November 2019

Under Trump, Iraqis Who Helped U.S. in War Are Stalled in Refugee System

A spokesman for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which conducts the interviews, said teams of refugee officers continue to travel to the Middle East, including to Iraq, to interview applicants on what are known as “circuit rides.” The spokesman would not say when the last circuit ride in Iraq had been conducted, citing

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Allergies: Teenagers needing hospital treatment up 65% in five years

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption About 7% of children have food allergies, according to King’s College London The number of children who received hospital treatment for allergies has increased by 65% across England in the past five years, figures have revealed. In 2013-14, 2,873 teenagers sought treatment whereas in 2017-18 it was 4,743, data

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Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka As The Olsen Twins Are Pure Halloween Goals

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka lived up to their reputations as Halloween enthusiasts this year with not one, but two extraordinary costumes.  The couple channeled another iconic twosome, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, by sporting long blond wigs and floor-length black ensembles. Taylor Hill via Getty Images Neil Patrick Harris (left) and his husband, David Burtka,

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As Government Officials Testify Against Trump, Critics Question Why an Author Stays Anonymous

WASHINGTON — William B. Taylor, Jr., the top American diplomat in Kiev, had just testified in front of impeachment investigators when a more secretive figure in the Trump universe resurfaced. On the same day that Mr. Taylor provided the most explicit account to date of Mr. Trump’s campaign to pressure Ukraine to publicize an investigation

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The Aeronauts: Facts about fiction in Eddie Redmayne’s new film

Image copyright The Aeronauts Image caption Eddie Redmayne plays James Glaisher in The Aeronauts but his real-life expedition partner makes way for a fictional character A new film tells the story of a record-breaking balloon flight. It’s based on a real-life ascent, but how accurate is it – and does it matter? Eddie Redmayne is

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