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EU imposes new sanctions on Syrian regime

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the U.N. political chief demanded that the Syrian government stop using heavy weapons and comply with a cease-fire....

EU imposes new sanctions on Syrian regime

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the U.N. political chief demanded that the Syrian government stop using heavy weapons and comply with a cease-fire....

Top cop in Trayvon case to quit post

SANFORD, Fla. | George Zimmerman, who slipped out of jail on $150,000 bail in the early morning darkness, went back into hiding Monday and likely fled to another state to avoid threats as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin.

His release from jail came ...

North Sea regulation risks raised

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Trade unions and the oil and gas industry body join forces to warn of the dangers of EU interference in the North Sea.
Categories: BBC, News

Disabling Common Sense

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
New federal rules would raise costs for hiring the disabled.


The End of Borderless Europe?

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Another potential casualty of the French presidential election.


Medicare's Obama Donation

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
An $8.35 billion 'demonstration' to get past November.


Bjørn Lomborg: An Economic Approach to the Environment

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Resources are limited. Cost-benefit analysis can inform our decisions.


McGurn: What's U.S. Citizenship Worth?

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
America is no longer as attractive to highly successful people as we like to think.


Social Security heading for insolvency even faster

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

12th military member tied to prostitution scandal

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service prostitution scandal grew Monday to include a 12th member of the U.S. military as the Pentagon suspended the security clearances of all the military personnel who have been implicated. The Secret Service has also taken action against 12 of its employees....

Stephens: As Goes France

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Even exceptional nations cannot ignore the laws of economic gravity.


John J. Dilulio Jr.: Chuck Colson and Second Chances

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
How a Watergate villain dedicated his life to helping prisoners—and changed my mind about crime.


Diamond and Saez: High Tax Rates Won't Slow Growth

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
We're not close to the top of the Laffer Curve. Raising tax rates is part of a sensible deficit reduction strategy.


Cutty Sark ship-shape once again

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Cutty Sark reopens after five-year restoration
Categories: BBC, News

Shoe-bomber supergrass testifies in US

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
Would-be shoe bomber Saajid Badat becomes the first UK terror convict to testify at an al-Qaeda operative trial in the US.
Categories: BBC, News

Rivkin and Casey: Overturning ObamaCare Isn't 'Judicial Activism'

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
If the Supreme Court upholds purchase mandates in health care, they will become a mainstay of federal regulation throughout the U.S. economy.


NKorean military issues sharp threat to South

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's military warned Monday of imminent "special actions" that would reduce South Korea's conservative government to ashes within minutes, sharply escalating the rhetoric against its southern rival....

Why do so many French people vote?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
The turnout in the French presidential election was more than 80%. Why are the French so politically engaged?
Categories: BBC, News

Olympic security test to begin

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:50
At least 4,000 people are taking part later in the biggest security exercise ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Categories: BBC, News
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