International

Trump Nominee for U.N. Ambassador Supports Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

New York, Ramallah- South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley seconded criticism of the United Nations by the new U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and many of their fellow Republicans before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, especially for what she termed its “bias” against Israel. At her Senate confirmation hearing, Haley slammed the Obama administration for allowing “mistreatment” […]

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Middle East, USA

How this torture survivor from Chad made good on ‘a pact with God’

Souleymane Guengueng tells me his story in the Bronx, where he lives on the 16th floor of a 21-story housing project with his wife and three kids. He’s stylish, wearing a green collared shirt and his signature fedora. “I am a survivor of torture,” he says, sitting on his couch. “I have fought for human

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International, USA

Fleeced by Israeli binary options firm, Canadian man commits suicide

Fred Turbide of Edmonton, Alberta, was a devoted husband and father of four who was looking forward to enjoying his retirement with his family. Then the brokers of 23Traders got hold of him By Simona Weinglass The late Fred Turbide with his wife Maria Chaves-Turbide (Courtesy) A 61-year-old Canadian man has committed suicide after losing

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Middle East

Donald Trump Wants To Eliminate The National Endowment For The Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts, the independent federal agency that promotes and funds art in American communities, will be eliminated if the Trump administration has its way, the Hill reported Thursday. The NEA provides direct grants to art agencies and artists throughout the country. In 2015, the agency awarded grants in every Congressional district,

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Not only snowbirds head south in winter. Insects too

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Where do insects go in winter? A new study published in the prestigious journal Science found that flying insects migrate on a seasonal basis. This movement constitutes the largest migration found in today’s world, creating a mass that is almost eight times that of birds that migrate from Britain to Africa.

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Senate committee confirms Trump’s Defense Secretary

A Senate committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved James N. Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, according to The Los Angeles Times. Mattis thus became the first of Trump’s Cabinet picks to clear the crucial hurdle. The GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee voted 26-1 in favor of Mattis on Wednesday, according to the

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Middle East, USA

German official blasts right-wing politician’s Holocaust remark

Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, on Wednesday blasted remarks by a prominent member of the German right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who suggested that Germany should end its decades-long tradition of acknowledging and atoning for its Nazi past. Bjoern Hoecke also criticized the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, saying, “We Germans, our people, are

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International, Jewish History

Iraqi Forces Say IS Destroyed Historic Tomb of Jonah in Mosul

Iraqi forces battling so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters this week made a grim discovery in a Mosul neighborhood, confirming reports from 2014 that the group had leveled the shrine that is said to have housed the tomb of the prophet Jonah, a key figure in the Judaic, Christian and Islamic religions. “Counterterrorism forces liberated Nabi

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

The day we learn of H.W.’s hospitalization, there is bad news about Barbara Bush as well

3:20 p.m. Former President George W. Bush still plans to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this week even though his father and mother are hospitalized in Houston. Freddy Ford is a spokesman for the younger Bush in Dallas. He said Wednesday that the 43rd president expects to be in Washington on Friday and doesn’t plan

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USA

Jeff Zucker, CNN president, attacks Donald Trump’s attempts to ‘delegitimize journalism’

CNN’s president says the incoming U.S. commander in chief is trying to “delegitimize journalism.” The rift between President-elect Donald Trump and CNN was highlighted once again on Wednesday with the publication of a New York Magazine interview with Jeff Zucker. The piece prompted attacks against Mr. Trump after the writer revisited reporting on unverified intelligence

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA