BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, the famed Chinese dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize while jailed for his pro-democracy writings, has died in a hospital in northeastern China at the age of 61. The Chinese judicial bureau said Liu died Thursday of multiple organ failure. Liu had terminal liver cancer and had been granted parole […]
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International, Obituaries & memorialsMichelle Obama returned to the spotlight as a presenter at The ESPYs, drawing the loudest ovation at the awards show honoring the past year’s best athletes and moments in sports on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The former first lady has rarely made public appearances since leaving the White House in January. She presented the
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident Donald Trump took it upon himself to remark on the looks of Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady, during his visit to Paris Thursday. “As Macron and Trump bid goodbye to first ladies, Trump looks Brigitte up and down, ” tweeted Agence France-Presse correspondent Adam Plowright. The U.S. president then spoke. “You know, you’re in
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International, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tragic drama of nearly 70 years has coincided with make-believe drama via a fictitious Israeli mother worried about her son’s military service. The play To the End of the Land, adapted from the novel by David Grossman, has triggered the ire of a long list of American theater professionals
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Editor’s Note: Editor Donald H. Harrison and his grandson Shor recently completed a 2,000 mile journey through California and Nevada, collecting and photographing Jewish stories along the way. This article is the second in a series generated during that trip. Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori MADERA, California – Stuart Weil
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USARepublicans are both attacking and defending Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian attorney he was told had damaging information about his father’s election adversary, Hillary Clinton. The implications of “the email thread are serious & disturbing,” Michigan Congressman Justin Amash tweeted Tuesday. “We deserve answers, not an ever-changing story. If there’s more, tell us
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USAWith the Trump administration under siege, Vice President Mike Pence told students Wednesday that leaders need “a healthy dose of courage” to achieve their goals. Speaking at a national student leadership conference at American University, Mr. Pence didn’t directly refer to the latest allegations of Russian collusion involving President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. But
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USACrime allegedly occurred while members of the combat unit were on a social night out in Tel Aviv; trial to be held in military court By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of handcuffed man (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) An IDF soldier was charged on Wednesday with raping and sexually assaulting last month a female soldier who served
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi’s strong, politically, despite years of police inquiries, and reports suggesting that he might be on the edge of a criminal indictment. Recent polls indicate that he is usually the favorite as Prime Minister in the event of an election. Bibi’s lead over others has never been large, but Israeli
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSimon Coveney tells president that Ireland’s interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is due to a similarly violent past By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a working meeting at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on July 12, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO) A day after being rebuked by
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International, Middle EastThe president of Turkey is asking a German appeals court to ban a controversial obscene poem about him that he says violates the country’s laws about offending foreign heads of state, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Attorneys for Recep Tayyip Erdogan are asking the court to revisit the ruling of a lower court from February
After one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident By Matt Lebovic BOSTON — Several hundred Bostonians gathered to rededicate the New England Holocaust Memorial Tuesday following an act of vandalism committed two weeks ago. According to authorities, Boston
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USACHICAGO — An investor group led by former Chicago alderman Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor on Wednesday bought the Chicago Sun-Times, keeping the city’s No. 2 paper in business and ending a bid by the Chicago Tribune’s owner to acquire its longtime rival. The sale of the Sun-Times by its owner, Wrapports,
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USAAmerican ambassador David Friedman also takes part in meeting with PM, following sit-down with Palestinian officials Tuesday By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber L-R: US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on July
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