North Korea may strike Australia for “blindly and zealously toeing the US line,” sources said. The Australian government had “better think twice” about Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s “reckless tongue-lashing,” North Korea said, warning the country was “inching close to the brink of war.” “What she uttered can never be pardoned,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry
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International, USAPro-European Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election, projections showed Sunday, making him clear favourite to emerge as the … Macron was projected to win 23-24 percent in Sunday’s first round, slightly ahead of National Front (FN) leader Le Pen with 21.6-23 percent, according to
On Saturday, at 4 am, I hopped on a bus from Pittsburgh to Washington DC to march for science. I was soaked and freezing within five minutes of arrival, and for five hours, without a poncho, I stood soggy and bedraggled, shielding my laptop from the light mist that eventually turned into a downpour. But
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHomeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Sunday said anyone in the country illegally is subject to deportation by law but so-called “Dreamers” should rest easy and that undocumented residents should still report domestic violence and other crimes. Mr. Kelly said President Trump tasked him with two key objectives on immigration – secure the Southwest
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International, USAIn lobbies throughout the capital, young ultra-Orthodox men and women sit down every evening to participate in a carefully rehearsed dating ritual By Tracy Frydberg Just inside the ornate glass doors stands a cluster of modestly dressed young women, not too overtly scanning the crowd. The objects of their attentions are sitting restlessly in the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastTokyo (dpa) – Two Japanese destroyers began a joint drill with a group of US warships in the Western Pacific Ocean on Sunday in the face of a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, the US Navy said. The destroyers Samidare and Ashigara and US warships, including aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, will carry out
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International, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — A petition signed by over 2,000 IDF reservists was sent last night (Saturday) to IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, calling on him to prevent the theft of military equipment from IDF bases and training grounds in the Negev. According to the petition, the theft of military equipment in the Negev by
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Nothing has changed in attitudes against the Jews in the last century. From the pogroms of a hundred years ago to the strain inflicted on Israel today there is an eerie similarity. Jews confined to their Russian shtetls suffered the murders and horrors of Jew haters. Polish Jews were
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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s always something to bother the Jews of Israel. Currently we’re smelling the preparations for a national election. Some may suspect that it wafts over the continent from Britain or France, but it comes from local pressures. The major responsibility may be those long-running police investigations into Sara and Bibi
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East50 Ways to Count on Israel By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The 50th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem on May 24th will be celebrated during the 50 days between the Jewish festivals of Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Pentecost). This feature article focuses on the significance of the number 50 in many of the
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International, Michael Ordman, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — As Israel marks Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, calls on the public to submit the names of family members and friends who were murdered during the Holocaust, and to provide survivor testimony about their experiences from this period. To date, Yad Vashem’s Shoah Victims’
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — For thousands of years the Jewish people remembered Zion and God’s promise that that they would eventually return to their homeland there (Genesis 15:18). Whether one believes the Bible or not, it is an uncontested fact that Jews have prayed for the return to Jerusalem for millennia: By
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One of the nightmarish questions we Jews ask ourselves is “After all the Holocaust survivors have passed on, who will tell their stories?” Following a Havdalah service on Saturday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, a group of pre-teens and teens affirmed in unison: “When they are gone, we
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USAA farmer loads fruit boxes with avocados onto a truck at an orchard in the municipality of Uruapan, Michoacan State, Mexico. AFP Chinese consumers are developing a taste for avocados and officials in Mexico, the world’s largest producer, said China is a market ripe for growth－as Mexico may be facing possible policy changes by the
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