Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible. Source link
Oppositional party candidate Tidjane Thiam (Source: Instagram/Tidjane Thiam) ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast’s main opposition party on Thursday formally named its leader Tidjane Thiam as its candidate for the October presidential election. The 62-year-old former Credit Suisse bank chief executive was the only contender for the centre-right Democratic Party (PDCI).Tensions in the wealthy west African country are […]
POINTE A LA HACHE: Oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the first of dozens of pending lawsuits to reach trial in Louisiana against […]
