International

Minute of silence held as London tower blaze death toll rises to 79

London (dpa) – Britain held one-minute of silence on Monday for the victims of last week’s devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in west London, where at least 79 people died. Hundreds of local residents, firefighters and other emergency personnel paused near the gutted 24-storey residential block, while government offices across Britain also took part. “The

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International

Lawsuit claims San Francisco State, university leaders have history of cultivating campus environment hostile to Jews

Students and local Jewish community members filed a lawsuit Monday against San Francisco State University and the California State University system’s Board of Trustees, alleging that the San Francisco campus of the largest public university system in the country has long cultivated a hostile environment in which Jewish students are “often afraid to wear Stars

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Supreme Court rules band may trademark its name, strikes down law banning offensive terms

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court extended trademark protection on Monday to words and names that may be offensive, ruling that the First Amendment right to free speech allows an Asian-American band to call itself The Slants. The unanimous decision will also likely preserve the trademarked and controversial name of the Redskins, Washington’s NFL team. In

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

In Russia probe, Kamala Harris gets buzz as Feinstein works behind the scenes

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the power player, but Sen. Kamala Harris is becoming the star. Methodical and measured, Feinstein, D-Calif., is the only Democrat serving on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee, putting her in a unique position to influence congressional inquiries into Russia, the 2016 elections, the Trump campaign and

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USA

Netanyahu assails Abbas in tweetstorm on eve of new US peace bid

PM accuses Palestinian leader of lying to the world, ‘poisoning’ minds of Palestinians youth, as Jenin square named after infamous terrorist By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, May 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Amid resurgent US peacemaking efforts and the arrival of two top Washington

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Middle East, USA

What’s behind Qatar’s fight with other Arab countries?

By David Anderson Reprinted from The Moderate Voice NEW YORK — Spats between Persian Gulf nations are commonplace: they’re similar countries with a shared language, religion, and culture. All walk the tightrope between conservative Islam and modern openness to various degrees. Conflicts are often in the differences of how each pursues modernity verses Islam. The Gulf

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Middle East, USA

Skepticism due P.A. on promise to stop aid to terrorists

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s straight talk about veneration of violence in Palestinian society has had important consequences.  It was the catalyst for Norway and Denmark to disassociate from the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) habit of naming public spaces for terrorists. UNRWA, the Red Crescent (UAE), and the U.N. secretary general have

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

India’s ruling party picks Dalit leader for presidential polls

New Delhi (dpa) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday named state governor and Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind as its nominee for the presidential polls, a move seen as part of the party’s outreach towards the country’s downtrodden castes. Kovind, 71, currently governor of the eastern state of Bihar, is a long-time BJP

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International

Israel Secretly Paying Syrian Rebel Salaries: Report

Israel is secretly supporting Syrian rebels operating near its occupied Golan Heights territory, providing money, food, fuel and medical supplies, according to fighters who claim to receive the aid. Israel has previously treated wounded Syrian rebels in its hospitals but interviews with rebels conducted by the Wall Street Journal suggest that Israel is directly supporting

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Middle East

Prince William Breaks Protocol By Hugging London Fire Victim

Prince William recently broke protocol when he hugged a victim of last week’s deadly West London fire. As of late, there are 58 recorded deaths following the incident that happened on Wednesday, June 14. According to People, there is a royal protocol wherein ordinary people may only touch the prince through a handshake. Prince William

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International

Paris Attacker ‘Downed’ After Crashing Into Police Car

Police “downed” a suspected attacker in Paris on Monday after the assailant crashed a vehicle into a police van on the Champs-Élysées, the French capital’s famous shopping avenue. French officials, speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the incident was a suspected attack on police. They said the suspect, wearing a white

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