China will remain neutral if North Korea fires missiles at United States territory first, but should the U.S. launch a preemptive strike, as it has suggested it might, North Korea’s chief ally would come to the North’s aide. While not direct government policy, that verdict of how the country should react amid the unfolding nuclear […]
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InternationalMiami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has agreed to sell the franchise for $1.2 billion to a group led by New York businessman Bruce Sherman and former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, and Major League Baseball is expected to receive the written agreement on Friday, according to a New York based MLB source. Sherman, a
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Friday threatened military action against Venezuela Friday in a comment sure to roil the divided South American nation and alarm its neighbors. Trump made the statement at a news conference on the growing concerns of military action in North Korea, immediately raising the specter of United States intervening in two
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International, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Welcome to Argentina, 1952. Humble laborers meander into a Spanish colonial church representing the country in microcosm. Argentina is a developing nation of backbreaking labor and wealthy elites. When the news breaks that their beloved first lady, Eva Perón has succumbed to cancer, the people cry out for
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Eric George Tauber, International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States persists in treating Lebanon as if it were a country. Congress provides U.S. military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and trains the LAF’s officers. And now we’re fighting alongside the LAF, apparently to oust ISIS from encampments inside Lebanon, where they have moved across
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATouting President Trump’s criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a conservative group said Thursday the time is ripe to remove the Kentucky Republican from his leadership post for failing to deliver on campaign promises. Ken Cuccinelli, the head of the Senate Conservative Fund, said Mr. McConnell recently showed his true colors when attributed part
Stockholm (dpa) – A Swedish national who was held almost six years by Islamist militants in Mali said on Thursday he “did not know” why he was released, saying he rejected possible ransom payments. Such payments only fuel groups who take hostages to buy arms and “put other people in danger,” Johan Gustafsson told a
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InternationalNitsana Darshan-Leitner Never has the wisdom of the ancient rabbinical adage that showing mercy to the cruel would eventually result in dealing cruelly with the merciful been more apparent. The recent news that senior PLO official Saeb Erekat has asked to be placed on Israel’s waiting list for a lung transplant certainly raised a few
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Middle EastIt’s been a little over a year since Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel died. He was celebrated around the globe as an activist and a writer, and for his lifelong efforts to keep the world from forgetting the horrors of the Holocaust. But for his only child, Elisha Wiesel, coming to
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Obituaries & memorials, USAA luxury cruise ship on a 104-day world tour carrying 1,900 passengers was forced into a 10-day blackout mode on the first leg of its journey from Sydney to Dubai as the crew feared an attack by Somali pirates, reports said Wednesday. The Sea Princess went on a dusk-till-dawn shutdown for 10 days, during which
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International, Travel and FoodTexas is moving toward a plan that could see women buy insurance coverage for abortions after a House vote derided by critics as “ridiculous and cruel.” The GOP-controlled House voted 95-51 Tuesday in favor of restricting abortion coverage in health insurance, under a rule that would ban coverage in private health insurance and force women
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAViolent demonstrations erupted across Nairobi Wednesday afternoon, just one day after Kenyans elected their next president. Wednesday’s protests were fueled by ethnic and political divisions between longstanding rivals President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition party candidate Raila Odinga. Elections officials have yet to announce an official winner of the contentious race — a delay that has
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InternationalWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea have highlighted as never before the tension between the president’s duties as chief executive and the role he often seems to prefer as the country’s highest-profile TV and internet commentator. Despite Trump’s blustery warning of “fire and fury,” which he amplified further in comments to reporters
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International, USABy Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Aug 10,2017 – Last updated at Aug 10,2017 AMMAN (JT) — Some 11, 500 pilgrims are scheduled to start leaving Jordan to perform Hajj (the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) as of Wednesday, August 16, an official source said. The pilgrim number includes 7,000 Jordanians and around 4,500 Palestinians, Anas
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