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‘UCLA campus has become hostile towards Jews, Israel supporters’

Despite a formal rejection of the BDS movement in March by the University of California system, the University of California Los Angeles, one of most prestigious public colleges in the state, has empowered and enabled the anti-Israel movement, targeting those who challenge BDS and allied organizations. Efforts by campus BDS groups, bolstered by the University […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Obama accused of ‘misleading the public’ over Iran deal

Opponents of the Iranian nuclear deal blasted the Obama administration on Thursday for misleading the American public, the Jewish Insider reported. The condemnations came after reports emerged that Iran was secretly allowed to evade certain restrictions in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) so that it could begin receiving sanctions relief. According to the

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Middle East, USA

Ethics wall between State, Clinton Foundation didn’t extend to staff

WASHINGTON — An official at the Clinton Global Initiative sent top State Department aide Melanne Verveer a 63-page list of individuals, groups and companies that had pledged money to its programs. An employee at another Clinton Foundation offshoot emailed Verveer looking for a job for a former colleague. Yet another asked whether Verveer could persuade

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International, USA

Tim Kawakami: 49ers’ Kaepernick wasn’t alone in Thursday’s protest

SAN DIEGO — Colin Kaepernick stood and applauded for the military and also knelt down for the national anthem on Thursday night. And he did none of this alone. In a remarkable few hours of drama, symbolism, support and football, Kaepernick continued to protest the pregame playing of the national anthem by kneeling through the

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Enrique Pena Nieto: Mexico won’t pay for the wall; Donald Trump’s campaign positions a ‘threat’

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto reiterated to a Spanish-language news show Thursday that his country will not pay for a wall on the border with the U.S., a campaign assertion repeatedly made by Donald Trump, and that Mr. Trump’s positions were a “threat” to the future of Mexico. Mr. Pena Nieto told Televisa that he

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International, USA

FBI releases report on its investigation into Clinton’s use of private email server

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton told federal agents and prosecutors that she did not recall receiving any emails that were too secretive to be handled by her private computer server and did not believe any of her devices had been hacked or compromised, according to FBI records released Friday. The former secretary of state reiterated earlier

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USA

Melania Trump “sues British newspaper over escort allegations”

Washington (dpa) – Melania Trump is suing British newspaper the Daily Mail and a US-based blog for reporting that she worked as an escort in the 1990s, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The wife of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday filed a defamation lawsuit against the paper and blogger Webster Griffin Tarpley,

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International, USA

Environmentalists herald the beginnings of a race to protect the world’s oceans

When most Americans were asleep on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama was speaking to a small group of domestic and foreign scientists and dignitaries in Hawaii. “Welcome to Hawaii. Aloha!” Obama said beginning his brief speech. “It’s not often I get to welcome folks to my home state.” The president spoke on the eve of

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The World We Share, USA

Eric Trump questions Clintons’ enormous wealth: ‘What product were they selling?’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump questioned Friday how Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton became enormously wealthy running a charity, which has become the focus of the campaign’s allegation of pay-to-play corruption while she was secretary of state. “The question I always ask is, what product were they selling?

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