Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in JanuaryThis week’s dual earthquakes in Venezuela are a test for the new era of American power in the western hemisphere, as the Trump administration scrambles to provide an effective disaster response mission to…

“To lead the people, walk behind them.” — Lao Tzu

“Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Colin R. Davis

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Sussexes trip to Britain in balance after government declines request for taxpayer-funded securityThe Duke of Sussex is understood to be reconsidering plans to bring his wife and children to the UK next month after his request for taxpayer-funded police protection was rejected.Prince Harry and Meghan were planning…

“Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don't be afraid to fail.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Why do scary movies thrill some viewers and send others running for the hills? Our writer gets to the bottom of his fear of the genre – with the assistance of Freud, clinical researchers and his six-year-old selfI am six years old, and I am watching a man turn into a werewolf. The film is Abbott and Costello Meet…

Forget vinaigrette: if you really want to make the most of these leaves, apply some heat, herbs or double cream and baconWhen wild lettuce plants were first domesticated in the Caucasus 6,000 years ago, the crop was the seed, which could be pressed into oil. As cultivated plants migrated west through Egypt into…