U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis will visit South Korea next week on his first trip since taking office to underscore the U.S. commitment to the alliance between two countries, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The trip, which is set to begin on Feb. 1 and also includes a stop in Japan, comes as tensions are […]
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International, USALatin American and Caribbean leaders, meeting in the Dominican Republic, have slammed Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies and border wall project. Most of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States are from Latin America. The CELAC summit heard calls for the US President to respect migrants’ human rights. “The solution to stopping
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International, USAVicente Fox is not holding back his words after Donald Trump signed an executive order to move forward with plans to build a wall on the border of México and the United States. The former President of México sent a tweet to Press Secretary Sean Spicer: “I’ve said this to Donald Trump and now I’ll
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International, USAA plan to temporarily suspend the U.S. refugee resettlement program has alarmed human rights activists, who argue that the new measures could separate families, further endanger those fleeing conflict and discredit America’s long legacy of providing safe harbor for the world’s most vulnerable people. Advocates for a more stringent immigration policy cheered the proposal being
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International, USAIn the history of flight pioneers, schoolchildren learn about the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. But Thursday’s Google Doodle reminded the world of Bessie Coleman, a woman whose name may not be as well-known, but who is no less seminal in the history of aviation or civil rights. A black woman who was
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USAPresident Trump on Wednesday ordered the Homeland Security Department to begin releasing a name-and-shame list of sanctuary cities, listing the specific crimes such as murder or robbery committed by those who have been released back into their communities under the sanctuary policies. That was one of a number of less-noticed but potentially far-reaching moves tucked
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The world will be fluid for some time. Barack Obama downsized the weight of the US. We’re amidst an upsurge in Muslim violence, chaos in a number of Middle Eastern countries, plus the resurgence of Russian power in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya, all this against the milk toast approach of Obama
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — This past Saturday, millions of Americans marched in concert together in civil disobedience and out of the most fervent patriotism there is—love. I had the opportunity to participate in the Women’s March that filled the downtown streets, sidewalks, and storefronts of Los Angeles. It was gratifying, cleansing, and
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USAOn the south side of Jerusalem, an open field that once served as a British military encampment has stood unoccupied for more than two decades. In the spring, Arab shepherds often graze their sheep on the low scrub grass. In 1995, the Israeli government set aside the nearly eight acres of land for the new
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Middle East, USAStephen Philip Cohen, a Canadian-born academic and Jewish organizational leader who served as a confidential intermediary between Israeli and Arab leaders for three decades, died Wednesday. He was 71 and had been in poor health. A social psychologist by training, Cohen arranged and participated in historic breakthroughs between Israel and its neighbors, including meetings with
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International, Middle East, USAPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said he was “shocked” by the White House’s silence on Israel”s construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to clarify its policy. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing
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International, Middle East, USAMan, Kim Jong Un just really didn’t like “The Interview.” More than two years after North Korea hacked Sony Pictures over the release of its comedy film portraying the assassination of Kim, the isolated dictator has built up a nuclear arsenal allowing him to destroy Los Angeles with the single push of a button, North
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International, USAAfter hours of speculation and angst over the future of the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate website, its future is now certain. Sort of. For now. The uncertainty began Wednesday morning, when Reuters reported that the White House had told the EPA to remove its website pages focused on climate change. The report was picked up
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USAU.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Tuesday put the administration on notice, saying he will “fight every step of the way” to preserve net neutrality, which requires internet service providers to enable access to all content and applications, regardless of source. The statement came after President Donald Trump picked Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications
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