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Reince Priebus, RNC chief, threatens John Kasich, other Republicans who won’t back Donald Trump

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday threatened Ohio Gov. John Kasich and other Republicans who refuse to support presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying the party may take steps to ensure it’s not “that easy for them” to seek the White House again. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Mr. Priebus said every Republican […]

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Macao’s twin panda cubs named ‘Jianjian’, ‘Kangkang’

MACAO — Macao’s twin panda cubs were officially named “Jianjian” and “Kangkang” by the government out of 1,718 names recommended by Macao citizens, the special administrative region(SAR)’s civil affair authorities said on Saturday. The names for the twin brothers represent good wishes from the Macao people, as Jian Kang in Chinese means “being healthy”. They

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Arab man charged after praising gruesome murder of Jewish teen

A 20-year old Arab man was charged with publishing anti-Semitic materials on his Facebook page. After the murder of 13-year child Hallel Yaffa Ariel in June the suspect praised the terror attack, writing that “The elimination of the Zionist child is essential.” Haled Ibrahim Muasi, a 20-year-old resident of the Arab town of Aablin, was

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Middle East

Clinton Wants To Carry Forward Obama’s Legacy

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Saturday that her Republican rival Donald Trump was truly unfit to succeed President Barack Obama, linking herself to the two-time president’s legacy. “We need ideas, not insults. Real plans to help struggling Americans in communities that have been left out and left behind — not prejudice and paranoia,”

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USA

Putin’s United Russia party look set to dominate as country head to polls

The ruling United Russia party is expected to secure a tighter hold over Russia’s lower house in a parliamentary election on Sunday, showing that support for President Vladimir Putin is holding up despite sanctions and a deep economic slowdown. The nationwide elections follow several years of tumult that have seen the country annex Crimea from

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‘Well-preserved’ rare mammoth skull unearthed in Channel Islands puzzles scientists

The skull of a mammoth — possibly roaming the planet 13,000 years ago — was unearthed from an eroding stream in the Santa Rosa Island at Channel Islands National Park. Burrowed in the stream bank, the “exceptionally well-preserved fossil” with tusks is a rare find, especially because it would indicate the mammoth roamed the islands

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Israel temporarily denies entry to 200 Muslims returning from hajj

Some 200 Muslim pilgrims returning from the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia were stranded Friday at the Allenby border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Israel Radio said that the pilgrims were turned back due to a dispute over work hours between Israel’s Interior Ministry and its Administration of Border Crossings, Population and

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Middle East

Peres’s condition unchanged

Former president Shimon Peres’s condition unchanged, Peres’s bureau said Saturday evening, as the Jewish Sabbath ended. He is in serious but stable condition at the ICU in Sheba Hospital, at Tel Hashomer, in central Israel. On Sunday morning, he will undergo a CT scan, as doctors assess how to proceed with his treatment. He is

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Middle East

Trump advisor: Aid to Israel won’t be limited by MOU

The United States will not be limited by the new $38 billion 10-year “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) in determining whether and how to increase security aid to Israel, Donald Trump”s Israel advisor told the Jewish Insider website on Thursday. “Under a Trump administration, the level of strategic and tactical cooperation between the two countries will

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Protestors plan to meet pro-Arab flotilla with one of their own

A group of sailors from the South, including some who had been expelled from Gush Katif, are a planning a flotilla in reaction to the “Women”s Flotilla” of left-wing activists to depart this week from Barcelona, Spain for Gaza. The pro-Arab flotilla includes two boats on which hundreds of kilograms of humanitarian aid are packed.

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