Outsiders should remember just how important Kosovo—first settled by Slavs some 1,400 years ago and the home to the Serbian Orthodox Church—remains to Serbs today. As Ivan Stanojevic, a 22-year-old student at Belgrade University, puts it, to lose Kosovo now would be “like losing Serbia itself.” Stripping away the province would also strike many as collective punishment. Most Serbs feel they’ve paid a high price for the crimes of Slobodan Milosevic, including a NATO bombardment and debilitating sanctions....

Last summer Google integrated an astronomy component into its Google Earth program, and last month made the program accessible straight from the Web. Later this spring Microsoft will release its own attempt to boldly go where no man has gone before, a Windows-only program called WorldWide Telescope. Both efforts offer a means to embark on celestial explorations that skillfully integrate astounding images from telescopes that capture galaxies, star systems and even evidence of black holes from thousands of light-years away, including three of the most celebrated satellite-based probes: Hubble, the Chandra X-ray and the Spitzer Infrared (no hooker jokes, please)....

The myth of the peachfuzz billionaire has emerged. This new Horatio Alger typically launches his first start-up in middle school, and somewhere between the campus computer-science lab and a move to Palo Alto hacks up a Web site where users provide fun or useful content. The operation grows, “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” style, and soon the budding teeny-mogul’s beaming mug is on the cover of BusinessWeek (like Digg’s Kevin Rose) or the front page of The New York Times (like Slide’s Max Levchin)....

Riley Gaines, who graduated from the University of Kentucky earlier this year, made the comments this week during an appearance on Fox News. In March, Thomas won the NCAA Division I women’s 500-yard freestyle event, as a University of Pennsylvania student, becoming the first transgender athlete to achieve this accolade. Thomas, who was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award by her university, competed as a male athlete during 2018 and 2019 before she began transitioning....

That’s how one line of analysis goes. But anyone who has dealt with Harkin knows the self-described “prairie populist” can’t be dismissed so easily. In a Democratic Party paralyzed by its own angst, Harkin stands out as confident and unafraid. Mostly on the strength of his fiery rhetoric, Harkin has been attracting growing notice. “He went from a joke to a serious player in about a week and a half,” says political analyst Charles Cook....

One of the things you’ll find Democrats and Republicans agreeing on is coming up with election rules and campaign finance rules, and things like that that make it harder for any kind of insurgent. There’s a reason why Ron Paul, in 2008 and 2012, ran as a Republican and got more traction. There’s a reason why Bernie Sanders, who is an independent, is a perennial Democratic Party candidate. That’s how you’re going to get it....

It’s not hard to understand why. Each of the three major powers surrounding North Korea – China, Japan and South Korea – has an enormous stake in making sure that the dispute with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not degenerate into something more dangerous. Seoul lies within easy range of the North’s heavy artillery, and the periodic outbursts from Washington’s hawks, calling for a first strike from allied forces in Korea, give the South Koreans fits....

On being taken seriously in a tabloid world: I knew what I was getting into with the whole Pam fiasco. Thank God I made my mark, and music, before I got into that s––t storm. I’ve made certain moves I gotta live with the rest of my life, but I’m not gonna bitch about it. I think I can bring it back to the music now. On being a single dad: When he was small, like 5 or 6, he’d hear my music, the word f–––, and he’d say, “Ooh, I’m telling Grandma!...

Se disputarán un total de 17 jornadas durante las cuales los clubes se enfrentarán todos contra todos, consiguiendo tres puntos por cada victoria, uno por un empate y cero puntos en caso de derrota. Siguen abajo los partidos y resultados de la jornada: Vea la Liga MX vía streaming en fuboTV (prueba gratis por 7 dias) Liga MX 2021: Partidos, Jornada 17 Liga MX 2021 Apertura - Tabla General Los equipos están clasificados en la tabla general en base a los puntos sumados durante las 17 fechas de la temporada....

After this weekend, teams - especially those no longer involved in Copa MX - will be able to return to the comfortable routine of one match a week. This weekend, only the strongest teams will be able to flex their muscle, while others will fall short of their goals. Let’s look at the slate that awaits us: Match of the Weekend … Tigres vs. Toluca Third-place Toluca travels to fourth-place Tigres with each team feeling confident enough that they will take part in the Liguilla but still needing to shore up their positions....

