Diplomacy, that genteel art of saying one thing while preparing for quite another, is once again performing its elegant ...

The 300-year-old doctrine is being tested by the excesses of digital oligarchs, says historian Fara Dabhoiwala ...

We’ve encased brie in a fig leaf to infuse subtle fruity flavour to this oozy cheese. Its ideal accompaniment? A moreish and chewy spelt fougasse for dipping and a vinegar-forward, peppered pickled ...

Iranian President Pezeshkian invited U.S. investors to the country, reiterating that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons. The IAEA raised concerns over Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to ...

Democrats call Lawler little more than a fig leaf for Trump’s extremist policies with little influence in GOP decision making. Woman stabbed in neck with broken bottle, critically hurt on SoHo ...

But others may raise eyebrows, such a fig-only diet for Olympic athletes. In modern times, diet refers to food and drink. In ancient times, however, the idea of diet was more expansive.

In fact, the antisemitism task force’s operation is so divorced from the realities of Title VI that one might wonder whether the administration will soon give up even this legal fig leaf.

K.” By James Sturm James Sturm is the director of the Center for Cartoon Studies and the author, most recently, with Joe Sutphin, of a graphic adaptation of “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams.

Deportations represent the most immediate trip wire for the Trump administration to trigger a genuine constitutional crisis — once that fig leaf of “we didn’t mean to do it” is dropped and ...

China could launch “a profound military operation” under the “fig leaf” of drills, resulting in “the erosion of strategic and tactical warning,” he said. Beijing’s ever-expanding air ...