International

Australian government to build second international airport in Sydney

Sydney (dpa) – The Australian government will build a second international airport in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday. The details of a plan to build Western Sydney Airport will be announced by the country’s treasurer in the budget next week, Turnbull said in a statement. The new airport will cost taxpayers 5 billion

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International, Travel and Food

New Iran Sanctions Coming, But None For Russia

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will seek new sanctions against Iran but not Russia, although it will work on legislation to hinder Russia’s recent actions in Europe, which have included increased troop movement near NATO members’ borders as well as accusations of hacking efforts to influence European elections. “We’re not going to do a Russia

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International, Middle East, USA

“Blood everywhere, broken bones, noses, open fractures” — 27 injured in mid-flight chaos

At least 27 people were injured Monday when an Aeroflot plane traveling from Moscow hit an air pocket while approaching Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Russian embassy in Thailand said in a statement. The injured include 24 Russians and three Thai nationals who suffered injuries ranging from bruises to fractures and broken bones. Four people required

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International, Travel and Food

Trump’s Anti-Abortion Pick for Federal Family Planning

President Donald Trump has reportedly picked an anti-abortion law professor who has called access to contraceptives “anti-family”to run a national program to fight teen pregnancy. Trump made Teresa R. Manning deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on Monday. As part of the role Manning will

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USA

Jordanian TV instructs viewers on ‘Protocols’ of ‘abhorred, lying’ Jews

Host blames Judaism for Arab world’s woes, including high cost of living, citing fraudulent anti-Semitic text as proof By Times of Israel staff Jordanian TV host Ayed Alqam quotes from ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ (Courtesy MEMRI) A program broadcast on Jordan’s Prime TV channel in April examined “The Protocols of the Elders

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Middle East

Minnesota GOP apologizes for meme calling Keith Ellison a ‘Muslim goat humper’

The Republican Party of Minnesota has condemned a meme that was posted on an official Facebook page calling Rep. Keith Ellison a “Muslim goat humper.” Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District Republican Party posted the meme on its official Facebook page Monday night, claiming that Rep. Collin Peterson “has been sliding up to Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat

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USA

Trump cuts off CBS interview when asked to defend wiretapping claims

In a new interview with John Dickerson of CBS’ “This Morning,” President Donald Trump refused to back down from his unsubstantiated claims that President Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped, and Trump ended the interview when asked to explain those claims and defend calling former president Obama “sick” and “bad.” Watch the video Trump began by

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USA

Op-Ed: My sincerely held religious belief should not allow me to discriminate against others

Imagine this scenario: An evangelical Christian couple is planning their wedding and wants a cake for their reception from the best bakery in town. So they visit the Jewish baker to make arrangements but are greeted with bad news: “Sorry, we don’t bake cakes for Christian weddings.” Can you imagine the outcry in the Christian

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USA

Marking Israel’s first Independence Day without dreamer-in-chief Shimon Peres

Son Chemi Peres says his father left a compass and tools to help the country follow his path of making technology, not war By Shoshanna Solomon To die at the ripe age of 93 is a blessing in Israel, a country used to mourning young soldiers fallen in war who had only just started to

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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials

Author Jean Stein, who wrote about NY and Hollywood elite, falls to her death

Jean Stein, the literary editor and author known for producing engrossing oral histories on topics as disparate as the tumultuous life of an Andy Warhol acolyte and the dastardly intrigues of early Hollywood, has died at 83. Her death Sunday was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Nation magazine in New York City, where Stein’s

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Obituaries & memorials, USA