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Trump’s ballroom saga invokes national security threats

As President Trump strives to remake Washington in his image, his White House ballroom project stands apart. In court filings this week, his administration insisted that halting construction of the $400 million ballroom would amount to a national security threat — a departure

Searching for FIFA Founder Jules Rimet

One beautiful autumn morning I cycled from my flat in Paris to a municipal cemetery in the suburb of Bagneux. I was looking for the grave of Jules Rimet. Bagneux was a surprisingly unglamorous place for him to be buried; when he died in 1956, he had served as FIFA’s president

Gaza aid flotilla aims to break Israeli blockade

MADRID, April 12 (Reuters) - A second flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set sail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona to try to break the Israeli blockade. About 30 boats planned to leave the Mediterranean port city laden with

Settling

Sometimes it pays to accept and celebrate what we get. And sometimes, we only get something because we settled for it. It helps to be able to discern the difference between the two.