United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has promised more aid to Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, saying he is “disappointed” with the international community’s response thus far. The island nation is currently embroiled in a new wave of cholera infections after it was hammered by the storm which left close to 1,000 residents […]
As part of a larger plan for middle class tax cuts, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday to double the child tax credit to $2,000 for families with kids aged four or younger, the Wall Street Journal reported. But what about Trump’s tax policy proposals? Read on, so you can know the tax plan
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USADefending his speech to Security Council, Hagai El-Ad says control over West Bank ‘isn’t an internal Israeli issue, but a major international issue’ By Raoul Wootliff B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad. (Screen capture: YouTube) The head of human rights group B’Tselem hit back Sunday at criticism over his decision to speak out against Israeli settlement policy
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International, Middle EastThe prophesied “apocalyptic battle” for Dabiq did not come to fruition as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels rout ISIL from the village The ISIL stronghold near the Turkish border in northern Syria has been recaptured after a short offensive which began on Saturday. “The Daesh myth of their great battle in Dabiq is finished,” Ahmed Osman, head
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Middle EastUS Secretary of State John Kerry was trying to build momentum behind a new drive to end the Syrian civil war Sunday after high-level talks with Russia and the country’s neighbours. Kerry was due to fly to London to brief Washington’s European allies after “brainstorming” talks in Lausanne with the main players in Syria’s bloody
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International, Middle East, USAPugnacious Toronto reporter and unabashed Zionist Sue-Ann Levy takes no prisoners in her new book, ‘Underdog: Confessions of a Right-Wing Gay Jewish Muckraker’ By Robert Sarner TORONTO — When speaking of her three beloved dachshunds, veteran Toronto journalist Sue-Ann Levy describes them as “feisty.” It’s an attribute her many fans and detractors would readily associate
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International, Middle EastDonald Trump has challenged his Democratic rival to a drug test before the next presidential debate. The embattled Republican nominee told a crowd of supporters in New Hampshire that the election was rigged, and suggested, without providing evidence, that Clinton was using performance-enhancing drugs when they last sparred. “We should take a drug test prior,
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USADespite a widespread government crackdown on dissent, some Egyptians are resorting to drastic measures to express their desperation over the food shortages and double-digit inflation that have made many of life’s necessities hard to come by. Nearly six years ago, a frustrated and destitute Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself ablaze, sparking a series
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES — A gun battle at a restaurant in Los Angeles left three people dead and 12 others wounded early Saturday. “It’s a bloody scene with shell casings everywhere,” Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Frank Preciado said. There were about 50 people inside the restaurant, Dilly’s, in the city’s West Adams district when an
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USAFormer Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone on Friday denied working with WikiLeaks and the Russian government to sabotage the presidential campaign of Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton as concerns swell over the Republican strategist’s potential ties with either. Amid calls for a federal investigation over the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia and WikiLeaks, Mr. Stone
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2016 – A federal judge has issued a summons to Governor Chris Christie over the Bridgegate scandal, raising more questions about when and what the Governor knew about the closing of the George Washington Bridge. Christie has been unable to shake this scandal. He has claimed innocence in municipal court, saying he
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USAWASHINGTON — As he fell further behind in polls and battled allegations of sexual misconduct in recent days, Donald Trump moved to darker corners. He sketched out conspiracies involving global bankers, casually threatened to jail his political opponent, and warned in increasingly specific terms that a loss by him would spell the end of civilization.
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USAUS Secretary of State says summit was ‘candid and constructive,’ with more talks scheduled for coming days By AP and AFP L to R: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir take part in a meeting on Syria, in Lausanne, on October 15, 2016.
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International, Middle East, USAOver the past few days, social media has been on fire with the story of Dr. Tamika Cross, who was flying on Delta when a flight attendant asked for a doctor to help a passenger in medical distress. Cross tried to jump in, but the flight attendant dismissed her, not believing the young black woman
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