Former President Mauno Koivisto, who in the 1980s and 1990s guided Finland from the shadow of the crumbling Soviet Union and into the European Union, has died at a hospital in Helsinki. He was 93. The office of the Finnish presidency announced the death early Saturday. Koivisto’s wife, Tellervo, said earlier this year that he
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InternationalAlec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live this weekend, reprising his much-loved role as President Donald Trump on the late night show to tackle the week’s biggest issue: the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the presidential election. In the sketch that opened the episode, Baldwin’s Trump
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson in an interview broadcast Sunday said he was “devoted” to helping President Donald Trump’s goals but would “never compromise my own values” for him. In the interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Tillerson issued his first comments on President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey this week. The
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International, Middle East, USAIt’s been a bad week for White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. After he spent several minutes Tuesday night hiding in the bushes from reporters following President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey, White House rumors suggested Trump might be about to ax his top comms chief. And then, Melissa McCarthy reprised her
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAAl-Qaeda propaganda video urges would-be lone-wolf attackers in West to ‘look for Jewish targets everywhere’ By Times of Israel staff A still from an al-Qaeda propaganda video calling for attacks against Jews and showing a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem. (screen capture: YouTube) A video released recently by the terror group al-Qaeda purportedly features one of
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International, Middle East, USAAt least five people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday during protests in Ivory Coast’s second-biggest city, Bouake, against an army mutiny over bonuses, according to a witness. Mutinous soldiers have now opened up access to the city, a leader of the uprising and Bouake residents said, allowing vehicles to move in and out for
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InternationalEmmanuel Macron has been sworn in as the new president of France. The handover took place in a formal ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Former president Francois Hollande handed over the reins of power to his successor in a ceremony heavy with protocol. “We are at the dawn of an extraordinary renaissance. We
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InternationalThe White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer may be the next in line to be fired by Donald Trump, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing officials. If this happens, Spicer would join the long list of White House officials he fired since assuming office in January. Trump is considering
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USAWASHINGTON — North Korea a “flagrant menace” after the test launch of a ballistic missile, the seventh such firing this year, the White House said. President Donald Trump was briefed on the missile test, according to a statement the White House released late Saturday. The missile firing took place on Sunday, North Korea time. It
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By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — Spring is the perfect time to travel to the north in Israel: the temperatures are generally ideal, the hillsides and fields are green after the winter rains, and the streams are flowing with a respectable amount of water. So, not long after Passover, Michal and I and some
The First Lady of the U.S. Melania Trump may keep a lower profile in politics but she could already be on her way to being honored with a statue. The Slovenian-born former model became the subject of public adulation in nearby Bosnia and Herzegovina during the election campaign. After she was criticized for delivering a
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International, USAThe so-called “California Resistance” to President Donald Trump took a seeming sharp left turn into post-war American history earlier this week when a state assemblyman proposed an amendment that would allow Communists to openly work in state government. Rob Bonta, a Democrat who represents part of the liberal San Francisco Bay Area, argued that the
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USATad Cummins, the man accused of kidnapping 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas, had sex with the girl “most nights” while the two were missing, according to an FBI agent’s testimony. FBI Agent Utley Noble also said 50-year-old Cummins, who was formerly Elizabeth’s high school teacher, said the two began having a sexual relationship March 13, the day
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USANorth Korea is blaming the U.S. for instigating what have become heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang vows to go forward with nuclear weapons testing and Washington threatens to use military action to prevent it from doing so. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency released a commentary Friday titled, “Who Is Chiefly
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