International

Jewish Conservatives set to sweep their constituencies in UK elections

Tory Jews are nursing huge majorities in safe seats, and will likely be returned to Parliament this week By Jenni Frazer LONDON — The Jewish vote was so important to Conservative politician Zac Goldsmith during his unsuccessful run for mayor of London last year that the candidate launched his campaign at London’s Jewish Community Center, […]

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International

Trump Impeachment Process Set to Begin

Democratic Representative Al Green of Texas is expected to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in the first legislative step for any congressional bid to force a sitting president from office. Related: Michael Moore launches “ TrumpiLeaks” website for whistleblowers “Obstruction of justice by the president is the problem,” Green said Tuesday.

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USA

London attacker’s mother says British Imams ‘are right’ not to pray at his funeral

The mother of Youssef Zaghba, one of three perpetrators of last week’s deadly terrorist attack in London, has said that she supports the decision of Bi Imams not to pray at his funeral. Valeria Khadija Collina, who is Italian and converted to Islam, said that she had heard British Imams were not going to give

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International

Trump demanded ‘loyalty,’ asked for end to Flynn probe, Comey to testify

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded “loyalty” from former FBI Director James B. Comey and asked him to drop at least part of the bureau’s investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, Comey plans to testify to Congress on Thursday. In a prepared statement posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee website, Comey says that

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USA

Earliest fossil evidence of Homo sapiens found in Morocco

Anthropologists have long sought to pin down the exact location of the proverbial “Garden of Eden” — the region of our planet where the earliest Homo sapiens emerged. Over the last two decades, a combination of genetic evidence and data from the fossil record led scientists to conclude that the first members of our species

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International, The World We Share

As Trump alienates the US from the rest of the world, California Gov. takes up climate talks with China

In the wake of the US’s announced withdrawal from the Paris agreement, California Governor Jerry Brown met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week to cement green Sino-American economic and technological cooperation. “Where the grass is green and the energy is greener.” Image credits Tobias Müller. Five days ago, President Trump split the US in

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Trump nominates former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to head the FBI

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would pick Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official who also has represented New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to lead the FBI. The announcement on Twitter, which caught many in Washington off guard, appeared to be an effort to seize attention ahead of what is expected

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USA

‘Do you think we will go away?’ Islamic State says after attacks in Iran that leave 12 dead

TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a popular shrine and a suspect blew himself up after a siege inside Iran’s parliament building in near-simultaneous attacks in Tehran on Wednesday that left 12 people dead and more than 42 injured. The militant group the Islamic State claimed responsibility via its Amaq news agency,

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Middle East

NSA leaker Reality Winner’s parents went on CNN to try and explain why she may have given intel to a news website

The parents of 25-year-old Reality Winner sat down with Anderson Cooper of CNN on Tuesday night and tried to explain their daughter’s mindset when she leaked classified information to a website. The Air Force veteran printed out a classified summary of attempts that Russian hackers made to influence the 2016 presidential election. She also communicated

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