For months, Cheney’s office has denied that the veep bypassed U.S. intelligence agencies to get intel reports from the INC. But a June 2002 memo written by INC lobbyist Entifadh Qunbar to a U.S. Senate committee lists John Hannah, a senior national-security aide on Cheney’s staff, as one of two “U.S. governmental recipients” for reports generated by an intelligence program being run by the INC and which was then being funded by the State Department....
–John Barry Photo: Proof? An Iraqi phosphate plant
Turkey has now been accused of using white phosphorous, and Newsweek has obtained photos that may show evidence of that. The reports emerge from Kurdish-led forces battling Syrian insurgents backed by Turkey, a fight between two U.S. allies that has compelled President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the country. Though the mostly Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces assisted the Pentagon in battling the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), the partnership did not extend to fighting Turkey, a NATO member allied with various Syrian insurgent groups....
Developed in the 1950s and refined in the 1980s, the EDSS has been “used in virtually every major clinical trial that has been conducted in MS during the last four decades and in numerous other clinical studies,” according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). Unless you’re participating in a clinical trial in which you’ll undergo an EDSS assessment, it’s unlikely you’ll need to understand the scale. However, neurologists sometimes use the EDSS to evaluate the progression of a patient’s MS to help make decisions about treatment—for instance, to determine if a change in medication is warranted....
“There is a percentage of Trump’s followers who would become violent,” Walsh, once a supporter and now a vocal critic of the former president, said in a lengthy conversation with Salon. “There would be a major uptick in violence from the right around this country if Donald Trump was indicted,” Walsh, a former U.S. representative from Illinois turned radio talk show host, said. “He is their cult leader. They would see it as ’the Deep State’ going after their leader....
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But about an hour later, Riveron, speaking to all 122 NFL officials gathered in a hotel conference room at the clinic, described the use of helmet rule as “a culture change.” Despite the contradiction in those two interpretations of the weight and significance of the new rule, the NFL believes both are true. NFL owners in May approved the new rule, which states, “It is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent....
However, the contest quickly turned into a nightmare when Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. He had to be given CPR and was resuscitated with an AED before being taken away by ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The game was suspended and later postponed after Hamlin’s collapse, a move that Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor called “the solution that we needed to get to....
“The execution of it is very similar to the (yellow) first-and-10 line in football,” Brad Zager, FOX Sports’ executive producer and head of production, told Sporting News. “The same way you see the sponsorship behind home plate on a national broadcast on that green screen, we’ve kind of (taken) bits and pieces of all the ways we’ve enhanced broadcasts and brought them together to try to get it to work for a virtual crowd....
Fufeng should never have been allowed to buy land so close to a critical U.S. military facility. The company’s purchase highlights the failure of the U.S. foreign policy community, the Defense Department, and the Biden administration to protect America from an obvious threat posed by a regime that has repeatedly declared the U.S. to be its enemy. Fufeng plans to build a $700 million processing plant on 300 acres it purchased this year in North Dakota for $2....
For example, the front of the knee and the back of the elbow or forearm are extensor surfaces where inflamed skin and scaly patches of psoriasis may develop. This article explores the location and function of extensor surfaces and which skin conditions often affect these areas. Location and Function In dermatology, the skin surfaces of a joint are described as either extensor or flexor surfaces, which correspond to muscles of the same name:...
This year’s event is centered on youth investment for a sustainable future, with leaders from the two continents having discussions on the future of AU-EU relations. And the two-time African Player of the Year has been involved in a meeting with EU Foreign Affairs chief, Federica Mogherini among other activities.
Kenyan Kipchoge sealed his third victory in the annual long distance race with a timing of 2:04:17 ahead of Ethiopa’s Tola Shura Kitata and Britain’s Mo Farah on Sunday. As Spurs continue preparation for their next league fixture against Watford on Monday, Wanyama alongside Erik Lamela, Serge Aurier, Dele Alli and manager Mauricio Pochettino took a break to meet and take snaps with the 2016 Olympics gold medallist. A post shared by Victor Wanyama (@victorwanyama) on Apr 24, 2018 at 10:24am PDT...
author of “The Beauty Myth” The questions science asks are often dictated by cultural ideology. It’s notable that the inquiry is one-sided, looking at men’s perceptions of women and not women’s perceptions of men nearly as much. Do we want to take this one quality and assign the primary worth of a person on that basis? Would men in America want to be judged in the workplace on the basis of their height, if that were found to be a preference for a majority of women?...
Dallas is leading the terrible NFC East, but now Dak Prescott is out for the year. Elliott got the big contract he wanted before the 2019 season, but so far in 2020, he’s fumbled as many times than he’s found the end zone (and lost four fumbles compared to six touchdowns). To keep the Cowboys afloat after being blown out in Andy Dalton’s first start, Elliott will have to hold onto the football and prove that giving a RB a payday in the modern NFL can still work....
Over 100 travelling supporters were arrested across two days in Amsterdam, overshadowing an impressive 1-0 win for Gareth Southgate’s side at the Johan Cruyff Arena on Friday. There were clashes with police outside of the stadium while a minority inside the ground booed the home team’s national anthem prior to kick-off. In a statement released on Twitter, the FA confirmed they will work alongside the UK Football Policing Unit in an attempt to identify those involved....
Somebody was bound to. It was low-hanging fruit. The Kobe Bryant post-retirement rap tribute was on its way, following his 60-point masterpiece of a grand finale against the Jazz Wednesday night, and Fabolous has given it to us with the aptly, albeit obviously titled, “Black Mamba.” It could’ve been worse (Soulja Boy could’ve done it), but it isn’t excellent and therein lies the problem. Kobe put on one of the greatest individual performances in the history of the NBA....
Last year Dr. Peter Butler was granted ethical permission to conduct full-face transplants, and he’s been looking to perform a series of these operations at 30-day intervals. In 2005, Isabelle Dinoire was the first woman to get a partial transplant. Dr. Butler has also said American military officials have visited him to discuss nine U.S. troops who may benefit from the operation. As an older veteran severely disfigured in the Falklands War, who’s come to grips with his own appearance, told the paper:...
Several politicians were fuming this week after the social networks restricted or blocked the spread of unverified claims in an article linking Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden to a Ukrainian energy firm, obtained via Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. As the report started to go viral, Facebook limited its distribution for fact-checking while Twitter took the more aggressive approach of stopping users from sharing it altogether, warning the contents of the link had been flagged as “potentially harmful....
Facebook, which also owns Instagram, removed both pages as part of a companywide policy that seeks to eliminate from view certain content related to crimes and suspected perpetrators, a spokesperson told Newsweek on Tuesday. The spokesperson said Facebook’s regulations, under a set of protocols pertaining to “dangerous individuals and organizations,” stipulate that all content praising, supporting or representing a mass shooting, or its identified suspect, must be removed from its namesake and affiliate platforms....
