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‘Cristiano Ronaldo: a marvel of the sporting age who turns 32 in two months’ time but remains an acme of preening, twelve-packed athletic perfection.’ Photograph: Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images

Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Fresh Air, a Vacuum, Elevator Music, then the Rest

by Barney Ronay | Dec 26, 2016 | Sports

Yes: it’s Him again. For the last few weeks it’s been hard to turn around without bumping into Cristiano Ronaldo, burnished and gleaming, immaculately tuxedoed, proudly fondling his latest gong. Well, here’s another one. As 2016 draws to a close the fifth edition of...

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Residents inspect a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged rebel-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

John McCain: We Have a Stake in Syria, Yet We Have Done Nothing

by John McCain | Dec 26, 2016 | Opinion

The words “never again” ring hollow as the city of Aleppo, Syria, has fallen to regime forces of Bashar al-Assad. A brutal siege that has ground on for years was finally brought to a bloody end by a surge of Russian airpower, Iranian shock troops and assorted regional...

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Demonstrators show the Oromo protest gesture sign during Irreecha, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Ethiopian FM: Opposing Groups are Working in Egypt, Authorities yet to Comment

by Ahmed Younis | Dec 26, 2016 | Interviews

Al-Khartoum – Ethiopian government announced that it is cooperating with the Egyptian government, yet still awaits a response to the official request calling it to stop the work of certain opposing groups. Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said that there are...

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Donations to nonprofit journalism groups like the Marshall Project have been increasing. The organization’s editor in chief, Bill Keller, left, and Neil Barsky, the founder and chairman, in the Marshall Project offices. Credit Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Nonprofit Journalism Groups Are Gearing Up With Flood of Donations

by Nicholas Birch | Dec 26, 2016 | Media

Washington — It did not take long after election night for the donations to start pouring in to America’s nonprofit journalism organizations. Almost a month later, the money keeps coming, $10 and $20 and sometimes hundreds of dollars or more from small donors all over...

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Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a conference at University of Buenos Aires Law School, Argentina, November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Was Edward Snowden a Spy?

by Eli Lake | Dec 26, 2016 | Opinion

Ever since the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and handed hard drives filled with highly classified documents to the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, there has been rampant speculation over whether he was...