International

‘I’m not a quitter’ says UK PM May, vowing to fight next election

British Prime Minister Theresa May takes part in a tea ceremony at Omotesenke Fushin’an in Kyoto, western Japan August 30, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] KYOTO, Japan – Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to continue as Britain’s leader beyond the next parliamentary election, not due until 2022, dismissing expectations she could stand down after Brexit as

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Repeating Radio Signals Coming from Deep Space Detected

Repeating radio signals from a mysterious source in a dwarf galaxy three billion light years away have been detected by astronomers. Using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists with the Breakthrough Listen initiative—a massive project dedicated to finding signs of intelligent alien life—recorded 15 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) on August 26th. The

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The World We Share, USA

Hillel at the Crossroads: Part III

Edwin Black’s latest 5-part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails.   You may hover with your cursor  to find  links for Part 1 and Part 2. NEU Hillel Protests “Fear-Based Tactics” By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C.

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USA

The Permanent Occupation?

It was the end of Ramadan, a few days before Eid al-Fitr, a time of feasts and family. But the housewives shopping in a Gaza City market were buying just a few handfuls of vegetables and small pieces of meat. “Nobody can use their refrigerators,” one vendor explains; the power is out for much of

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Middle East, USA

Israel’s Lieberman slams wildcat West Bank settlements

Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced unauthorised Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a day after the prime minister vowed not to uproot settlements in the territory. International law sees all Israel’s West Bank settlements as illegal, but Israel distinguishes between those it sanctions and those it does not. Such outposts “have

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International, Middle East

In Greece, a city struggles to come to terms with its Jewish past

Walking through the bustling center of Thessaloniki, Greece, Hella Kounio Matalon points off to the distance. “Most of the properties that we see on this road are former Jewish properties,” she said as she walked around Thessaloniki on a recent morning, recounting the city’s Jewish history. Matalon knows that history well, partly because of her

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International, Jewish History

Mattis says US still aiming for diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump’s tweets to the contrary

WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump tweeted that “talking is not the answer” in regard to the increasingly tense situation with North Korea, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis emphasized diplomacy as the path forward. “We’re never out of diplomatic solutions,” he told reporters Wednesday while greeting South Korea’s defense minister, Song Young-moo, at the

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International, USA

UN Security Council spars over Lebanese peacekeeping mission

Lebanon has called for a UN peacekeeping force’s mandate to be renewed without changes after Washington accused its commander of being “blind” to the flow of weapons to Iran-backed Hezbollah. The peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL, which patrols Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, is up for renewal when its mandate expires on August 31. Israel

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International, Middle East, USA

‘A true testament to a mother’s will’ — saving her daughter, but not herself, from Harvey’s floods

HOUSTON — Rescuers who spotted a child’s bag floating in East Texas floodwaters near Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon soon made a grim discovery: a 3-year-old girl clinging to the lifeless body of her mother. “They saw the little pink backpack sticking out of the water,” Beaumont Police Officer Hailey Morrow said. The pair were floating

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