Lithuania has sentenced a Russian man to 10 years in prison for spying on the Baltic country for Moscow’s security services. A district court in Vilnius found Nikolay Filipchenko guilty of espionage for Russia’s federal security forces (FSB) – the first time one of the agency’s officials has been unmasked and imprisoned, Lithuania’s state department […]
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InternationalRwanda’s electoral commission has barred three candidates from running in next month’s presidential election, while allowing two opposition figures to stand against incumbent President Paul Kagame. Amnesty International, meanwhile, warned that the election would be held under a “climate of fear” and repression. Diane Shima Rwigara – hitherto the only female contender – Gilbert Mwenedata
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InternationalCARACAS, Venezuela — As news spread Saturday that Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez had unexpectedly been granted house arrest, hundreds of people crowded into his neighborhood chanting anti-government slogans and waiting to hear from the man who has become a symbol of the nation’s growing and chaotic resistance. Venezuela’s Supreme Court said Saturday morning that
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InternationalSenator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) remains incredibly popular in his state and he certainly energized a portion of the left during his bid for the Democratic nomination in 2016. But at least one liberal in Vermont is fed up with the senator. Jon Svitavsky, 59, announced this week he planned to challenge the longtime Vermont politician
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USARussian government-sponsored hackers are suspected of being behind the penetration of computer systems at several U.S. nuclear power plants. Three people familiar with efforts to combat the hack told Bloomberg that Russian hackers were the chief suspects, who had planned to disrupt the nation’s power supply, officials said. The hackers accessed computer systems at at
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International, USAHamburg (dpa) – Police worked to clear a key street in central Hamburg early Saturday after violent protests dominated a Group of 20 summit of world leaders hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Police officers assisted by riot police succeeded in clearing most of the Schulterblatt, which had earlier been the scene of intense clashes
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InternationalA growing movement is pressing to restore the right of Jews to pray at the sight of the biblical Jewish temples, currently barred by Israel By Andrew Tobin Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBibliophiles in Iran, clear your weekend: The huge Book Garden center just opened in Tehran. Officials unveiled the Book Garden, a giant academic complex being called “the world’s largest bookstore,” on Wednesday. At roughly 65,000 square meters (about 700,000 square feet), the center has several movie theaters, science halls, classrooms, a restaurant, a prayer room
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastUS President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face talks on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday accompanied by just their foreign ministers. “We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia and the United States,” Trump said as he headed into the
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International, USAVice President Mike Pence broke the rules during a tour of NASA’s Kennedy Spacer Center on Thursday and the internet isn’t ignoring it. Mr. Pence was touring the facility with Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, when Reuters photographer Mike Brown captured the vice president blatantly disregarding a prominently displayed “DO NOT TOUCH” sign. The image
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHAMBURG, Germany — President Donald Trump met for more than two hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, after which both sides offered seemingly contradictory accounts of their discussions about American intelligence findings of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in a televised briefing that Trump
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International, USAIsrael will now pay just $1.7 m to UN out of required $11.7m following 4 rounds of cuts since December; some funds to go toward building a museum showcasing Jewish heritage in Hebron, PMO says By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in
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International, Middle EastSEATTLE — A 23-year-old Florida man on a Thursday flight from Seattle to Beijing tried to open an exit door on the airborne Boeing 767, sparking a wild brawl with flight attendants and passengers who used wine bottles and zip ties to subdue the combative man, according to a federal complaint. Joseph D. Hudek IV
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Travel and Food, USAATLANTA — The mother accused of stabbing to death four of her children and their father appeared in court for the first time Friday morning — smiling for cameras and telling the judge she doesn’t want an attorney. “I don’t need an attorney,” Isabel Martinez said through an interpreter. “My attorney is the people that
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