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Laschet did, however, prompt anger in 2014 in Washington and was accused of trading in conspiracy theories when he criticized the Obama administration for its support of rebels in Syria, tweeting to then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: “You supported ISIS and Al-Nusra against President Assad in Syria. And they are financed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia.” … [Read more...] about Germany’s Ruling Christian Democrats Pick Merkel Loyalist as New Leader

But the incoming Biden administration is unlikely to be as friendly or view Orban’s warming ties with Beijing and Moscow with as much equanimity, say diplomats. In October while on the election campaign trail, Biden compared Orban’s Hungary and populist-led Poland to Belarus, saying NATO was at risk of “beginning to crack” because of an absence of American leadership. And last month at a research group event in Washington, Victoria Nuland, a Biden pick for a top job at the U.S. State Department, expressed her concern about European states backsliding on democracy. … [Read more...] about Hungary Welcomes EU’s First Chinese University Campus

The show interestingly was originally called "The Way I Heard It," which is the name of my podcast. And I wanted to do that because I really don't want to tell people, this is the way it was, right, this is the way it happened. I don't know the way it happened. I wasn't there, but I have access now to the same information that everybody else does. Thanks to this device, I have access to 99% of all the known information in the world. … [Read more...] about Former ‘Dirty Jobs’ host Mike Rowe talks new show: ‘We’re desperate today to find topics we can all agree on’

One of the ways in which some of the president’s most senior advisers, including Cipollone, who serves as Trump’s White House counsel, had tried to calm the president down in the aftermath of the now infamous anti-democratic riot was to keep reminding him that his rhetorics had left himself open to possible legal jeopardy, including when out of office. But the president made clear in conversations with certain counselors this weekend that he doesn’t wish to shoulder any of the blame—even though his own speech kicked off the attack that left several people dead. … [Read more...] about Inside Trump’s Pathetic Final Weekend in Office

All-time favorite spice. “It’s hard to choose just one, but I do love sumac and urfa—in fact those are two of the spices in the Mina spice blend that we created with La Boîte for our new menu at Michael Mina in San Francisco.”   … [Read more...] about 10 Dishes with Celebrity Chef Michael Mina