Donald H. Harrison

Trump names Australia native to head US manufacturing panel

Washington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump is naming Australian-American Andrew Liveris, chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical Company, to lead a panel to promote US manufacturing. The “American Manufacturing Council” will be “tasked with finding ways to bring industry back to America,” Trump said at a rally with supporters late Friday in Grand […]

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International, USA

Colombian Nobel Prize winner says a “ray of hope” for Syria, Sudan

Santos collects Nobel Prize in Oslo for deal with FARC Quotes anti-war song by Bob Dylan, 2016 literature winner Hopes Colombian deal can inspire peace talks elsewhere Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a “ray of hope” for solving conflicts from Syria to

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

In 1917, Jerusalem tried to surrender to a British army cook who was lost looking for eggs

December 9 is the anniversary of one of those epochal events that shaped the modern world. The fall of Jerusalem, in 1917, during World War I. A Christian-led army — the British — took charge of the Holy City for the first time since the Crusades. Their defeat of the Ottoman Turks opened up the

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Middle East

Obama orders review of election-related hacking

Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama has ordered an intelligence review of “malicious cyber activity” during the US presidential election, the White House said Friday. US intelligence agencies in October pinned hacking of Democratic Party targets on the Russian government. Since then, concerns about Moscow’s attempts to influence the election have continued to grow.

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International, USA

Gambian president rejects election results, demands fresh polls

Gambia’s leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls. Investigations into the December 1 vote have revealed a string of “unacceptable errors” on the part of electoral authorities, Jammeh said in

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International

Oakland officials scrutinized for handling of complaints about warehouse where 36 died in fire

OAKLAND, Calif. — As investigators tried to find the cause of a warehouse fire that killed 36 people, Oakland city officials faced more scrutiny over their handling of complaints about the building in the years before the blaze. Despite numerous complaints about conditions both inside and outside the warehouse, city officials have not produced any

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USA

Muslims in Utah feel a little ‘betrayed’ by Mormon neighbors who voted Trump

In the wake of the US presidential election, a Utah mosque has opened its doors to the non-Muslim community. They’re holding Friday night information sessions called, “Meet the Muslims.” The Utah Islamic Center is tucked inside a strip mall in Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Shoes fill the entryway shelves and spill out

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USA

Netanyahu: Trump feels ‘very warmly’ about Israel, Jews

In 60 Minutes interview, Israeli leader acknowledges relations with Obama have not always been smooth, though he insists it was never personal By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview set for broadcast on December 11, 2016 (CBS screenshot) US President-elect Donald Trump feels “very warmly”

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Middle East, USA

Opposition candidate wins Ghanaian elections with nearly 54 per cent

Accra (dpa) – Ghanaian opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo ousted President John Dramani Mahama in this week’s presidential elections, taking 53.85 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission announced Friday. Mahama took 44.4 per cent according to results from 271 out of a total 275 constituencies. “I’ll not let you down. I’ll do all I

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International

Trump team dismisses Russian hacking reports, bashes CIA assessment

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team questioned the veracity of assessments by U.S. intelligence officials that Russia-backed hackers interfered in this year’s elections, challenging assertions that the CIA determined Russia sought to help the Republican nominee win the presidency. “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” the transition team

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USA

AJC helps rebuild arson- damaged mosque

NEW YORK – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented a donation on Friday to help rebuild the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Florida, severely damaged in an arson attack in September. “An attack on any house of worship is an affront to all Americans, regardless of their religious affiliation,” said Robert Silverman, AJC Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations.

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Jewish History, USA

Details emerge on upcoming San Diego Jewry exhibition

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some details are beginning to emerge about the major exhibition planned by the San Diego History Center about the Jews of San Diego. Bill Lawrence, executive director of the center that previously was known as the San Diego Historical Society, said the exhibit will run between nine months

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA