The withdrawal of American troops from Syria has set the stage for a return of Islamic State, claims a brand new Pentagon report. The report aligns the Pentagon with war-hungry lawmakers who opposed the withdrawal from the outset. ...

A brand new report by UBS and PwC has discovered that the world’s richest misplaced $ 388 billion final yr, with their wealth dropping to $ eight.539 trillion. Geopolitical turmoil and risky fairness markets have been blamed for the loss. ...

HBO’s newest fantasy providing is an adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s notorious His Darkish Supplies trilogy. The variation fails for a similar motive that the previous movie adaption was a travesty: the supply materials is boring. ...

A former regional supervisor has sued Starbucks for racial discrimination, claiming she was fired as a result of she was white after two black males had been arrested for “trespassing” at a Philadelphia location she oversaw. ...

“However have a look at all these cameras. That’s just like the Academy Awards was earlier than it failed. You understand why it failed? You understand why it failed?” Trump requested his supporters. “As a result of they got here after us. That’s why it failed. It failed as ...

Duke College’s pupil authorities has declined to acknowledge a nationwide Christian group as an official pupil group due to its stance on LGBTQ points.The coed senate unanimously voted in opposition to Younger Life final week, the Duke Chronicle reported.

International central banks, significantly these in Russia and China, have been boosting their gold reserves at a fast place these days. The pattern is projected to proceed because of commerce tensions and market uncertainty. ...

Famed British artist David Hockney is giving up Los Angeles after 55 years for Normandy, France, to dwell out the remainder of his days. 'I can do twice as a lot work there, 3 times as a lot,' Hockney tells the Wall Avenue Journal of leaving the town that made ...

It’s not the $ 500 positive you’ll pay. Or that females faint on the sight of male genitalia. It’s that sending out a hopeful, undesirable dick pic instantly qualifies you as socially insufficient with no understanding of ladies. ...

Harvard College has extra money in its endowment than 109 nations have wealth, a current report mentioned, and it is not the one college with more money than most nations. For the wealthy, sustaining the established order does not come low cost. ...