International

A rescue dog named Frida has become a national hero in Mexico

The Sept. 19 earthquake in central Mexico killed more than 300 people and destroyed many buildings in the nation’s capital, Mexico City. In the days that followed, rescue crews went out to search for survivors trapped under collapsed buildings. And one rescuer, in particular, got a lot of attention. Her name is Frida. She’s 8 […]

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International, The World We Share

Republicans Are Kicking People Off Food Stamps

The budget resolution passed by the House on Thursday will push millions of already struggling people off food stamps, leaving the neediest Americans—children and the elderly among them—without food. The $4.1-trillion budget will take over $150 billion away from several poverty programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps low-income people keep food

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British PM fights plot to oust her, cites ‘full support’ of cabinet

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she enjoyed the “full support” of her cabinet after a former chairman of her Conservative Party admitted he was behind a plot by around 30 MPs to urge her to resign. “What the country needs is calm leadership and that’s what I’m providing with the

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International

UNESCO to postpone vote on upcoming anti-Israel resolutions — Israeli envoy

For the first time in years, the United Nations cultural arm will likely not pass any anti-Israel resolutions at its major summit this week, in what would amount to a significant diplomatic victory for Jerusalem. As they have done a number of times annually in past years, several Arab nations in the UN’s Educational, Scientific

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International, Middle East

Rights groups urge UNESCO to reject Egypt’s nominee for new chief

CAIRO — Egyptian civil rights groups have urged UNESCO to reject the candidacy of Egypt’s nominee to head the agency, alleging she is complicit in state attacks on the values for which the UN agency stands for. A statement Friday from six groups said that Moushira Khattab was silent on the state’s closure of several

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International, Middle East

Western society suffers chronic sleep deprivation, Jewish Nobel winner says

A Jewish American neuroscientist who this week won the Nobel Prize for Medicine has said Western society suffers from a permanent case of sleep deprivation. “It’s been overlooked for a long time as a real public health problem,” Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University told the Guardian, days after being awarded the prize along with two

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Tel Aviv Mayor supports theater that honored terrorists

Hundreds of people, including Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, rallied at Jaffa’s Arab-Hebrew Theater Friday. The Arab-Hebrew Theater is facing a cut in the state subsidies it receives after it honored Dareen Tatour, an Israeli-Arab poet who was indicted in 2015 for incitement to violence and support of terrorism. “This is a theater that does

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Painting by Hitler at Italian museum attacked by screwdriver-wielding man

An oil painting by Adolf Hitler on display in an Italian museum suffered minor damage Thursday after a man attacked it with a screwdriver. A spokesperson for the Museum of Salo, east of Milan, said that the middle-aged man shouted “Bastard,” before lunging at the untitled painting, which is being shown publicly for the first

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Trump hosts Hispanic Heritage event as his administration begins phasing out DACA protections for young immigrants

WASHINGTON — On the same day his administration stopped accepting applications from so-called Dreamers for protection from deportation, President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed Latino American leaders to the White House to honor their cultural heritage in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month. In rambling remarks, Trump said the United States remains “a beacon” to people

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