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See Before-and-After Photos of the Changing Environment

From the ice sheets of Greenland to the deserts of Arizona, many of the world’s landscapes have been dramatically transformed as their climate grows warmer and drier. At the same time, water use and other human activities have altered many landscapes. NASA has accumulated striking photos that show just how much our surroundings have changed. Slide across each image to see before and after pictures. Climate 101: Causes and Effects. A SHRINKING ... Full story

China, Feeling Left Out, Has Plenty to Worry About in North Korea-U.S. Talks

“The loss of prestige is a big problem for China and Xi, who wants everyone else to view China as an essential actor of international relations, especially in the Northeast Asian context,” said Zhang Baohui, a professor of international relations at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. “Now, suddenly, China is no longer relevant.”. [ “We no longer need” nuclear or missile tests: Rea about whether North Korea is really willing to trade away its ... Full story

Your Weekend Briefing - The New York Times

When it’s completed in the coming months, it will be used to monitor or strike extremists in West and North Africa, regions where most Americans have no idea the country is fighting. The mission in Niger is expected to come under scrutiny in a long-awaited Defense Department investigation into the deadly Oct. 4 ambush that killed four American soldiers. ____ Photo. 3. As Kim Jong-un, the reclusive leader of North Korea, above right, prepares ... Full story

That Shaggy Mutt? At Dog Museums, Our Drooling Companions Are the Stars

Below are a few museums around the world devoted exclusively to our canine friends. At this rate, cats may start to wonder what’s up. Dackelmuseum , Passau, Germany. Mr. Küblbeck and Oliver Storz have been collecting dachshund memorabilia for a quarter-century. But the bulk of the collection — about 3,500 items — was acquired from a Belgian musician who sold it because he was getting married, Mr. Storz said. An array of books, drawings and ... Full story

Iran nuclear deal: Macron urges Trump to stick with 2015 accord

Image caption The two leaders have "a very special relationship", Mr Macron says. French President Emmanuel Macron has urged his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to stick with the Iran nuclear deal, saying there is no better option. He was speaking to Fox News ahead of a three-day state visit to the US starting on Monday. Mr Trump has threatened to abandon the deal, which limits Iran's nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief, unless it is ... Full story

Gandhi Was Ridiculously Problematic, But History Won’t Tell You That – Affinity Magazine

It comes as quite a shock when the man you grew up believing to be a “saint” actually had dark, twisted secrets that history neglects to accentuate. For the first seven years of my life, I grew up in Bangalore, India, and naturally, I was taught to blindly admire and respect one of India’s greatest politicians and activists. The newspapers I’d see my grandfather reading constantly praised Mahatma Gandhi for his unwavering heroism, and the ... Full story

Mark Zuckerberg survived Congress. Now he has to face Wall Street

Facebook ( FB ) is set to report its first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Zuckerberg will then field questions on a conference call with analysts for the first time since the Cambridge Analytica data scandal upended the company and shaved tens of billions of dollars off its market value. Much is at stake. GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives called this earnings report a "pivotal barometer" for investors in a research note Friday. It ... Full story

Trump slams NBC’s 'sleepy eyes' Chuck Todd for 'fake news' comments about North Korea

President Trump on Sunday dismissed comments by NBC News’ Chuck Todd suggesting that the United States is getting steamrolled in negotiations with North Korea over the rogue nation halting its nuclear weapons program, saying, “We haven’t given up anything.”. “Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Fake News NBC just stated that we have given up so much in our negotiations with North Korea, and they have given up nothing,” Trump tweeted. “Wow, we haven’t ... Full story

Will President Trump ever go to London? The saga of the special relationship’s long delayed visit. Post

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks alongside President Trump at a news conference Jan. 27, 2017, in the East Room of the White House. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News). Since he entered office last year, there has been persistent talk of President Trump visiting Britain. The United Kingdom is one of the United States’ strongest allies, and a trip to London is often on the schedule for any president. Like many of his predecessors, Trump has ... Full story

‘The Middle’: Watch How a Pop Hit Is Made

Dig just past the shiny surface of today’s mainstream pop music, and you might find yourself asking questions like, “Why does it take seven people to write a song that sounds like it came from a computer?”. In the case of the current smash hit “The Middle” by Zedd, Grey and Maren Morris — which has topped Billboard’s pop radio airplay and dance music charts while collecting hundreds of millions of digital streams on services like Spotify, ... Full story