The Forgotten History Of Black Republicans
There is a fascinating Saturday Night Live sketch from 1980, a piece almost entirely forgotten by most viewers of the NBC comedy show. The sketch survives in the pop culture…
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9 Absurdly Old Animals Who Have Outlived Humans
Americans have an average life span of 79 years, but that’s nothing compared with these long-living elder statesmen of the animal kingdom. Read the whole story at The Dodo
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — During the 1980s and ’90s, the historic alliance between the wealthy monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the country’s powerful clerics emerged as the major financier of…
Saudi dilemma: How to spot potential terrorist amid tide of human misery
I’d been asking the Saudi Interior Ministry to take me there for several years. Now I was in the desert kingdom covering King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s ascent to the throne,…
Facebook blocks pages insulting Mohammed in Turkey
By comparison, Facebook blocked 4,960 “pieces of content” in India, 29 in Russia, nine in the United Kingdom and none in the United States. Until an epic fight between Google…
Saudi Succession Raises Questions For ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — As power in Saudi Arabia shifted to a new monarch, King Salman, the Obama administration’s praise of both Salman and his predecessor stood as a clear answer about…
King Abdullah’s Death Unlikely to Upset Saudi Oil Goals, Analysts Say
LONDON — The death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia early Friday is unlikely to deter the desert kingdom from maintaining a high level of oil production despite the recent…
5 things to know for your New Day — Friday, January 23, 2015
KING ABDULLAH Death of a king: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, who reigned for close to a decade, has died at age 90. He was hailed as…
Thousands to say farewell to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah
Thousands are expected to gather at the Grand Mosque in Riyadh on Friday to say farewell to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a cautious reformer who succeeded…
Winners and losers in oil’s plunge
Related: Cheap oil is killing my job Oxford also expects some other major oil producers, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, to come out ahead on lower oil prices….