When US President Donald Trump and other world leaders meet in the Philippines from Sunday, copying their controversial host’s signature fist salute could land them in hot water. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has adopted a clenched fist, often stuck out in front of his chest or sometimes at eye level, as his trademark gesture. Duterte […]
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International, USATwo former U.S. intelligence officials slammed President Trump Sunday for saying believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin “feels that he and Russia did not meddle” in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Former CIA director John Brennan, in an appearance on CNN with James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, said Trump’s initial indication that
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International, USATalk about loving the sinner! Nearly 40 percent of Evangelical Christians in Alabama say they’re now more likely to vote for Roy Moore after multiple allegations that he molested children, even as voters across the historically red state now seem to be punishing Moore for his past actions, a new poll shows. A plurality of
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USABy Alexander Fulbright The United States, Russia and Jordan have reportedly reached an agreement on a ceasefire deal in southern Syria that would include the expulsion of Iranian-backed militias from the border with Israel in the Golan Heights. Under the agreement apparently inked Saturday, all non-Syrian fighters, including Iranian proxies fighting on behalf of Syrian
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International, Middle East, USABy Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump will host a White House Hanukkah party on December 7, an administration official confirmed to The Times of Israel on Sunday. Maggie Haberman of The New York Times broke the news on Twitter that invitations had been extended for the affair. This year’s event will mark
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Jewish Religion, USABy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I came across a former camper via Facebook. Mike is a nice Jewish boy from El Paso. He’s had many life changing experiences since we were at camp many years ago. And many of Mike’s experiences have been as the result of his military and post
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USALOS ANGELES—Warner Bros. confirmed it has suspended Andrew Kreisberg, an executive producer on The CW’s “Arrow,” “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” after opening an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. The allegations by 19 unnamed sources, including 15 women and four men, appeared Friday in Variety and detailed a pattern of misconduct
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADA NANG, Vietnam—President Donald Trump lashed out at critics of his meeting Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year. In a pair of tweets sent Saturday evening, Trump wrote that Russia “can greatly help” U.S. efforts to deal with a
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International, USAThe Trump-Putin factor has focussed much attention, with all eyes on handshakes and words exchanged between the US and Russian leaders. But other headlines are being made at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. On the sidelines there has been an annoucement of progress by countries in pursuing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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International, USAThe United States and Russia issued a presidential joint statement saying there was “no military solution” to the war in Syria, the Kremlin said Saturday, after their leaders met briefly on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam. There had been mixed messages for days from both Moscow and the White House on whether
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International, USAThe young mayor of a small Pennsylvania town was found dead Thursday shortly after he resigned, according to the Associated Press. Brandon Wentz, 23, reportedly died of pulmonary congestion, but investigators were initially puzzled by his sudden death considering his young age. Wentz was considered to be “an energetic member of the community” in Mount
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USAThe lawyer for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has branded as “outrageous” and “false” media reports suggesting that his client may have been involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars. Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania,
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International, USADA NANG, Vietnam — With new details emerging about contacts between Russian officials and advisers to President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year with Russian President Vladimir Putin while the two leaders met in Vietnam Saturday. “Every time he sees me, he
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International, USANorth Korea denounced U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for trying to halt the North’s nuclear and missile programs. The North Korean Foreign Ministry issued its first official statement on Trump’s trip to Asia, saying it “is a warmonger’s trip for confrontation with our country, trying to remove our self-defensive nuclear deterrent.” Pyongyang also accused
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