The state of New York food halls is in flux with so many shutters and overhauls, yet upcoming food halls don’t seem to be deterred by other location’s bad news. A forthcoming Union Square food hall with momentum from its Dumbo location is banking on a big-name chef to help bolster its roster: Chef Kwame…
Israel says its fighter jets bombed an area next to the presidential palace in Syria’s capital, Damascus, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to protect the Druze religious minority following days of deadly sectarian violence. Netanyahu said the strike was “clear message to the Syrian regime” that Israel would “not allow the deployment of forces…
Barbara Plett Usher BBC News Reuters The recapture of the presidental palace marks a significant victory for the army The scenes of jubilant soldiers in Khartoum mark a significant advance in an offensive that has seen Sudan’s army seize back swathes of territory in recent months. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) lost control of the…
PA Media Some declassified files have been released to the National Archives Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files. Art historian Anthony Blunt was for decades Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures,…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the leader of the caretaker government in Bangladesh, announced on Monday that the former palace of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be converted into a museum to commemorate the revolution that ousted her. Nobel laureate and chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Muhammad Yunus (4L) as he tours the battered Gonobhaban…
