Disney has also become a political piñata among conservative pundits, partly because it has added openly gay, lesbian and queer characters to its animated movies
With the painstaking search for survivors and victims mostly over and the death toll in Syria alone rising above 3,000, residents of one town, al-Atarib, are scouring the rubble for personal possessions.
Asia, or what is increasingly called the Indo-Pacific, from the Himalayas to the Southern Ocean, has long been the forum where Washington and Beijing’s problems (and wealth) have the greatest impact.
Jacinda Ardern used fashion as a form of outreach, not just as a way to support and market local industry, but as a way to connect with her constituencies on a personal level.
“In my career, I’ve never seen — I mean, you see it in the movies — but I’ve never seen an individual deliberately being propped up to be beaten,” said Ed Obayashi, a police training expert.
Walter Cunningham, a lean figure with a brush cut, seemed to fit the astronaut archetype. But unlike many of the other early astronauts, he had never been a test pilot.
During the tournaments, Khademalsharieh did not wear a hijab, as all women are required to do in public, even when abroad, according to the Iranian government.
Prince William, the heir to the British throne, offered his support to England even as it prepared to face Wales in the World Cup. He was forced into a quick bit of diplomatic maneuvering.
A heaving mass of flesh and energy has brought life to the host nation’s matches at the World Cup. They are Qatar’s loudest fans, but they’re not from Qatar.
Britain has shifted power to party bases, which now select party leaders in elections somewhat like those held in the United States for party nominations.
The case had become a cause célèbre among activists focused on the plight of hogs, chickens and cows who spend their lives in so-called concentrated animal feeding operations.
First Reagan and then Bush came to view Gorbachev as an authentic agent of change and a trustworthy interlocutor who could at last help end the 4-decade-old, nuclear-armed Cold War.
Beginning in the early 1990s, American brands flocked into Moscow and St. Petersburg, finding an enormous market of eager consumers weary of Soviet-era shortages, and establishing a base from which to launch operations in the region.
The rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board, will require that 100% of all new cars sold in the state by 2035 be free of the fossil fuel emissions chiefly responsible for warming the planet, up from 12% today.
Well-designed public awareness campaigns can motivate people to take measures to reduce their own energy use, but poorly designed campaigns that don’t find the right tone and message can fall flat.
The agreement would have ushered in the most sweeping changes to global taxation in decades, including raising taxes on many large corporations and changing how technology companies are taxed.
Over 81 days, as a 26-year-old Washington State sophomore, he set world records in four events: the 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Nick Kyrgios and Ons Jabeur brought a fresh diversity to the men’s and women’s singles finals. Jabeur, of Tunisia, became the first North African player to make it to a singles final.
Rybakina was smiling, to be sure, after her victory, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, but for a 23-year-old player whose career had just been transformed by a stunning run to the title, this was understated stuff even by English standards.
