A picture emerged on the internet Saturday of Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, searching for Hurricane Maria victims. Cruz is depicted holding a megaphone in her left hand as she stands in waist-deep flood water. She held in her right hand the hand of a civilian in a canoe. “I […]
The Oxford University college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied said Saturday it had taken down a portrait of the Myanmar leader, a decision that follows widespread criticism of her over the Rohingya crisis. The portrait, which was on display in the main entrance of St Hugh’s College, has been placed in storage and was
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Laurie Baron (Melody: “America” from West Side Story) Puerto Rico, You ravaged island , Island of Cat 4 destruction. Bad place to build my casinos. Since most people there are Latinos. * Puerto Rico, You crippled island. Island without any power. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the devastation growing. And the debts you’re owing,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAStalin’s Englishman: the Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie (published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2015) By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The defection to the USSR of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean in 1951 remained prominent in the British press for almost a decade. Their defection was followed a few years later by that of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, InternationalWASHINGTON — The Republican plan to nearly double the standard deduction as part of a sweeping tax overhaul appears to be a windfall for average Americans because it would allow them to shield thousands of additional dollars from taxes. But don’t start planning how you’d spend those savings yet. Another untouted proposed change that would
US President Donald Trump is “betraying” US commitments to refugees for nearly halving the number the country will allow in this year from 2016, the major Jewish immigrant advocacy group HIAS said. Trump administration officials said Wednesday that the United States will cap the number of refugees at 45,000 for fiscal year 2018 — the
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International, USAAll foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Erbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad’s orders, its airport director said, following a controversial independence referendum. “All international flights without exception to and from Erbil will stop from 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday following a decision by the Iraqi cabinet
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Middle EastBy JT – Sep 28,2017 – Last updated at Sep 28,2017 AMMAN — Jordan and Palestine on Wednesday signed five memoranda of understanding and executive programmes in the energy, education, health, roads, bridges, buildings, housing, tenders and social development sectors. The deals were signed at the conclusion of of 5th meeting of the Joint Jordanian-Palestinian
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Middle EastBy JT – Sep 28,2017 – Last updated at Sep 28,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty Abdullah on Wednesday discussed with Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen means to boost cooperation between Jordan and Singapore, mainly in the military field, as well as the latest developments in the region. The King and the Singaporean minister stressed
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court appointee, on Thursday drew protesters to the Trump International Hotel when he gave his first major speech in Washington there to a conservative education group. Several progressive groups accused Gorsuch of undercutting the court’s appearance of impartiality. They said he may be required
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USANFL players across the league have spoken out against President Donald Trump’s comments from last week in Alabama, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the league’s biggest star to comment on the issue. Rodgers took to Instagram on Wednesday with a picture of he and his teammates locking arms during the anthem, and
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Sports & Competitions, USAAn elementary school librarian in Massachusetts exceeded her authority when she rejected a shipment of Dr. Seuss books donated by first lady Melania Trump, the school district said. The White House is recognizing schools across the country with programs that achieve “high standards of excellence” to receive 10 Dr. Seuss books in honor of National
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAPresident Donald Trump lifted US shipping restrictions on storm-battered Puerto Rico for 10 days Thursday, temporarily removing a legal obstacle blamed for slowing the disaster relief response to Hurricane Maria, the White House said. A 1920 law that restricts shipments between American ports to US-owned and operated cargo ships has been preventing foreign-flagged ships from
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USAMosab Yousef testifies before the U.N. Human Rights Council Sept. 25, 2017 The son of a prominent Hamas leader shocked members of the U.N. Human Rights Council, including representatives of the Palestinian Authority, declaring in testimony that the PA is the “greatest enemy of the Palestinian people.” “If Israel did not exist, you would have
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