‘Tired, broken, and dilapidated’: Donald Trump announces two-year shutdown of Kennedy Center for ‘complete rebuilding’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the Kennedy Center will be shutting down for two years starting July 4, America’s 250th anniversary, for extensive renovations amid declining ticket sales and performer boycotts. Trump, who recently became chairman and added his name to the building, claims the closure is necessary to transform it […]

US-Iran conflict: Trump may ease oil sanctions on Tehran to help in rebuilding country; says ‘they’re going to need money’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted that they might ease the Iran oil sanctions to help rebuild the country, while maintaining its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, including oil sale restrictions. “They’re going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that […]

The Challenge of Rebuilding Syria

[ad_1] After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, describes what our journalists learned as they drove across Syria, meeting people in towns and cities along the […]