Imagine this: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin stand on either side of Chinese President Xi Jinping atop Beijing’s Tiananmen Tower, watching a Chinese military parade. What would that image evoke? Certainly a political storm and a wave of harsh criticism from Western media directed at Trump. But it might also be…
Crown Prince, PM meet UK FM • Three agreements signed • Close cooperation hailed KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace on Sunday UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Lammy during his official visit to Kuwait. The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Minister of…
Carmel Snow, the influential Irish woman who transformed US fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, was born Carmel White in Dalkey in 1887. Had she been a fan of the double-barrel name, she would have become Carmel Snow-White. I love that quirky if little-quoted fact, not least because it shows our insistence on shoehorning trailblazing women, such…
Republican opposition to the GOP’s “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill appeared to be softening Wednesday night after President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought spent hours meeting with party holdouts during procedural votes that party leaders held open. House leaders have no desire to change the contents of the Senate-passed bill, which would…
Saturday’s protest ended around 10 p.m., when some anti-government protesters moved to confront a counter-protest of Vučić’s backers, Reuters reported. Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government buildings, parliament and nearby Pionirski Park. Protesters threw bottles, rocks and flares at the police, who used force to disperse them in several locations across…
Kevin Parsons has a unique view of photography from the past to the present day. His mother, an avid photographer in Western Australia’s Midwest in the 1950s and 60s, left him a cherished collection of photo slides and 8-millimetre film reels. “Anything in town, she would be there,” he said. “Mum took some really good…
China is publicly “deeply concerned” about events in the Middle East but privately is probably celebrating. America is off to war again, and China will be the winner as it has been for two decades. Throughout China’s rise as an industrial power since it joined the World Trade Organization on December 11, 2001 — exactly…
The Stanford Theatre is going back to the silent era for a week of films June 9-13 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the iconic movie palace on University Avenue in Palo Alto. Known as the “New Stanford” when it opened to differentiate it from a predecessor next door, the 1,400 seat theater was built…
When you get to be a certain age, every birthday is cause for a celebration, right? Well, the same holds true for organizations like the San Jose Woman’s Club, which will hold a free community celebration Thursday for its 130th anniversary at its historic downtown clubhouse. As the tale goes, the club was born in…
Lolita fashion is often a case of “you know it when you see it,” featuring certain staples including a petticoat, a blouse, headwear, and a bell-shaped or A-shaped dress. These components are often decorated with exhaustive detail and accessories based around a theme. While over time, these elements have become neither exhaustive nor essential, they…