Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on December 13, 2016, after regime troops retook the area from rebel fighters.
Syrian rebels withdrew from six more neighbourhoods in their one-time bastion of east Aleppo in the face of advancing government troops, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images
Rex Tillerson’s “deep understanding of geopolitics” make him qualified to be the next secretary of state, Pres.-elect Trump said, but critics are worried about Tillerson’s ties to Putin.
In ExxonMobil’s CEO, Donald Trump has found a man like himself — no government experience, businessman — who opposes sanctions on Russia. Trump aides describe Tillerson as “Trumpian.”
Former Russian Energy Minister Vladimir Milov told NBC News that the nomination of someone seen as close to President Putin would be financially and diplomatically advantageous for Putin.
Horrors are unfolding on Aleppo’s streets, activists and volunteer medics say: “It’s hell.” U.N. officials say they have received reports of Syrian regime militias executing civilians in cold blood.
Regulators have announced a plan to change the way people drive: requiring cars to “talk” to each other by sharing warnings about road conditions, traffic hazards and blind spots.
Faith Russell, born with spina bifida and who doctors said would never walk, invites everyone to her races on one condition: they have to bring shoebox supplies to fill shoeboxes for needy children.
