You can get a pretty good idea of a country’s wealth by seeing how much it shines at night — just compare the intense brightness of China and South Korea to the dark mass of North Korea that’s sandwiched between them. But nighttime lights don’t tell you which neighborhoods or villages within a large region […]
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International, The World We ShareLOS ANGELES — Actors gravitate toward passion projects, films they care deeply, even obsessively about, but the result is seldom as convincing as “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” a film of beautiful melancholy written, directed by and starring Natalie Portman. A Hebrew-language film based on the celebrated memoir by Israeli novelist Amos Oz, “Love
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Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt’s hard to find words to describe an abomination like Auschwitz, the infamous Holocaust death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. However, if you choose the wrong words, you might soon end up in jail. This week Poland’s ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party pushed for a new law that would forbid the use of phrases like
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International, Jewish HistoryCENTRAL La. — Terry Phinney was not always a fan of Donald Trump’s, but when the Republican presidential candidate arrived at his Baptist church to meet flood victims Friday, Phinney was impressed. “It was a good little boost for folks who are tired,” said Phinney, 42, a church maintenance supervisor whose father’s home flooded. More
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — The Olympic scandal created by American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates moved toward a resolution Friday, with Lochte issuing a qualified apology for lying about an alleged robbery and swimmer James Feigen reaching a deal that would allow him to leave Brazil. “I want to apologize for my behavior last
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWith less than three months to go until voters cast their ballots in the presidential election, the chief strategist of Republican Donald Trump’s campaign resigned on Friday, an unusual high-level departure this late in an election year. Paul Manafort’s exit came just two days after Trump announced new campaign leadership, naming Stephen Bannon, head of
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USARio de Janeiro (dpa) – It was the picture-perfect finish: Brazilian sailors winning gold during their last chance at the Rio Games, in an event that was making its Olympic debut in their country. After securing the win in the women’s 49er FX race on Thursday, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze let themselves fall in
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International, Sports & CompetitionsOTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a mini cabinet shuffle Friday that sees Bardish Chagger become the country’s first ever female government House leader in the Commons. Chagger, the rookie MP for Waterloo and also Minister of Small Business and Tourism, takes on the additional duties of leader of the government in the House
When Donald Trump says he expects this presidential election (the one he looks increasingly likely to lose) will be “rigged,” he’s not just throwing out an empty phrase: The Republican is actually dog-whistling to a deeply paranoid subset of his supporters. Paranoia is nothing new in American politics, but some in the current paranoiac generation—weaned
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USAThe Toronto Star has been called “the best investigative newspaper in Canada.” Since Michael Cooke’s 2009 appointment as editor-in-chief, it has aggressively pursued stories exposing sexism, power imbalances, inappropriate behaviour and harassment at workplaces such as the CBC and in the restaurant industry. But recent allegations surrounding the suicide of award-winning reporter Raveena Aulakh open
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An 18-year-old Charlotte, N.C., college student who was ejected from Thursday’s Donald Trump rally says he went from avid backer to disillusioned opponent after Trump’s security accused him of being a known protester. Jake Anantha, who registered as a Republican and cast his first primary vote for Trump, was wearing a Trump
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USAPresident Obama has refused so far to survey the Louisiana flood disaster, but he did let state and local officials know that he’s watching to make sure they don’t engage in racial discrimination. In a 16-page guidance issued Tuesday, the Obama administration, led by the Justice Department, warned Louisiana recipients of federal disaster assistance against
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s embattled campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, resigned Friday amid increasing questions about his work for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine. The resignation comes two days after Manafort lost much of his power in a leadership shake-up that included the introduction of a new chief operating officer and a campaign manager, filling
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International, USAArchaeologists in Saudi Arabia have announced the discovery of “the world’s oldest human bone” in a new excavation. The bone itself is the middle section of the middle finger of a human who they believe lived 90,000 years ago. If confirmed, it would make the bone the oldest trace of human life in the Arabian
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