If the prevailing nastiness of modern media-driven politics leaves you with voter’s hangover-disaffected, nauseated and vaguely guilt ridden-then by all means consult a copy of “The Campaign of the Century.” Greg Mitchell’s exhaustive account of California’s 1934 gubernatorial election is hair of the dog in hardcover. It won’t heal you, but it may make you feel less miserable. Mitchell’s message is simple: things could be worse. They were much worse in 1934, when Upton Sinclair, muckraking author of “The Jungle” and a lifelong socialist, ran as a Democrat against the lackluster Republican incumbent, Frank Merriam....

Here, Newsweek takes a look at a roundup of the most adorable royal baby photos: Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II was born in London on April 21, 1926, as Princess Elizabeth of York. Before the abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII in 1936, Elizabeth was not destined for the throne and as such was raised in the gentle comfort of an aristocratic child of the day. Photography played a large role in the childhood of the young Elizabeth being taken to fashionable portrait studios and also having candid snapshots taken by close family members such as her father, King George VI....

“At this point, we’re as much as never-Republican as we are anything else,” Reed Galen, one of the co-founders of the project, told Politico. Galen previously noted although President Donald Trump was voted out of office, there is much more work to do as some Republicans continue to embrace Trumpism. “The Lincoln Project launched with two stated goals: First, defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box. Second, ensure Trumpism failed alongside him,” Galen wrote in a Wednesday op-ed published by The Washington Post....

The Twitter thread included pleas to Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, along with 19 others. “Hey Senator Shelby… as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will: Denounce Hawley’s plot as undemocratic, announce you’re voting against any protest, [and] actually vote against the protest,” the Lincoln Project tweeted on Thursday....

Boylan is currently leading a Democratic campaign for Manhattan borough president, after having served in several positions across state government departments, including deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to the governor. Following her promotion to those two roles in in 2018, Boylan recounted an instance wherein Cuomo allegedly kissed her as she attempted to exit his office after a meeting. “The Governor’s pervasive harassment extended beyond just me....

Michael J. Moore was quoted in a New York Times report on Thursday as saying that Graham “should be afraid of being wrapped up in any conspiracy indictment.” “I wouldn’t even want to show up as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case she is trying to build,” said Moore, referring to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who launched the probe in February 2021. “I don’t know that her RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law) efforts will survive appeals,” he said, adding that Graham “still wouldn’t want to be in it....

In the video posted by Common Defense, a grass-roots group of veterans opposed to Trump, Marine Corps veteran Jeff Key approached Graham in the hallway and the Republican senator stopped to listen. “I live in Louisiana, lots of friends in South Carolina. I see how you’ve berated the press,” Key said, appearing to catch Graham’s attention. “And I honestly believe that if you believe in our democracy…” “I do,” Graham said....

Graham made the remarks during an appearance on the latest addition of Fox News’ Hannity. The senator forecasted that Trump would be the guiding force in a GOP takeover of Congress after host Sean Hannity asked him about Republicans who “aren’t particularly fond of” the former president and instead “want to go back to the good old days of the establishment.” “I think you’re going to see, over the next couple of months, Donald Trump lead the Republican Party on policy and give us the energy we need to take back the House and the Senate,” said Graham....

Vonn, who is engaged to New Jersey Devils hockey player P.K. Subban, explained why she asked the question in a follow-up tweet: “So to give you some context to my question; I am in a relationship, which is the proper term [by the way]. Some call it an interracial relationship. “I am extremely happy and don’t care who disapproves. However, I’m interested in having a conversation about it. Have times truly changed?...

The driver and I had been having a heated discussion about human rights. In Chinese, the term is commonly translated as ren quan. Ren means man and quan means power. But power-the ability and authority to act-is not the same as rights, usually defined as a claim to anything that belongs to a person by law, nature or tradition. Since China has never had a traditional system of basic law, the concept of individual human rights is simply nonexistent....