Calm appeared to have returned to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday morning in the wake of deadly protests Tuesday against President Joseph Kabila, who has refused to leave office as his mandate ends. “The situation is quiet in Kinshasa. It has been quiet since yesterday in the afternoon after the clashes,” FRANCE 24’s Thomas […]
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InternationalOutgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared his bid for the South Korean presidency, saying he is ready to “sacrifice myself” for the country. He made the remark during a meeting with Korean correspondents in New York on Tuesday (local time). His term as the world’s top diplomat expires on Dec. 31. “If what I
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InternationalNEW YORK – On a frigid December afternoon, Dr. Harold Bornstein was talking about his most famous patient, President-elect Donald Trump. He hadn’t spoken with Trump since the election, and had no idea whether he would be asked to move his medical practice to Washington. But he also didn’t seem particularly worried about what the
Bana Alabed, a seven-year-old Syrian girl who has been tweeting from war-torn Aleppo, met Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his palace Wednesday in Ankara. Bana also tweeted the experience and the same photos, a stark difference from the rest of her feed, which has shown devastation and survival in Eastern Aleppo during the past
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Middle EastCalifornia’s birth rate dropped to its lowest ever in 2016, according to data released by the state’s Department of Finance. Between July 2015 and July of this year, there were 12.42 births per 1,000 Californians. The last time birth rates came close to being that low was during the Great Depression, when they hit 12.6
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USADonald Trump has gotten upset with a number of different media outlets in his rise to the presidency. Those include CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and a few other organizations. And “Saturday Night Live” has been the thorn in his side throughout the entire race. He’s tweeted that the show is “boring
The state has decided not to appeal he decision of the parole board to grant former President Moshe Katsav’s request for an early release from prison, according to a report by Channel 2. State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan will receive the state’s decision tomorrow on whether or not to appeal the decision. Channel 2 reported that
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Middle EastBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri yesterday in Buenos Aires. The private meeting was the centerpiece of a two-day visit that also included meetings with the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Gustavo Slauvinen, U.S. Ambassador Noah Mamet, and Israeli Ambassador Ilan Sztulman. The
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International, Middle East, USAFamilial Dysautonomia may be slowed by phosphatidylserine, Tel Aviv University researchers say Tel Aviv (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study finds that a popular food supplement called phosphatidylserine may be instrumental in reversing the detrimental effects of Familial Dysautonomia (FD), a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 1 in 31 Jewish people
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA blast strikes the San Pablito marketplace in Tultepec, north of Mexico City on Dec 20, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] MEXICO CITY – At least 27 people died and at least 70 were injured in an explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, local authorities said. The blast was the third to strike
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InternationalNine people returned from Islam to Judaism recently with the help of Yad Le’Achim activists. Five women and four children were smuggled out of Arab villages. After a team of social workers affiliated with the organization had prepared the mothers for their return to the Jewish fold and a team of counselors had been assigned
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief William “Bill” Scott, the department’s highest-ranking African-American officer, has been appointed chief of the San Francisco Police Department following recent scandals involving racist texting among Bay Area officers. Scott, who oversees LAPD’s South Bureau, was selected by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to lead the embattled
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USAHe’s a white nationalist, and he’s pondering a run for Congress. Richard Spencer, whose National Policy Institute has been described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, said he’s considering running for the Montana congressional seat expected to be vacated by Republican Ryan Zinke. Last week, Zinke was tapped
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USAA Dallas county judge issued an order on December 19 allowing a lawyer representing Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald to issue subpoenas to compel Twitter to reveal the identity of the subscriber who used the social media platform to intentionally trigger a seizure in the journalist. According to the court filing, Twitter agreed to the
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