International

The colonies in trouble: Colonial Williamsburg in decline

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2017 – Colonial Williamsburg, the world’s largest living history museum, with costumed interpreters re-enacting l8th-century American life amid more than 600 restored or reconstructed original buildings, is now in serious financial trouble. The city served as Virginia’s capital from 1699, when nearby Jamestown burned to the ground, until 1780. It fell into […]

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USA

With Bibles and shovels, a search for the biblical tabernacle gathers pace at Shiloh

New excavation by a Christian team uncovers intriguing finds at the site where Bible says the tabernacle and Ark rested for almost 400 years By Amanda Borschel-Dan SHILOH, West Bank — The twisted ram’s horn shofar sounded loudly through the hills at Shiloh, signaling the end to another day’s search for the biblical holy tabernacle.

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

In muggy Tel Aviv, Guns N’ Roses brings sizzling show to 62,000 fans

Energetic peformance, one of Israel’s largest concerts ever, runs for over 3 hours; woman seriously hurt attempting to scale stage, 65 treated for dehydration By Melanie Lidman Guns N’ Roses closed out their European tour with a high energy, marathon-length show in Tel Aviv that lasted for more than three hours on Saturday night in

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Chelsea Clinton Defends Her Mother Against Fox News Host’s Comments

Former President Bill Cinton’s daughter Chelsea Clinton took to Twitter on Saturday to give a stern reply to Fox News host Lisa Marie Boothe, a day after Boothe commented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would “sell” her daughter to become president. Boothe was discussing Hillary’s campaign manager Robby Mook and his comments on Donald

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Oscar-winner Martin Landau, who starred in ‘Ed Wood,’ ‘North By Northwest’ and ‘Entourage,’ dies at 89

LOS ANGELES — Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor for “Ed Wood,” has died at 89. He died Saturday at UCLA Medical Center where he experienced “unexpected complications” during a short hospitalization, his publicist confirmed. “We are overcome with sadness to report the death of iconic actor Martin Landau,” a statement said. The Oscar-winning veteran appeared in

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Pope advisors attack Trump’s aide Steve Bannon and US religious right

Rome (dpa) – Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon and Christian extremists that have sided with the US president have a dangerously “fundamentalist” world view, according to two confidantes of Pope Francis. In a Sunday comment on Italian daily La Repubblica, church historian Alberto Melloni said the papal aides have laid bare “an unprecedented conflict”

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International, USA

France’s Macron calls for new Mideast peace talks based on two-state solution

French President Emmanuel Macron appealed Sunday for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks based on a two-state solution as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. “I call for a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in the framework of the search for a solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, living in

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International, Middle East

Ukraine to start NATO talks: Russia angry, the West uncertain

Ukraine will start talks on joining NATO, President Petro Poroshenko announced on Monday, a move likely to strain already tense relations between the West and Ukraine’s neighbour Russia. When Ukraine’s parliament voted to enshrine in law the country’s priority of acceding to NATO membership last month, Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded by saying that

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