Iran has signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets and claims to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes. It’s Tehran’s biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. The Airbus deal, which is expected to involve a first batch of 50-60 jets, should be […]
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he planned to resolve the Dakota Access oil pipeline standoff “very quickly” after taking office if necessary as the action moves from the camps to the courtroom. Protesters headed home as snow and freezing temperatures enveloped the camps near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, claiming victory in the wake of the
Iran”s defense minister on Sunday warned that if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump”s policies lead to a war in the Middle East, it would result in the destruction of Israel. “Even though a businessman, the assistants that … (Trump) has chosen may map a different path for him, and this has led to unease, particularly among
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Middle East, USAThe Palestinian Authority (PA) is interested in coming to an understanding with the outgoing administration of U.S. President Barack Obama that would avoid an American veto of a UN Security Council resolution that the PA intends to introduce in January, PA officials and Western diplomats told Haaretz on Saturday. The resolution would be critical of
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Middle East, USAIn a Channel 2 interview at the Saban Forum, Jewish American journalist Thomas Friedman, who is also a senior commentator for the New York Times, spoke to journalist Dana Weiss regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Have you gotten used to the idea of President Donald Trump? I fully recognize he won, he won fair
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Middle East, USAIt’s not so easy for Saturday Night Live’s writers to satirize Donald Trump and the ultra-right government he is creating. The reality is more bizarre than any parody. This week’s SNL cold open began with CNN anchor Jake Tapper (Beck Bennett) greeting Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) to discuss the president-elect’s latest cabinet choices: for EPA
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAYour browser does not support the video tag. Putin Says US ‘Hysteria’ Over Russia Is An Election Ploy CIA veterans—none of them fans of Donald Trump–urged caution about leaked allegations that Russia waged a secret campaign to put the New York Republican into the White House. “I am not saying that I don’t think Russia
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International, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting an intelligence assessment that concluded Russia worked to try to get him elected, says he gets intelligence briefings “when I need it” and defended his apparent choice of an oil executive with ties to Russia as his secretary of state. In his first Sunday morning talk show interview since the
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International, USAA group of senators from both sides of the aisle said Sunday that every American should be alarmed by news reports that the CIA has concluded that Russia tried to interfere with the U.S. election. “For years, foreign adversaries have directed cyberattacks at America’s physical, economic, and military infrastructure, while stealing our intellectual property. Now
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Lucy Friedlander Covington was extraordinary. Her grandfather Herman Friedlander was Jewish and her grandmother an Entiat tribal woman. According to Lucy, neither of the couple learned the other’s language, so their seven children spoke both Jewish/German and Entiat. –– Charles Trimble, Oglala Lakota By Jerry Klinger Attending a Shiva House a few weeks back, a
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USAHours after a report in the Washington Post said that the CIA had confirmed the 2016 presidential election had been influenced by Russia, Donald Trump took to Twitter to dispel some rumors. Despite how big of news the Russia story may have been, Trump focused on reports that he was still going to be involved
NEW YORK — Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson’s prolific passing and running numbers during the regular season earned him the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. Jackson became the youngest player to win the award and the 13th quarterback in the last 16 years to claim the award as the dual-threat sophomore beat out Clemson quarterback DeShaun
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — In a decision that could alter U.S. relations with one of its principal rivals, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to choose Rex Tillerson, a powerful oil tycoon with close ties to Russia’s president, as secretary of State, according to media reports. Tillerson, chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the largest companies
Mother of Charleston church shooter said “I’m sorry” as she suffered a heart attack while listening to testimony against her son CHARLESTON, S.C. — The mother of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof suffered a heart attack after hearing heart-wrenching testimony in his federal murder trial, a defense lawyer said. Roof’s mother collapsed and said