International

James Taylor cancels Manila concert, protesting Philippine president’s war on drugs

MANILA — American singer-songwriter James Taylor canceled an upcoming concert in Manila to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, a campaign of extrajudicial slaughter that has claimed more than 6,000 lives. Taylor, a Grammy winner known for songs including “Fire and Rain” and “You’ve Got a Friend,” canceled the show — part of […]

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

UN warns Palestinian population will double to 9.5 million by 2050

New report says projection should be ‘wake-up call’ to Israel, international community as crises surrounding faltering economy, infrastructure, electricity persist, especially in Gaza By Fares Akram Palestinian children and teachers hold placards during a protest against the reduction of educational programs given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at the Rafah refugee camp

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Middle East

Putin proclaims slain ambassador a hero of Russia

Moscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has posthumously honoured the ambassador to Turkey with the award of Hero of the Russian Federation for his “great contribution to conducting foreign policy,” the Kremlin said Wednesday. Ambassador Andrey Karlov, a career diplomat who had served for decades in North and South Korea before assuming the post

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International, Middle East

Colin Powell places third in presidential race at Electoral College

Colin Powell didn’t campaign or raise any money, but he outperformed every presidential candidate not named Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Electoral College. The former secretary of state received three electoral votes Monday in Washington state from rogue Democratic electors who refused to vote for Mrs. Clinton, the winner of the state’s

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USA

Pollution is destroying probably the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere

Among the thousands of people buried in a centuries-old Jewish cemetery in the Caribbean are men and women whose relatives would go on to establish some of the first synagogues in the US — in Rhode Island, New York and the US Virgin Islands. But their names may soon be lost to history. Just over

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International, Jewish History

Hezbollah using US-supplied weapons in Syria, says Israeli official

Tel Aviv (dpa) – The radical Islamist Hezbollah group is fighting in war-torn Syria with armoured transport vehicles from the US intended for the Lebanese army, an Israeli army official said on Wednesday. The senior military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said it was unclear how Hezbollah had managed to obtain the vehicles

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Middle East, USA

One-on-one with Trump’s doctor: Hecklers, house calls, and why Obamacare must be shut down

NEW YORK – On a frigid December afternoon, Dr. Harold Bornstein was talking about his most famous patient, President-elect Donald Trump. He hadn’t spoken with Trump since the election, and had no idea whether he would be asked to move his medical practice to Washington. But he also didn’t seem particularly worried about what the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Alec Baldwin says he has an “obligation” to play Donald Trump in the wildest way possible

Donald Trump has gotten upset with a number of different media outlets in his rise to the presidency. Those include CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and a few other organizations. And “Saturday Night Live” has been the thorn in his side throughout the entire race. He’s tweeted that the show is “boring

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA