International

Modi’s party wins landslide victory in Indian battleground state polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party won a landslide victory in India’s most important battleground state Saturday, in a personal triumph viewed as a massive show of confidence halfway into his first term. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a surprise absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the country’s most populous state that is […]

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International

Netanyahu ‘has no intention of resigning’ if indicted, coalition chair says

David Bitan adds that ‘there will be no indictment’ in corruption investigation against the prime minister By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on March 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has no intention of resigning, even if he is indicted” on

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International, Middle East

The Netherlands bars plane carrying Turkish foreign minister from landing

The Dutch government on Saturday withdrew landing permission for the Turkish foreign minister’s aircraft, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two NATO allies over campaigning for a Turkish referendum on constitutional reform. The Dutch government said in a statement it had withdrawn the permission because of “risks to public order and security” caused by the

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International

Taiwan protesters demand sustainable energy, nuclear power phase-out

Taipei (dpa) – Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters took to the streets across Taiwan on Saturday to urge the government to speed up steps to abandon nuclear power, find solutions to the problem of radioactive waste and develop more sustainable energy resources. The demonstrations came as Japan marked the sixth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami

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International, The World We Share

Haiti pays last respects to former President Rene Preval

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti said goodbye Saturday to one of its most decorated and respected presidents, Rene Preval, in a Catholic ceremony spanning almost three hours. Just as in life, Preval, in death, brought together Haitians of all colors, socioeconomic standings and political leanings as peasant organizations paid tribute by wearing of traditional straw hats — a

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International, Obituaries & memorials

Pelosi says the FBI director should publicly contradict Trump’s wiretapping claim

WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that FBI Director James Comey should refute President Donald Trump’s claim last weekend that President Barack Obama had wiretapped his campaign. “Theoretically, do I think that a director of the FBI who knows for a fact that something is mythology, but misleading to the American people,

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International, USA

In Israel, everyone knows Richard Gere’s ‘Norman’

Director Joseph Cedar insists the character — though evocative of his uncle, whose cash-stuffed envelopes landed Olmert in prison — isn’t based on anyone in particular By Jessica Steinberg To Israelis, the premise of Josheph Sedar’s latest film might seem achingly familiar: It tells the story of a New York Jew who does exorbitant favors

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jobs surge, wages rise in Donald Trump’s first month

The first monthly jobs report under President Trump Friday showed a strong economic performance, with employers adding 235,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate falling slightly to 4.7 percent. The Labor Department said wages also grew 2.8 percent from February 2016. Employers added 227,000 jobs in January. Construction jobs rose by 58,000, the most

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USA

House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results

A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and other health information. Giving employers such power is now prohibited by legislation including the 2008 genetic privacy and nondiscrimination law known as

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

US to host 68-nation anti-Islamic State conference

WASHINGTON — The United States will host the first major meeting since 2014 of a 68-nation coalition formed to fight Islamic State, administration officials announced Thursday. The conference is set for March 22-23, and the U.S. contingent will be led by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in a rare high-profile role. The meeting will underscore

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International, Middle East, USA