Obituary / November 29, 2023 A People’s Obituary of Henry Kissinger For decades, Kissinger kept the great wheel of American militarism spinning ever forward. Greg Grandin Ad Policy Secretary of State Henry Kissinger make a statement in the State Department briefing room after receiving the Nobel Peace prize. (Wally McNamee / Corbis / Getty Images)…
3 hours ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Patients are at risk of having serious health conditions missed because of the lack of continuity of care provided by GPs, the NHS safety watchdog says. Investigators highlighted the case of a man who was seen by eight different GPs before his cancer was spotted…
2 hours ago About sharing Henry Kissinger – who has died, aged 100, at his Connecticut home – divided opinion. A committed practitioner of “realism” in foreign relations, he was both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and roundly condemned as a war criminal. As US National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, he energetically pursued…
10 minutes ago About sharing Henry Kissinger at the State Department’s 230th anniversary celebrations in 2019. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. He served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. In a…
1 hour ago About sharing Grant Shapps said the destroyer would bolster deterrence in the region at a dangerous time By Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent The UK is to send a second warship to the Gulf, in response to rising tensions in the Middle East. HMS Diamond – a Type 45 destroyer – is en…
1 hour ago About sharing Tian Tian likes to keep to herself and choose when she interacts Edinburgh Zoo visitors will be able to see its giant pandas for the final time on Thursday before they are sent back to China. Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in Scotland to huge fanfare in 2011. But…
7 hours ago About sharing Artwork: Six worlds around a star like our Sun are ideal to study how planets formed and whether they are home to life By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Researchers have located “the perfect solar system”, forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different-sized planets. The…
1 hour ago About sharing Basel Abu al-Wafa’s body was wrapped in a Hamas flag – something a relative said he would not have wanted By Lucy Williamson & David Gritten BBC News, in Jenin and London Four Palestinians, including two children, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West…
World / November 29, 2023 Chuck Schumer Is Antisemitism’s Great Enabler A personal reply to the senator’s personal attack. Dave Zirin Ad Policy Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer speaks during the March For Israel at the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Noam Galai / Getty) At first, I was shocked that…
4 hours ago About sharing This year’s United Nations (UN) climate change meeting is taking place in Dubai, from 30 November to 12 December By Justin Rowlatt Climate editor, BBC News You are going to be hearing a lot about COP28 over the next two weeks. The world’s most important climate meeting, beginning on Thursday,…