24 h. ago IT consultant jailed after flying from UK to Syria in bid to die for Jihad

Isa Giga, 32, was jailed after he quit his job and travelled to Syria to 'fight for jihad' when the country was in the middle of a deadly civil war

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26 h. ago Chelsea: Enzo Maresca sends new message to 'special' Estevao over game time

Teenage sensation continues to go from strength to strength at Stamford Bridge, but must remain patient

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31 h. ago Virtual Monopoly, Uno and Yahtzee over the real thing? No thanks | Dominik Diamond

When our family board game night got cancelled, I sampled digital spins on the classics instead. I’m not sure I should have bothered – with one exception I don’t play video game versions of board games. Why would you? The whole point of video games is to be faster, more visually arresting, and less reliant on other humans than old games played with dice and cards. But a recent family board game night was derailed by clashing schedules and family civil war, so I spent a Saturday night trying them out on the iPhone instead.I started with Uno because that is the old family staple. We still use the Simpsons Uno set we got decades ago. It is simple and comforting, the chicken soup of card games. The iOS version is a different consommé altogether. A three-minute time limit for each round means it is as much about avoiding mistakes as it is about tactics. I like this development, but I miss the family banter (and ruthless switching allegiances) of our real-life family version. It’s not the...

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4 d. ago World Bank estimates $216B needed to rebuild Syria after civil war

The World Bank says rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war could cost about $216 billion

Economics

5 d. ago Troops on the streets, Ice thuggery – and prices still climbing: welcome to Trump’s ‘golden age’ | Steven Greenhouse

The president has repeatedly proclaimed a shining moment. Meanwhile, he’s taking a wrecking ball to truth and democracyIn his inauguration speech last January, Donald Trump bombastically declared: “The golden age of America begins right now.” Our braggadocious president has stuck to that theme ever since, telling the United National general assembly in late September: “This is indeed the golden age of America.”With the federal government shut down for more than two weeks, the nation more polarized than at any time since the civil war, political violence growing and the job market slowing, it doesn’t feel remotely like a golden age, unless one focuses on Trump’s Louis XIV-like effort to gild as many things as possible in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump claims to be the president of peace, but at home he is fomenting civil war | Jonathan Freedland

His ruthless use of the national guard to menace cities and political enemies is unprecedented. He is preparing for battle against the ‘enemy within’ Donald Trump had better hope the members of the Nobel committee are not paying attention to what’s happening inside the United States. If they did take a look, they’d notice a jarring pattern. While the US president likes to play the peacemaker abroad, at home he is Trump, bringer of war.It’s easy for the first fact to conceal, or divert our attention away from, the second. This week was a case in point. It began with Trump travelling to Israel, where he was hailed as a latter-day Cyrus, a mighty ruler whose name would be spoken of for millennia to come, the man who had brokered what he himself boasts is an “everlasting” peace.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our le...

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8 d. ago Chelsea, BlueCo and the civil war brewing at ‘feeder club’ Strasbourg

As tensions reach breaking point at the Meinau, Will Castle peels back the curtain on the ongoing volatility between BlueCo, Marc Keller and the Strasbourg ultras wanting them gone

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8 d. ago How Chelsea’s game of chess sparked a civil war at ‘feeder club’ Strasbourg

As tensions reach breaking point at the Meinau, Will Castle peels back the curtain on the ongoing volatility between BlueCo, Marc Keller and the Strasbourg ultras wanting them gone

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8 d. ago Trump issues chilling threat to Hamas as Gaza descends into bloody civil war: 'We will have no choice'

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning Thursday to Hamas, as the Palestinian terror group has been caught executing fellow Palestinians amid the ceasefire with Israel.

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9 d. ago Trump ‘OK’ with DC statue honoring Civil War leader who fought for slavery: ‘Lot of people in this room’ agree

Trump’s administration has pushed for restoring multiple memorials to the pro-slavery leader

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1 week ago I was released by Celtic after not playing a single game but now I've landed dream chance with Chelsea

One former Hoops youngster has hit the jackpot after signing for six-time league champions Chelsea

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1 week ago Famed billionaire who predicted 2008 financial crisis reveals signs America is heading for pseudo 'civil war'

Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, warns the US is entering a 'civil war of some sort' amid debt and polarization. He likens the moment to the late 1930s.

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1 week ago 'This is a perfect recipe for a civil war', expert warns as Hamas fighters take to the streets amid fears of violence

Some 7,000 gunmen have been called on by Hamas to reassert control over areas of the enclave that were vacated by Israeli forces during the two-year-long war.

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1 week ago A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on the trading route to China

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2 w. ago Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns of ‘civil war’ amid spiraling US debt, global turmoil and wealth inequality

Hedge fund investor compared current issues to those of 1937 or 1938, as the US steered itself out of the Great Depression and the world prepared to go to war

Economics

3 w. ago Synagogue attacker's surgeon father said 'we will sip Arabic coffee and watch' the end of Israel in online posts that also praised Hamas

Syrian-born Faraj Al-Shamie, father of 35-year-old Islamist attacker Jihad Al-Shamie, has posted regularly on social media since before the Syrian civil war, often referencing Israel.

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3 w. ago Arne Slot told Liverpool are missing two Jurgen Klopp stars who 'pointed the finger'

Liverpool come into this weekend's game against Chelsea off the back of consecutive defeats with former star Jason McAteer revealing what the main issue is for the Reds

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3 w. ago Why Trevoh Chalobah will only miss one Chelsea game instead of three after red card

Trevoh Chalobah was shown a red card for Chelsea in their 3-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday, but the defender will only miss one game as a result of his dismissal

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3 w. ago How Scottish Government funding is allowing those in Sudan to rebuild from catastrophic civil war

Help is finally getting to the hundreds of thousands affected by the crisis in Sudan.

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4 w. ago Labour delegates are strangers to sound economic sense as an alcoholic is to sobriety. That's why they'll lap up the Burnham blueprint, writes ANDREW NEIL

As it gathers for its annual conference in Liverpool this weekend Labour is in the grip of a civil war which threatens to erupt in the coming months into open hostilities, ripping it asunder.

Economics