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Lukas Podolski enjoys his last goodbye at the Westfalenstadion. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images

Who could Begrudge Lukas Podolski his Roy of the Rovers Ending?

by Jason Humphreys | Mar 26, 2017 | Sports

An hour after playing his 130th and last game for Germany, and after scoring the winner with a trademark left-booted hammer, Lukas Podolski made an impromptu appearance on a sports chat show, still wearing his full kit complete with captain’s armband and boots. Still...

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Cherry blossoms in early bloom, in Washington. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times

When is politics like a tree?

by Arthur C. Brooks | Mar 26, 2017 | Opinion

If you study and write about happiness as I do, you become attuned to patterns. For instance, when I walk into a workplace, I can usually tell, based on my first few conversations, if the environment is happy or not. And in the past couple of years, I have noticed a...

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Boats are pictured at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad

Arab Coalition Airstrikes Destroy Insurgency Arms Warehouses in Hodeida, Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- Saudi-led Arab Coalition air forces reported intensifying airstrikes over the last 24 hours, in an effort to back Yemeni pro-government army units in their offensive against militia posts in Yemen’s fourth-largest city, Hodeida. Air raids targeted militia...

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A woman holds her smart phone, which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Illustration/File Photo

Internet: The Magic Lamp of Extremists

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 26, 2017 | Opinion

Only few days before the terrorist attack in London, an interesting report in The Times revealed that a number of extremists have uploaded videos of themselves on YouTube where various advertisements were shown alongside for: the Ministry of Interior, the Royal Navy,...

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Rebel fighters from the hardline Jund al-Aqsa man a checkpoint in Taybat al Imam town after they advanced in the town in Hama province, Syria August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Syrian Rebels Defend Eastern Damascus Posts, Lead Major Offensive in Hama

by Paula Astih | Mar 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Syrian rebel leaders displayed great content over succeeding with relaying its political views in keep with the ongoing Geneva peace negotiations, all despite having lost grounds in the eastern Damascus to pro-regime forces. Syrian rebels continue to...