirico’s Self-Portrait in Torero Costume (1941-42) © G. de Chirico by SIAE “And what shall I love if not the enigma?” goes the inscription in Latin across the base of Giorgio...
View Article‘It’s an authoritarian nightmare’: Trump administration fails to help NYT...
The Trump administration failed to help a New York Times journalist who was in danger in Egypt and withheld information that he faced arrest, according to the newspaper’s publisher. In a scathing...
View ArticleTrump news – live: Impeachment ‘reaching tipping point’ as president muses on...
House speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly preparing to drop her long-held opposition to impeaching Donald Trump as Democrats were said to be “reaching a tipping point” on Monday. Democratic...
View ArticleTrump impeachment ‘almost inevitable’ as key Congress members decide...
A majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives now support impeaching Donald Trump as Washington reels from allegations that the president improperly pressured Ukraine’s leader to investigate...
View ArticleTrump withheld $400m in aid to Ukraine days before asking leader to...
Donald Trump reportedly ordered his staff to withhold nearly $400m (£320m) in military aid to Ukraine days before he pressed the eastern European country to investigate the son of leading Democratic...
View Article‘A democratic vote swayed by lies is not democracy’—Mary Beard on what...
Boris Johnson (left) and Emperor Nero (right) The world may be gaping in astonishment at the mess the UK is making with Brexit, but in the arts it can still hack it. Nearly half of this week’s Emmy...
View ArticleHuguette Caland—leading artist of the Arab world—has died, aged 88
Huguette Caland’s Untitled (1971) was included in the 57th Venice Biennale Viva Arte Viva Courtesy of Galerie Janine Rubeiz One of Lebanon’s best-known women artists, Huguette Caland, died yesterday in...
View ArticleDemocrats Want to Tax the Rich. Here’s How Those Plans Would Work (or Not).
Among Democratic presidential candidates, it’s the rallying cry of the moment — tax the rich. The idea is a centerpiece of the campaigns of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders. A former...
View ArticleTrump admits withholding aid to Ukraine while asking country’s leader to...
Trump admits withholding aid to Ukraine while asking country’s leader to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden | The Independent Donald Trump has admitted he withheld aid for Ukraine after reports said he...
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