Donald Trump unveiled his economic advisory council Friday morning, three days before he’s scheduled to take the stage at the Detroit Economic Club for a speech laying out his ideas for “revitalizing the American economy.” Perhaps not surprisingly, given his business background, his roster of advisers is heavy on CEOs and financiers and short on […]
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USAEgypt’s armed forces claim to have killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, the head of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the Sinai peninsula. The military said it targeted the leader in several airstrikes, which also killed more than 45 members of the affiliate group, known as Sinai Province. Sinai Province is currently Egypt’s most dangerous
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Middle EastFrance is in shock after 13 people died and six more were injured when fire ripped through a bar in northern France, turning a birthday party to tragedy. A group of 18-25 year-olds were celebrating in the basement of the Cuba Libre in Rouen at a private function on Friday night. It is thought a
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International{Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USARIO DE JANEIRO — Virginia Thrasher has a gold medal, but it won’t get her a pass with her physics professor. She will return to classes at West Virginia only 20 hours after returning to the U.S. on Aug. 17. “I’ll be in physics at 8:30 a.m.,” she said. Thrasher might want to volunteer for
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — The Obama administration has released a redacted version of its “playbook” for the lethal U.S. drone program, a booklet of presidential guidelines that sets legal standards for deciding whom to kill, where and under what circumstances. The document was drawn up in May 2013, after President Barack Obama promised more transparency and oversight
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USARIO DE JANEIRO – Ask a guy who makes small, compelling, artsy films to design the opening ceremony for the Olympics and he’s not going to hand you a teeth-rattling, bombs-exploding blockbuster. And so it was that the Games of the XXXI Olympiad officially opened in Rio de Janiero on Friday night, with a presentation
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International, Sports & CompetitionsRIO DE JANEIRO — For at least three hours on a balmy Friday night, Brazilians got a respite from months of bad publicity, a chance to belt out bossa nova, dance the samba, watch supermodel Gisele sashay across Maracana Stadium and be distracted from the political and economic turmoil that have weighed on the nation
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International, Sports & CompetitionsBurials have gone out of fashion in Berlin. As space started getting tight, cemeteries have started charging rental fees on plots, and people are now choosing cremation instead. With the drop in demand, there are cemeteries being recycled and converted into public parks, playgrounds or gardens. To some, it might sound macabre. But in Germany,
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InternationalBrussels (dpa) – Two female police officers in the Belgian city of Charleroi were injured Saturday by a man wielding a machete who was calling “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is greatest” in Arabic, city police said. The attacker is dead, the police later wrote on Twitter. Local media reported that he had been shot by
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InternationalFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Friday she did nothing wrong as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, but resigned to avoid becoming a distraction as Hillary Clinton was about to become the party’s presidential nominee. Despite the critical verdicts delivered by cable TV talking heads, supporters of defeated presidential candidate Bernie
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USAThe diary of Kazimierz Sakowicz opens with his description of a pleasant summer day in the Ponar forest, outside the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius: “July 11: Quite nice weather, warm, white clouds, windy, some shots from the forest. Probably exercises.” The shots were not exercises, as Sakowicz would very quickly discover. The year was 1941,
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International, Jewish HistoryDespite pledges early in the primary season to maintain neutrality in dealings with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Donald Trump has since emphasized his pro-Israel bona fides and hinted at a major deviation from policies supported by presidents of both parties since the 1967 Six Day War, including the two-state solution, Israeli construction in Judea
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Middle East, USAPoland is the only country in the European Union that has failed to establish a comprehensive program to address the issue of confiscated Holocaust, or Communist-era, private property. Rather than moving forward, Poland is about to make another wrong turn in confronting the continuing violation of property rights. On hold for the last year has
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