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Click:Plastic bag making machineIRBIL, Iraq —  In 2014, Kurdish-led forces, aided by U.S. air power, pushed back Islamic State militants who invaded the Syrian city of Kobani. The city of Raqqah — the headquarters of the extremists’ self-declared caliphate in Syria — fell to the same Kurdish-led militiamen in 2017. Those triumphs, which cost thousands of […]

SANTIAGO, Chile —  “The people, united, will never be defeated,” chanted a lone masked woman in the middle of Plaza Baquedano, a central gathering spot in Chile’s capital. As she repeated the phrase, thousands of people, mostly young, ran in all directions, fleeing water cannons and tear gas, as Chilean police sought to disperse some 20,000 […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Bernie Sanders put down roots in California during the last presidential race — and he never really left. Now, he is making the delegate-rich, early-voting state, where progressives are ascendant, a central part of his 2020 campaign. But as the Vermont senator sets up camp, he finds himself in a different and […]

Australian surfer Taj Burrow wed his partner, childrenswear designer Rebecca Jobson, in a picture-perfect wedding at Caves Road Collective, Wilyabrup, in Western Australia, that the bride described as “understated elegance.” “As Taj has travelled so much in his life, our guest list was never going to be small, so we decided to have a cocktail […]

Share 23rd Oct 2019 Days after making her international modelling debut, walking exclusively for Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent spring/summer 2020 show, 21-year-old Australian model Aylah Peterson spoke to Vogue about the edifying experience set under the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower. While the fine-featured model made her foray into the rather competitive industry at […]

In the late 1800s, a young Italian immigrant named Guccio Gucci worked as a liftboy in the exclusive Savoy Hotel in London. Guests would arrive with beautifully made bags, which inspired Gucci to return to his hometown of Florence – a city known for its exquisite craftsmanship – and open his own luggage company in […]

In Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s eye-opening new ITV documentary, which aired in Australia just last night, the royal pair made the most of the opportunity to take viewers behind the headlines by addressing a number of false allegations and inaccuracies recently reported by British tabloid press. was filmed throughout the course of Prince Harry […]

Rep. Seth Moulton offered 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden a backhanded compliment on Friday for reversing his position on federal funding for abortions, challenging Biden to do the same over his vote in favor of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. “Bravo to @JoeBiden for doing the right thing and reversing his longstanding support for […]

When Washington Gov. Jay Inslee heads to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire later this month to test the 2020 waters, he might want to consider adding an apology tour. Inslee’s decision while he chaired the Democratic Governors Association not to invest in New Hampshire’s competitive governor’s race last year still burns some […]

Kamala Harris keeps getting asked if she’s black enough. And the California Democrat — whose presidential campaign is closely monitoring questions around her candidacy shared among African Americans and young people — has been more than happy to answer. Harris’ decision to sit for extended radio interviews with black hosts at the outset of her […]