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‘How Can You Work … for a President That Undermines Your Work?’

Last week, Dan Coats, the former senator from Indiana and current head of the U.S. intelligence community, was interviewed by NBC’s Lester Holt in front of a live audience at the Aspen Security Forum, a gathering where diplomats, journalists and top U.S. officials mingle with business executives in between livestreamed panel discussions on world affairs. […]

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USA

Mick Jagger releases political songs to lament ‘lost’ England

London (dpa) – Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger has released two songs lamenting “lost” England and referring to social upheaval linked to Brexit and other events, in his first venture into politics in his solo career. “I’m excited to share new music with you! I started writing these two songs a few weeks back and

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Genetic legacy of Biblical Canaanites lives on in today’s Lebanese people with which they share 93% of their DNA

The Canaanites, ancient people who can trace their history to more than 4,000 years ago in Levant, are still genetically relevant to this day. Against all odds, today’s Lebanese share a whopping 93% of their DNA with the ancient Canaanites. A large jar burial containing the remains of one of the individuals sequenced in the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Coca-Cola to stop selling Coke Zero and introduces Coke Zero Sugar

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2017 – Coca-Cola Corporation has announced they are yanking Coke Zero from the shelves replacing the popular diet drink with new diet soft drink, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. Global sales of the new formula – not yet on U.S. shelves – have already been favorable. Coke Zero was the No. 10 soda brand

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Travel and Food, USA

Marty Sklar, pioneering Walt Disney imagineer, dies at 83

LOS ANGELES — Martin “Marty” Sklar, the pioneering Walt Disney Co. imagineer who played an instrumental role in the design of Disney theme parks, has died, the company announced Thursday night. He was 83. During his 54 years at Disney, Sklar worked closely with Walt Disney and led the creative development of the Burbank company’s

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Obituaries & memorials, USA

John McCain ‘no’ vote kills Obamacare repeal effort in Senate

Drained by self-inflicted wounds, shifting aims and unrelenting protests, Republicans’ push to kill off President Obama’s signature health law sputtered out of gas early Friday, as Senate leaders failed to rally the votes for a significantly pared-down repeal bill in a vote after midnight. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who stormed back to Washington

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Tunisia passes landmark law to ‘end all violence’ against women

Tunisia’s parliament has approved a bill aimed at ending “all violence against women” in a move welcomed by rights groups. The new law, which is expected to enter into force next year, defines violence against women as “any physical, moral, sexual or economic aggression” against women based on discrimination between the two sexes. It includes

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Middle East

Report: Japanese defence minister to quit amid cover-up scandal

Tokyo (dpa) – Japan’s Defence Minister Tomomi Inada is set to step down amid mounting criticism over an alleged cover-up of daily reports on Japanese troops deployed in South Sudan as UN peacekeepers, local media reported Friday. The resignation would deal another severe blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government. Abe has seen his cabinet’s

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International

Jerusalem police chief threatens casualties if protests continue

‘Don’t test us,’ Yoram Halevi warns Muslim worshipers after removal of Temple Mount security measures and ahead of Friday prayers By Raoul Wootliff Jerusalem District Police Commander, Yoram Halevi gives a statement to the media about recent events at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, July 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Following the removal of

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Middle East

US orders departure of diplomat family members from Venezuela

Washington (dpa) – Washington on Thursday ordered the departure of all diplomat family members from its embassy in Caracas, the US State Department said, citing an “unpredictable” political and security situation. It also said it had authorized the voluntary departure of US government employees, and warned US citizens from travelling to the South American country,

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International, USA

FBI: Cruise ship passenger killed wife because ‘she would not stop laughing at me’

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man accused of killing his wife Tuesday aboard a cruise ship off Southeast Alaska was caught trying to drag her body to the balcony of their blood-splattered cabin, according to an FBI criminal complaint. Kenneth Manzanares, 39, of Santa Clara, Utah, has been arrested on murder charges in the killing of

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Travel and Food, USA

In pictures, the 70th anniversary of the SS Exodus in Haifa

Israelis honor the sacrifice made by over 4,500 Holocaust survivors and potential immigrants who were sent back to Germany by the British By Laura Ben-David Survivors gathered around the Exodus memorial, July 18, 2017. (Laura Ben-David) Froma Galant with Natan Sharansky at the Exodus memorial, July 18, 2017. (Times of Israel/Laura Ben-David) A survivor at

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Jewish History, Middle East

Leader of Boy Scouts apologizes for Trump’s ‘political rhetoric’ at jamboree

DALLAS — After backlash over President Donald Trump’s speech at Boy Scouts of America’s national gathering in West Virginia, the chief executive of Irving-based organization apologized Thursday for “political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree.” In a letter published online Thursday, Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said the group invited President Donald Trump because

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USA

Pakistan arrests 28 people after ‘revenge rape’ of teenage girl

ISLAMABAD — Mohammad Ashfaq, a villager in Pakistan’s Punjab province, came to the village council with a harrowing complaint: His 12-year-old sister had been raped by a 15-year-old boy, a distant cousin. The council, or jirga, prescribed an equally harrowing punishment: Ashfaq, 20, should publicly rape the boy’s sister, who is 16. Ashfaq carried out

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