It’s probably not a shocker that a lot of Mexicans don’t think too fondly of the US right now. The number of offenses President Donald Trump has conferred on Mexico is too long to list. But if you need a quick recap, here are a few: he referred to his southern neighbors as “bad hombres”
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International, USAA Georgia high school teacher who was yanked from the classroom after comparing President Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” to a swastika is speaking out for the first time since video of the exchange went viral. Lyn Orletsky, a teacher of five years at River Ridge High School in Woodstock, was seen on
As the University of Florida prepares to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on its campus, experts said the school is making the legally correct decision, even as other colleges hold firm in rejecting him. UF is one of several universities recently forced to deal with a planned visit by Spencer, who has advocated
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USAFirst lady Melania Trump shared an awkward moment with her husband, President Donald Trump, on Friday during an appearance at a military base near Washington, D.C. Goofy @realDonaldTrump and his wife Melania Trump. Dude gave her the side ting hand shake pic.twitter.com/VwwZ5jbTC0 Watch the video — JR The Darkskin (@iamjtune) September 16, 2017 The president
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USASACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Saturday passed a “sanctuary state” bill to protect immigrants without legal residency in the U.S., part of a broader push by Democrats to counter expanded deportation orders under the Trump administration. The legislation by Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon, the most far-reaching of its kind in the country, would
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the main message of his upcoming speech at the United Nations for the annual gathering of world leaders at the 72nd session of the General Assembly would be that Israel would not tolerate an Iranian presence on its northern border with Syria, now in its seventh year of a brutal
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International, Middle East, USAAlvaro Morata wants Chelsea fans to call a halt to chanting a song in his honour which includes anti-Semitic language. The 24-year-old Spanish international striker — hoping to add to his three goals against Arsenal on Sunday — told the Daily Mail it did not set a good example to young children attending matches. Chelsea
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International, Sports & CompetitionsBack on stage in his native New York after a stint as a full-time businessman, Jay-Z was in the mood for his classics. And for a bit of politics. Headlining The Meadows festival Friday night before one of artist Jeff Koons’ giant balloon dogs, Jay-Z hailed two outspoken voices on race relations: quarterback Colin Kaepernick
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALabor’s new chief Avi Gabbay said Saturday that a plan unveiled two days earlier, by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett of the nationalist Jewish Home party, to bolster Israel’s constitutional laws at the expense of the Supreme Court would lead to the destruction of the independence of the judiciary. Get The
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Middle EastA Texas woman who volunteered at a church to help families in need after Hurricane Harvey has been ‘fired’ after the church found she’s Jewish and a lesbian. Carmen Hix told OutSmart magazine that The Calvary Church in Friendswood, Texas needed volunteers to help at the food bank after Hurricane Harvey tore through the community.
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USACanadian actress Rachel McAdams revealed that she tried to go undercover as an Orthodox Jew to prepare for her role in the new film “Disobedience,” which tells the story of two women in a religious community in north London who become romantically involved, but was quickly discovered. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It’s two o’clock in the morning as the ‘Fasten Seat-Belts’ sign comes on in the plane bringing us back to Tel Aviv. We anxiously scan the darkness outside for the first signs of the city that never sleeps. And suddenly, there it is. The strings of lights that tell
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion in London’s subway system on Friday that injured commuters, and it has claimed its followers have planted more bombs in the underground transportation network. “The improvised explosive device bombing in the London metro was conducted by a cell of the Islamic State,” the
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InternationalLONDON — London was rocked by another terror attack Friday — the fifth this year — sending panicked commuters running for cover during the morning rush hour and sparking a massive manhunt for the perpetrator, who was still at large several hours later. Authorities said the incident was caused by an improvised explosive device that
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