International

Trump won’t open relations with Cuba without changes, aide says

Washington (dpa) – A top aide to US president-elect Donald Trump says political change in Cuba will be necessary to continue the political rapprochement between the nations following the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. “We’re not going to have a unilateral deal coming from Cuba back to the United States without some changes in […]

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International, USA

Alan Gross, former Cuban prisoner, says he hopes for better US-Cuba relations post-Castro

WASHINGTON — Alan Gross, the American aid worker who spent five years in prison in Cuba, says he hopes Fidel Castro’s death will ease some of the anger and fear felt toward Cuba so progress can be made toward better U.S.-Cuba relations and the lifting of the U.S. trade embargo. Gross is in a better

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International, USA

South Africa’s Pesticide Pastor Condemned by Churches

South African churches have condemned the practices of a self-styled pastor who has allegedly sprayed his followers with a harmful insecticide. Lethebo Rabalago, a self-proclaimed prophet at the Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA) in the Limpopo province, northeast South Africa, has used a pesticide called Doom in purported healing services. Photos posted to the MZGA

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International

Melbourne “thunderstorm asthma” death toll rises to six

Sydney (dpa) – A sixth person has died almost a week after the south-eastern Australian city of Melbourne was hit by an unprecedented number of cases of “thunderstorm asthma”, officials said Sunday. The latest patient to die had been in a critical condition since the outbreak, a Eastern Health hospital spokeswoman said. He died on

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ted Cruz won’t say whether he still thinks Trump is a ‘pathological liar’

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday would not walk back comments he made during the GOP presidential primary in which he called Donald Trump a “pathological liar.” Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” the Texas senator said he is focused on the future, and he refused to “relitigate” the dust-ups he had with Mr. Trump during the

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USA

Everything to Know About Clinton-Backed Recount Effort

President-elect Donald Trump went on a tweetstorm Sunday morning, quoting Hillary Clinton’s debate promise to accept the election results a day after her campaign agreed to support efforts to recount votes in Wisconsin, an effort his transition team labeled a “scam.” Razor-thin margins in key battleground states delivered the election for Trump, who stands at

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USA

Fidel Castro’s sister: Sorrow over death, but commitment to exiles

MIAMI �� Juanita Castro expressed sorrow Saturday over the death of her brother Fidel, but said she is not planning to travel to Cuba to attend his funeral. She said she remains committed to the Cuban exile community. She opposed to the dictatorship her late brother imposed on the island when he seized power in

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International, USA

Ice skater performance in Holocaust garb sparks social media outrage

Tel Aviv (dpa) – A video showing Russian ice skaters performing in concentration camp prisoner outfits was slammed as “grotesque” and “offensive” on various social media platforms on Sunday. Tatyana Navka, who’s married to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, performed the piece based on the Italian movie Life is Beautiful on Saturday night on the

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International, Jewish History

Jewish students attacked at Cambridge University

According to a report in The Telegraph News, three Jewish students at Christ”s College in Cambridge, Britain were subjected to vile anti-Semitic abuse and physically attacked by members of the Cambridge University drinking society. One of the victims has accused the university authorities of failing to investigate the incident properly and punish the perpetrators. Two

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Opposition takes 20 out of 50 seats in Kuwaiti parliament

Kuwait City (dpa) – Kuwait’s opposition made a comeback on Sunday, gaining at least 20 out of 50 seats in legislative elections held the previous day, official results showed. The opposition, including Islamists, liberals and nationalists, had boycotted the previous two elections over changes to the voting system decreed by the ruling Emir Sabah al-Ahmed

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Middle East

All in the Family – Jared Kushner: Trump Advisor At Will?

WASHINGTON, November 26, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump appears to want his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to have a senior spot in the White House. Kushner is a 35-year-old businessman, married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and during the campaign he was a close advisor to Trump. Michael “Meathead” Stivic, (played by Rob Reiner in the 1970’s

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USA