Japan plans to send several warships to the Korean Peninsula to join the U.S. warship Carl Vinson, which was redeployed to the region Monday according to reports. Kyodo news agency, a cooperative news agency based in Japan, and Reuters both cited sources that had confirmed ships from Japan’s naval fleet would travel to the East
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International, USATokyo/Beijing (dpa) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Beijing wanted to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula by peaceful means. Japan’s Defence Ministry told dpa on Wednesday that the Japanese Navy plans to soon conduct a joint military exercise with a US aircraft carrier
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International, USAAfter a long-fought battle with leukemia, comedian Charlie Murphy, the older brother of Eddie Murphy, died Wednesday. He was 57. Charlie Murphy was mostly known for his comedic sketches on “Chappelle’s Show.” Murphy also co-wrote some of his brother’s movies and appeared in a few movies such as “Are We There Yet,” “The Boondocks” and
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhen former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put his name forward as a candidate in the country’s May 19 presidential election, it surprised observers both inside and outside the Islamic Republic. Not least because Iran’s highest religious figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had discouraged Ahmadinejad from running. Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s current leader and the reformist
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Middle EastThree Republican lawmakers in North Carolina filed a bill Tuesday that seeks to defy the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. House Bill 780, otherwise known as the Uphold Historical Marriage Act, said the Supreme Court “overstepped its constitutional bounds” when it struck down an amendment of North Carolina’s constitution in its
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USAAfter bringing down News of the World for cell phone hacking, Mark Lewis is intent on combating anti-Semitism — even as he travels to Israel to fight his multiple sclerosis By Jenni Frazer LONDON — You really wouldn’t want to be on the wrong side of media and libel lawyer Mark Lewis. For a good
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International, Middle EastIn a landmark amendment to their pre-existing laws, Taiwan has become the first country in Asia to totally ban the consumption of dog and cat meat. According to the Animals Asia Foundation, the Animal Protection Act enforced on the island only prohibited the slaughter and marketing of pet meats. Now, the actual act of eating
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International, The World We ShareManila (dpa) – Philippine security forces have killed a leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group who was suspected to be behind the beheading of a German tourist in February, officials said Wednesday. Muammar Askali, who goes by the alias Abu Rami, was among six Abu Sayyaf militants killed in a firefight on the central
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InternationalMOSCOW — As top diplomats from Russia and the United States held a testy meeting Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the Trump administration, saying relations between Washington and Moscow had deteriorated. “You can say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military side, has not improved but
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International, USAWASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 – First Lady Melania Trump has won her lawsuit against British tabloid The Daily Mail over a highly critical and arguably false 2016 article about her time as a model. Her attorneys argued that the story damaged her ability to be build businesses based on her status as a “successful businesswoman.”
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International, USAPolice outside Washington ‘diligently’ searching for vandals who spray-painted anti-Semitic and derogatory slogans on Passover By Times of Israel staff The swastika found daubed on the Jewish Community Center in northern Virginia on April 11, 2017. (screen capture: NBC Washington) Swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were found daubed on a suburban Washington, DC, Jewish community
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USAMIAMI — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s two-day visit to Miami — his third stop on a national listening tour — started with a big glitch. Carson, Miami-Dade County Public Housing Director Michael Liu and five other people got stuck inside an elevator Wednesday on the way down from a visit to the
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USAComedian and long time “Late Night” show host David Letterman’s mother passed away Tuesday night, according to reports. Dorothy Mengering, who appeared several times on Letterman’s program as his mom from Indiana, passed away at age 95. Ron Bracket of the Tampa Bay Times first reported the news. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mengering’s daughter
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Obituaries & memorials, USAThe creator of the “charging bull” statue in Wall Street believes New York City has infringed his rights by installing a second statue next to the model without his permission. Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica said the “fearless girl” statue of a young girl facing down the bull, put in place on March 7, changed
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