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Human rights are under assault, says UN Secretary General

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Human rights are under assault worldwide, the United Nations chief warned on Monday, citing widespread abuses of international law and devastating civilian suffering in conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine. "The rule of law is

Thomas Jefferson’s Handwritten Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Here’s another thing you can credit Thomas Jefferson with: being the first known American to record an ice cream recipe. It’s one of 10 surviving recipes written by the founding father. According to Monticello.org, ice cream began appearing “in French cookbooks starting in the

Asia braces for Trump’s tariff Plan B and dollar Plan C

TOKYO — Asia has spent the few days since the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs bracing for what might come next from the most mercantilist White House in 125 years. On Friday, the court ruled against the US president’s claim that the International Emergency