On Friday morning, WhiteHouse.gov included a section dedicated to President Obama’s efforts to fight climate change. By 1 p.m., virtually all mentions of climate change had been removed, replaced by new President Donald Trump’s promise of an “America First Energy Plan.” The swift changes on the official White House website underscore how quickly the Trump […]
Angry Palestinians used Donald Trump’s inauguration day for more protests against his idea of moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. They turned out in a West Bank settlement that borders Jerusalem and warned that would undermine peace and stability in the Middle East. Trump’s spokesman said on Thursday there will
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Temple Adat Shalom has decided to prohibit three types of groups from utilizing its facilities. They are groups that: *Endorse or promote anti-Semitism, other forms of bigotry, violence or other extremist views; *Actively seek to proselytize Jews away from Judaism; or, *Advocate for or endorse, undermining the legitimacy of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyThe Oakland Raiders filed relocation paperwork to move to Las Vegas on Thursday, setting in motion the process to become the third NFL team since January 2016 to change markets. “Today, the Oakland Raiders submitted an application to relocate their franchise to Las Vegas, as is provided for under the NFL Policy and Procedures for
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Sports & Competitions, USARio de Janeiro (dpa) – Brazilian Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki, who was overseeing the court’s investigation into a wide-ranging corruption scandal, was killed Thursday when the plane in which he was travelling crashed, President Michel Temer said. The 68-year-old judge was aboard a small plane that crashed into the sea off the town of
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InternationalAt least six people have been found alive by rescuers following a devastating avalanche that buried an Italian mountain hotel, according to emergency responders and local media. Six people were found alive on Friday, more than 24 hours after a barrage of snow hit the Hotel Rigopiano, ripping the three-storey building from its foundations and
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InternationalAndrzej Duda rejects country’s collective guilt in Holocaust, insisting ‘we were conquered, we had no free choice’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife, Sara, host Polish President Andrzej Duda (second from right) and his wife, Agata Kornhauser, at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on January 18, 2017. (Kobi
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International, Jewish HistoryNational Front leader Marine Le Pen has edged ahead of conservative rival and former frontrunner François Fillon of Les Républicains party, a major poll released on Thursday showed. According to French daily newspaper Le Monde, Le Pen now commands between 25 and 26 percent support among likely voters compared to 23-25 percent for Fillon, who
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InternationalWASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is the text of President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address, as provided by the White House: As Prepared for Delivery – Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great
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USAThe long saga over the rights to the Beatles catalog entered a new phase on Wednesday when Paul McCartney sued music publisher Sony/ATV over the rights to 267 songs that he penned for the band with co-writer John Lennon. The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, is the latest turn
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A nephew called me in Staten Island, NY, from his home in North Carolina, some 500 miles away. to ask whether we shopped at a particular supermarket chain. “Very often,” I replied, hoping that maybe he’d seen our names on a list of prize-winners.. But he was a
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Joel H. Cohen, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAMIAMI — On the eve of stepping down, President Barack Obama notified Congress Thursday that he had downsized the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the last 41 detainees. The Department of Defense had no immediate comment on where four captives released overnight Wednesday went, or their identities. “We have transferred 196 detainees from
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International, USADozens of protesters and LGBT activists gathered in Maryland for a “queer dance party” in defiance of Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s views, with less than 48 hours to go before his inauguration. The group walked from the Friendship Heights metro station to Pence’s temporary home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, dancing to hits by Beyonce, Lady
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USAAn iconic skyscraper will be one of the tallest in the world when it’s completed in the next few months. But it’s already making headlines not just for its height but also for it’s state-of-the-art earthquake proofing. The 73-storey Wilshire Grand Centre in Los Angeles rises 338 metres towards the sky. The 1.2 billion dollar
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