Donald H. Harrison

70 years after the Holocaust, a Surinamese memorial for Caribbean victims

‘Not one’ expert she interviewed knew of Caribbean Jewish victims, says Jamaican author, but that didn’t stop community from raising international funds for monument By Julie Masis More than 70 years after the end of World War II, a small South American country erected its first Holocaust memorial. Over 100 Jewish names were engraved on […]

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International, Jewish History

Venezuela closes border with Colombia in wake of cash chaos

Caracas (dpa) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s border with Colombia for 72 hours on Monday to prevent cash smuggling. The measure was taken to stop Venezuela’s currency being smuggled out of the country by criminal organizations wanting to destabilize the economy, according to Maduro. The border between the two

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International

Remembering Esma Redžepova, the Romany queen of song

Esma Redžepova, the prominent and versatile Roma singer dubbed the “Romany music queen,” has died at the age of 73, hospital sources and her family said Sunday. The singer from Macedonia was one of the first vocalists in the Balkans to sing in the Romany language. She performed in some of the world’s greatest music

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials

Italy unveils new government similar to outgoing Renzi cabinet

Italy on Monday rushed to swear in its 64th government in 70 years, a centre-left coalition headed by new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and strikingly similar in makeup to the one led by his predecessor Matteo Renzi. Gentiloni, 62, served as Renzi’s foreign minister until the latter resigned after voters resoundingly defeated a December 4

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International

Top Israeli mobster arrested in Argentina, awaits extradition

Yaakov Shimon, considered one of the most ruthless gangsters in Israel, is wanted on murder and drug charges By Times of Israel staff Yaakov Shimon seen during a court hearing in Jerusalem on May 03, 2012 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) An Israeli mobster wanted for his suspected role in a slew of murders in Israel’s underworld has

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International, Middle East

Egypt accuses Muslim Brotherhood over church attack

Egypt’s interior ministry Monday accused fugitive Muslim Brotherhood leaders who have fled to Qatar of training and financing the perpetrators of the bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people. The ministry said investigations revealed the group was led by a suspect who received financial and logistical support and instructions to carry out

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Middle East

Trump chooses oil tycoon and Russia friend Rex Tillerson to head State Department

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will nominate oil tycoon Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, setting up a potential confrontation with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill who are uneasy with the Exxon Mobil chief executive’s close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a brief statement released by his transition office early

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International, USA

Inside the Conflict Zone

Close Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet, but he is already making decisions and issuing statements to world leaders that radically depart from American foreign policy, all to the benefit of his family’s corporate empire. Because of this, the next president of the United States is already vulnerable to undue influence by other nations,

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International, USA