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Ailing 130-Year-old Tree Adorned With Prayer Flags in Tribute Before Being Felled

In a final tribute before chainsaws would cut this giant down due to poor health, gardeners adorned a 130-year-old Monterey cypress tree with Tibetan prayer flags. The tree has stood on the the great lawn of the famous Lotusland gardens in Montecito, California for more than thirteen decades. With the announcement that the tree, which

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Israel asks UN for permission to inspect Armon Hanatziv compound

The Jerusalem District Court last week ordered the Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel Land Authority to respond to the petition filed last week by Regavim against the United Nations over an illegal construction boom at the UN headquarters in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which belongs to the State of Israel. The state, for its part,

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International, Middle East

Macron visits Holocaust Memorial a week before presidential run-off

French centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron visited the Holocaust Memorial in Paris on Sunday, one week before he faces off against far right leader Marine Le Pen in the country’s presidential election. Amid worries about rising nationalism, and on the day France remembers thousands of Jews who were deported to Nazi death camps, Macron warned the

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International, Jewish Religion

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, longtime Florida congresswoman, won’t run again

MIAMI �� U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban American elected to Congress and the deal of Florida’s congressional delegation, said Sunday that she would retire at the end of her term next year after 38 years in elective office. “We just said, ‘It’s time to take a new step,’ ” the Miami Republican said.

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Jewish member of India’s Nehru dynasty dies at 108

Fleeing anti-Semitism in Hungary, Shobha Nehru, nee Magdolna Friedmann, wound up marrying into the family of India’s first PM By Times of Israel staff Shobha Nehru. (Screen capture: YouTube) A Jewish-Hungarian woman who escaped European anti-Semitism and married into India’s most prominent political dynasty died last week at age 108. Shobha Nehru, born Magdolna Friedmann

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International, Jewish History, USA

Ex-premier Renzi favourite to win Italy’s Democratic Party primaries

Rome (dpa) – Former prime minister Matteo Renzi was expected to be comfortably re-elected leader of Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Sunday, setting him up for a showdown with the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) in general elections. The PD primaries are taking place from 8 am to 8 pm (0600-1800 GMT), and results

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International

Tom Hanks let us in on what really happened during his vacation with the Obamas

Actor Tom Hanks is divulging the details of his luxury yacht vacation with Barack and Michelle Obama. Earlier this month, pictures started circulating of former President and first lady Obama vacationing on a yacht in French Polynesia. Soon, it was revealed that he was on the 450-foot luxury yacht with Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen and

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Trump invites Philippines’ controversial Duterte to White House in ‘friendly’ call

US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to the US in a “friendly” call in which the leaders discussed the “threat” of North Korea and the “war on drugs”, the White House said. The announcement comes amid rising tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs following its latest test-fire, as

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International, USA

‘We are being tested,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells crowd in Glendale

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., played the role of therapist, sports coach and motivational speaker Saturday during a talk to a loud and friendly crowd in Glendale during her national book tour. The populist former Harvard law professor gave what amounted to an extended pep talk and lecture, encouraging members of the audience

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USA

Donald Trump in Harrisburg marks his 100th day in office, takes dig at ‘boring’ WHCD

President Trump skipped the annual White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday, calling it “boring,” and hosted a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to celebrate his 100th day in office. “Media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are fake news, and they’re sitting, and they’re wishing, they’re watching, they’re watching, and they would love to be with us tonight.

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