Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open his border with Europe to migrants, if the EU doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain. In a deal struck in March, the EU promised to deliver 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to Turkey, in exchange for Ankara controlling the influx of Syrian refugees through its […]
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International, Middle EastPHILADELPHIA — Selling Barack Obama was easy. Tuesday, Bill Clinton faces a more difficult challenge: selling Hillary Clinton as a future president Former President Clinton will headline the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday facing a nation with lingering doubts about Hillary Clinton’s trustworthiness. He speaks as those doubts about her have
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USAA pair of attackers armed with knives slipped into a Roman Catholic church in northern France on Tuesday during morning Mass and killed an elderly priest by slitting his throat before being shot dead by police, French officials said. The militant group Islamic State, through its affiliated Amaq news agency, claimed responsibility. The attack, which
The New York Times is having a bit of a problem with Hillary Clinton. The Times is generally considered a bastion of American “progressivism,” which is what the left calls itself since “liberal” became a dirty word in the U.S. And the list of policy plans proposed by the Democratic party as it gathers in
WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders celebrated the health care concessions he won from Hillary Clinton Monday night as he gave a rousing endorsement to his former presidential rival. In a Democratic convention speech that revisited the agenda of his surprisingly competitive campaign for the nomination, Sanders reminded the audience that while he may have lost the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders celebrated the health care concessions he won from Hillary Clinton Monday night as he gave a rousing endorsement to his former presidential rival. In a Democratic convention speech that revisited the agenda of his surprisingly competitive campaign for the nomination, Sanders reminded the audience that while he may have lost the
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USAPHILADELPHIA — So what did Bernie Sanders make of all the booing on his behalf Monday night? Give his supporters time, Sanders told reporters at a Bloomberg Politics breakfast Tuesday. Most have never been involved in politics before. They are still working their way through the stages of grief. “We have beautiful supporters, passionate supporters,”
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USAPHILADELPHIA — If nothing else, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention showed that family feuds are not solely the province of the Republican Party. Party stalwarts arrived onstage only to be treated dismissively — loudly so — by many of the delegates. That followed a second day of protests by supporters of Sen.
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USALONDON (Press Release) — A Jewish family in the UK has just five weeks to find a stem cell donor to save their mother’s life after discovering her leukemia has returned. Sharon Berger, 65, of London was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 2012, and was told that the only available cure was a stem
Democratic National Convention, Day 1 By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton will not appear at the convention every night. Instead she has placed a life-sized bobble head doll of herself in a pants suit near the podium to nod its head approvingly after every positive comment said about her. * Those
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA(AFP) – Bernie Sanders urged supporters Monday to vote for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in order to bar Donald Trump’s path to the White House, slamming the Republican as a “demagogue.” Sanders’ call – met with cheers and jeers from supporters – was the latest twist in the rocky run-up to the Democratic National
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USAPHILADELPHIA – Blazing new ground for illegal immigrants, a mother here without authorization and her U.S. citizen child took to the stage of the Democratic convention Monday to demand legalization. Karla Ortiz, 11, the U.S. citizen child, said in English that her parents “came here looking for a better life,” but now she lives in
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International, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on Israeli Arabs to take full part in Israeli society. In a video message issued Monday, the PM apologizes for comments in which he warned that Arabs were “flocking to the polls in droves” – a reference to the expected success of the extreme anti-Zionist Arab Joint List party.
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Middle East“To the Bernie or bust people,” Sarah Silverman said, “you’re being ridiculous.” The comedian, a Bernie Sanders supporter, had taken the stage at the Democratic National Convention. She and Senator Al Franken, the former comedian and longstanding Hillary Clinton booster, were doing a shtick about bringing the party together. As the Bernie chants rose, a
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