Rumors about Hillary Clinton’s health are not likely to be quashed anytime soon due to a cryptic statement written by top aide Huma Abedin in April 2015. WikiLeaks’ document dump of personal emails belonging to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta show Ms. Abedin on April 21, 2015 – just days after the her boss’s campaign […]
If Donald Trump loses the election on Nov. 8, he will not have lost it on the issues. He will have lost it because he made fun of disabled people, insulted a Gold Star mother, fat-shamed a Miss Universe, was caught on audiotape giving his views on genital grabbing (it’s OK if you’re a celebrity),
Tokyo (dpa) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to ask Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to repair soured relations with the United States when the two meet in Tokyo, local media reported Tuesday. Duterte, who was due to arrive in Japan on Tuesday for a three-day visit, is scheduled to hold talks with Abe
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The era of the fingerprint has given way to the digital footprint. Counterterrorism investigators still rely heavily on tools such as surveillance cameras, license plate readers and facial recognition software to track potential terror plots in the physical realm. But they now delve with as much vigor into the social media activity of
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The State Department appears headed for a showdown with Congress over the department’s decision to approve more than $50 million in aid for Honduras despite the Central American nation’s poor human rights record. The money is part of a $750 million aid package for Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle — Honduras, El Salvador
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International, USAThe first commercial shipment by a self-driving truck was a beer run. Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving trucking unit, Otto, said Tuesday it partnered with brewing giant Anheuser-Busch Cos. to carry 51,744 cans of Budweiser on a shipment through Colorado. “Yes, you can go out right now and buy a can of beer that was shipped
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USAPA frees Palestinians arrested for attending Sukkot event (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Palestinian Authority security forces released four Palestinians arrested Thursday for attending a holiday event at Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi’s sukkah in Gush Etzion. The prisoners were released after Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, coordinator of government activities in the territories, intervened. Before their release,
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Middle EastStrasbourg, France (dpa) – The European Parliament on Tuesday lifted the immunity of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front party, over charges of inciting racial hatred in a video clip published online in 2014. Le Pen, who enjoys parliamentary immunity as an EU lawmaker, has been repeatedly hauled before court over
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InternationalWhile the recently released video of Turkish Muslims praying in the airport synagogue in Ben-Gurion and using Jewish prayer shawls as floor mats sparked an uproar among many Israelis, one Knesset Member says he was happy to see the recording, and sees no reason for consternation. “Where is the embarrassment? I couldn”t find any,” wrote
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Middle EastPro-Israeli Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson, who aroused the wrath of the BDS organization in the past when she advertised Israeli company SodaStream, opened a popcorn chain last week in an upscale area of Paris. Johansson attended the opening of the first branch of the chain in the Marais quarter of Paris and even served popcorn
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDespite Portugal’s offer to grant citizenship to Sephardic Jews descended from Jews persecuted in the Inquisition, 92% of applications are still pending, with only 292 out of 3,838 approved in the past year and a half. However, no applications have been denied thus far. Portugal’s “law of return” allows those who can prove “a traditional
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International, Jewish HistoryAfter UNESCO declared that Israel and the Jewish people have no connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall, MK Oren Hazan (Likud) wrote a letter to Pope Francis, asking him to join those condemning UNESCO and to voice his support for Israel. In his letter, Hazan wrote: “UNESCO…has recently reached an outrageous decision… This
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International, Middle EastWhatever result emerges from the U.S. election on Nov. 8, political invective may never be the same. On Monday the New York Times filled two pages with 281 people, places and things Donald Trump has insulted on Twitter, but it’s the Republican candidate himself who has drawn much of the most vociferous and imaginative abuse,
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USAFormer New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Tuesday said public polls are oversampling Democrats and that Donald Trump is probably doing better than 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney among both Democrats and independents. “I do think the oversampling of Democrats is apparent,” Mr. Giuliani said on “Fox and Friends.” “Now, the pollsters have
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