Melania Trump hasn’t exactly hit the ground running as the new first lady of the United States. Instead of moving with the president to Washington, D.C., she’s stayed in her $100-million Trump Towers penthouse in New York City, chauffeuring her 10-year-old son Barron Trump to private school, preparing his meals and staying out of the
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USAPresident’s war against French presidential candidate Le Pen earns praise, while Netanyahu picks a fight with Germany By Ilan Ben Zion President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem, April 4, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) President Reuven Rivlin’s scathing criticism of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen during a Holocaust memorial ceremony on Monday night drew headlines around the
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International, Middle EastLOS ANGELES — An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile will be launched Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to test the weapon’s effectiveness, accuracy and readiness, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The Minuteman III missile test launch will occur between 12:01 and 6:01 a.m. from the north end of the base
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International, USAChinese authorities have banned a list of Muslim names for children born in the northwestern region of Xinjiang according to reports. Officials released a list of dozens of baby names with religious connotations used by Muslims around the world. The ban on baby names existed in Hotan, a region of the semi-autonomous Xinjiang, since 2015,
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InternationalPresident Nicolas Maduro is facing growing, deadly unrest across Venezuela. Amid the country’s deepening economic and political crisis, the leftist leader is also increasingly isolated within the region. Violent confrontations between protesters and police have gripped the oil-rich nation for the past month, leaving up to 25 people dead, including four on Monday and Tuesday.
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InternationalTel Aviv (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had cancelled on him, after Gabriel refused to accede to the Israeli leader’s ultimatum. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu’s office. Netanyahu had reportedly told Gabriel that he had to pick between either meeting him or
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International, Middle EastNorth Korea has reportedly conducted a huge live-fire exercise to mark the foundation of its military. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency says the North appears to have deployed a large number of long-range artillery units in the region of Wonsan on its east coast. The report cites an unidentified South Korean government source as saying
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International, USAEditor’s Note: Following is a speech delivered by President Trump in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday about Holocaust remembrance By President Donald Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends, members of Congress, ambassadors, veterans, and, most especially, to the survivors here with us today, it’s an honor to join you on this very, very solemn occasion. I
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Jewish History, USARodrigo Tot is a 60-year-old farmer and an indigenous land rights activist from Guatemala. He represents an isolated, small Q’eqchi farming and fishing community of about 270 members in the long-running fight to secure legal ownership over their communal lands. Tot and his community stood up to the government and nickel miners expanding into their
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International, The World We ShareThe batteries of North Korean artillery lie just on the other side of the divided peninsula’s demilitarized zone. There are thousands of them—some hidden, others out in the open. Artillery shells are stored in an elaborate network of tunnels; and though much of the weaponry and ammunition is old, U.S. forces stationed in South Korea
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International, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that babies born from mothers who underwent fertility treatments are at increased risk of developing many types of pediatric cancers and tumors (neoplasms). According to the American Cancer Society, the most common pediatric neoplasms are leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, neuroblastomas, Wilms
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTel Aviv terror attack prompts Israeli government to suspend entry permits (JNS.org) The Israeli Defense Ministry suspended the issuing of single-day permits for Palestinians to enter Israel Sunday, following a terror attack initiated by an 18-year-old Palestinian who stabbed four people on Tel Aviv’s beachfront promenade. The injured pedestrians—a man in his 70s, and two
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Middle EastADL applauds President Trump’s stand against anti-Semitism NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday welcomed President Trump’s pledge to confront anti-Semitism and his recognition of the need to honor both the survivors and the victims of the Holocaust. In Mr. Trump’s remarks to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Days of Remembrance
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Jewish History, USAFormer President Obama told his supporters Monday that they shouldn’t immediately assume that someone who wants stricter enforcement of immigration laws is “automatically racist,” as he called for a new understanding and engagement in American political life. Returning to the public stage for the first time since leaving office, Mr. Obama said his chief post-presidency
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