This article originally appeared on The Motley Fool. If Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t planning to give away 99 percent of his family’s Facebook shares before he dies, I bet he’d be a trillionaire at some point in his life. For now, though, he’ll have to settle for a net worth of $51.7 billion, according to Bloomberg’s […]
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International, USAIt’s that time of year when many Americans turn to time-honored traditions of Christmas carols, eggnog and kissing under the mistletoe. In our search for holiday traditions outside the US, we came across a Venezuelan tradition: Hallaca. Resembling tamales, hallaca is a staple of Venezuelan Christmas. It’s only made during the holiday, says Juan Freitez
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International, Travel and Food, USAThis article originally appeared on The Motley Fool. Although it was a largely overlooked issue during the 2016 elections, President-elect Donald Trump was pretty clear during his campaign that he planned to leave Social Security alone. Trump’s belief is that America has a pledge to honor in paying retired workers, and it would continue to
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USA“Ink Master” contestant Clint Cummings died in Texas Friday after a battle with Stage 4 colorectal cancer. He was 35 years old. “Ink Master” host and judge Dave Navarro confirmed Cummings’ untimely death via Twitter. “We have lost a member of the #inkmaster family Friend and cast member Clint Cummings has passed @ArtofClint our prayers
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANew York businessman and Donald Trump ally Carl Paladino is being urged to resign from his position on the Buffalo School Board after he told a local publication this week that he wants to see President Obama and his wife killed and sent to Africa, respectively. Mr. Paladino, an honorary co-chairman of Mr. Trump’s New
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USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−This year Hanukkah and Christmas conveniently coincide, but Donald Trump worries about the next four years when he knows wishing Ivanka Merry Christmas may offend her husband Jared. Consequently, he has tasked Jared, who is so Jewish and smart he will negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians, to create a
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAIn what many see as a final defiant diplomatic move, US President Barack Obama has allowed a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, a move highlighting the stark deterioration of US-Israeli relations The US abstained from a UN Security Council vote on Friday allowing all remaining 15 members of the Council to pass the first UN
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International, Middle East, USARussian President Vladimir Putin asked to “restore the framework of bilateral cooperation” with the U.S. in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month – which the transition team released Friday. The letter offers Christmas and New Year’s wishes, then Mr. Putin suggests the two nations find a way to get beyond the loggerheads
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The National Science Foundation might cross Sen. Rand Paul’s name off its Christmas card list next year. The Kentucky Republican, a frequent critic of government spending, released a new list this week of government studies he considers wasteful, and the foundation was naughty, in his estimation. According to his report Wednesday, the foundation
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USABy Sean Savage/JNS.org UNITED NATIONS, nEW yoRK — With the U.S. abstaining from Friday’s vote, rather than exercising its veto power, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction beyond the 1967 lines. The resolution was put forward Friday by four non-permanent Security Council members—New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal—just a
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday night spoke with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump, Sisi’s office said, according to Reuters. The call came hours after the UN Security Council postponed indefinitely a vote on Egypt’s draft resolution denouncing Israeli “settlements”. “During the call they discussed regional affairs and developments in the Middle East and in
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Middle East, USAThe delay, perhaps indefinitely, of the UN Security Council vote on an Egyptian-sponsored resolution ordering Israel to cease all “settlement activity” does not mean that the struggle against anti-Israel resolutions at the UN intended to harm Jewish rights in Judea and Samaria is finished, according to Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. “We are
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump has named his media-savvy campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to advise him in the White House in the role of counselor, his transition team announced early Thursday morning. The move comes after Conway sought to put to rest speculation that she would continue to serve as the public face of the Trump
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USAWhile speaking with Fox Business Network on Thursday, Kellyanne Conway was asked how she will manage her new, top-level White House job of Presidential Counselor while being a mother of four children, and she was not having it. RELATED: Kellyanne Conway’s Trump White House position finally becomes clear Watch the video “I would say that