International

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Denies Petition To Ban Pesticide That Harms Children’s Brains

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to deny a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is said to harm children’s brains, the agency announced Wednesday. During the Barack Obama administration, the EPA proposed to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food after a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

FDA Approves First Drug For Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat primary progressive multiple sclerosis, the most severe form of the disease. Ocrelizumab, commercially known as Ocrevus, will become available to the public in two weeks, and represents hope for a group of MS patients who had no drug options, CNN reported. It

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week With Europe

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s policy-making wing, is a man entirely unafraid to express his opinion. Speaking Thursday at a conference in Malta, Juncker, the head of the European Commission (EC), declared that if Trump continued to support Brexit, he in turn would “promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas.” Donald Trump,

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International, USA

UN chief calls for world support for Iraq refugees

Cairo (dpa) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Friday called on the world to show “more solidarity” in helping Iraqis displaced by an ongoing campaign against the Islamic State extremist militia in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul. “We need more solidarity from the international community,” Guterres said at a refugee camp east of Mosul. “We

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International, Middle East

Trump administration admonishes California chief justice over claim that agents are ‘stalking’ immigrants

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday fired back at California’s top judge, disputing her characterization that federal immigration agents were “stalking” courthouses to make arrests. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, leaders of Trump’s Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security called her description of federal agents’ conduct “troubling.” They said agents

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International, USA

Reform Jews urged to protect undocumented immigrants

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reform Jewish Congregations are being urged to protect undocumented immigrants facing deportation. The Union for Reform Judaism’s North American Board of Trustees took this historic step in response to the growing concern about an increase in deportation activity by federal authorities and Congress’s failure to comprehensively address immigration reform. This resolution

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International, USA

‘How can France allow anti-Semitic demonstrations?’

French MP Meyer Habib appealed to French Interior Minister Matthias Fekl this week to demand the cancellation of an anti-Israeli demonstration planned for this weekend. A number of left-wing anti-Zionist organizations are expected to hold a demonstration on Saturday (April 1) calling for a boycott of Israel. The demonstration was approved by the French authorities,

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International, Middle East

Trump accepts new Jewish town

US President Donald Trump has accepted the construction of a new town for the former residents of Amona in Judea and Samaria, the Jerusalem Post reported. A senior Trump Administration official told the Post that the administration considers the new town to be an exception to its request that Israel “hold off” on construction in

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Middle East, USA

Canadians reached out to Syrian refugees. Now they hesitate to let go.

Canada knows something about generosity. The country has opened its doors to some 40,000 Syrian refugees since November 2015. In many cases, private citizens have stepped up to sponsor the newcomers, offering their time and money to the families for one year. But many of those newcomers have now entered the critical “month 13” of

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International, Middle East