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Movie Review: Like architecture itself, 'The Brutalist' is an epic exercise in ambition and grandeur
“The making of a good building,” observed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, “is a great moral performance.” Like many notable quotes about architecture, it speaks to grandeur, permanence, scale. One imagines Lázló Tóth, the visionary Hungarian architect who escaped the...
EU seeks assurances about a peaceful future from Syria's new leaders
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations want guarantees from Syria’s new leaders that they are preparing for a peaceful political future involving all minority groups, and where extremism, Russia and Iran have no place, top diplomats said on Monday. Since Damascus fell on Dec. 8,...
One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
DAMASCUS (AP) — At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who showed up for work huddled around Maj Hamza al-Ahmed, eager to learn what will happen next. ...
Germany warns Assad supporters involved in atrocities in Syria against trying to flee there
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is warning anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge in her country, saying they would face “the full force of the law.” Germany has been a major destination for Syrian refugees over the past...
Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria
DAMASCUS (AP) — The Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus was considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora before the war in Syria reduced it to row after row of blasted out buildings where there were once falafel stands, pharmacies and mosques. Taken over by a series of...
Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Top U.S. officials were in the Middle East on Thursday, pushing for stability in Syria and an end to Israel’s 14-month war in the Gaza Strip in a last-ditch diplomatic push by the outgoing Biden administration before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in a few weeks....
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries on Thursday doubled down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe, but said that it was too early to consider sending any of the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled since 2011 back home. ...
Argentina accuses Venezuela of harassing opposition members sheltering at its embassy in Caracas
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Argentina's government on Wednesday accused its Venezuelan counterpart of continually harassing six members of the political opposition who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas. It also urged the...
Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossings as Erdogan expects more to go home
CILVEGOZU BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey on Monday, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of Bashar Assad’s government. Many arrived at the Cilvegozu and Oncupinar gates at...
Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on a perilous journey through Romanian mountains
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania was rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach. More than a dozen rescuers worked in...
