‘Tis the season for overindulging in fancy dinners, cocktails at the office, holiday parties, and lots of pies. How will we fit into our jeans by the end of it all?! Susana Victoria Perez has the solution.
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Holiday getaways that are actually affordable
Flying somewhere fun for the holidays doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Nathan Rousseau Smith has the details.
In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception
President Trump says the nuclear threat from North Korea is over. New satellite images of 16 hidden ballistic missile bases suggest that it has worsened since his summit meeting.
U.S. Navy Carrier Suffers Second Aircraft Crash in Weeks
An F/A-18 Super Hornet, assigned to the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, on Monday crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines. The two aviators inside the plane were rescued.
Taliban Slaughter Elite Afghan Troops, and a ‘Safe’ District Is Falling
Times journalists traveled to the site of a Taliban assault. Instead of a fierce stand by government commandos, they found a massacre of those American-trained troops.
Coming to Papua New Guinea: World Leaders (and 40 Maseratis)
The island nation, the poorest member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation regional forum, has spent lavishly as host of the group’s annual summit meeting.
USS Ronald Reagan warplane crashes in second incident in a month
It was the second crash involving USS Ronald Reagan in less than a month – in mid-October, a MH-60 Seahawk helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff, injuring a dozen sailors.
Portugal Dispatch: This Town Once Feared the 10-Story Waves. Then the Extreme Surfers Showed Up.
The residents of Nazaré used to think the immense waves that broke against town’s cliffs were deadly to any who braved them. Today, those same waves have made the town a surfers’ mecca.
Australian Woman Accused of Spiking Strawberries With Needles
The tampering fueled a nationwide panic that severely hurt the industry, prompted copycat incidents and led some stores to stop stocking the fruit.
Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Killing Other Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi’s Death
During discussions in Riyadh in 2017, Saudi intelligence officials discussed hiring private companies to kill the head of Iran’s Quds force and other Iranian operatives.