US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, in order to prepare for future trips to Mars. “This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint,” Trump said at a White House ceremony as he signed the new space […]
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USAIndia’s two-sentence response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last week elicited mixed reactions after New Delhi for decades strongly backed the Palestinian cause. The static statement to a dynamic situation was described by some as muted, others as pragmatic, and still others alleging it imbibes the anti-Muslim right-wing consensus of the
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International, Middle East, USACOLUMBIA, S.C. — Members of a heritage group that were given initial approval to display the Confederate flag during a South Carolina Christmas parade said Sunday they were forbidden from doing so at the last minute. A post on social media by the Carolina Flaggers said on Nov. 27 that their application to participate in
Eighteen climate scientists, 13 of them based in the United States, were on Monday named the first beneficiaries of the research grants linked to French President Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” project, which will see them relocate to France. “The selected projects are of very high standards and deal with issues that are particularly
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International, USAEuropean Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The theme of brotherhood is central to the entire Book of Genesis. On Shabbat we chant the words, “Hinei ma tov uma na’im, shevet achim gam yachad.” (“Look how good and pleasurable it is for brothers to dwell together in unity.” Yet Genesis did not begin
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Shaun Mullen The Moderate Voice Will Donald Trump fire Robert Mueller? In an era when the unthinkable occurs with numbing regularity, it looks increasingly likely that he will. But will he get away with it? Four months ago, when Democrats and Republicans were drafting legislation to prevent Trump from sacking the special prosecutor, I
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USAAUCKLAND, New Zealand — I remember the day when, as a child, I walked into an elevator with my sister and parents, and as the doors were closing, my sister decided to test out whether the doors would open up if she stuck her arm through them. They didn’t. There was a moment of panic
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International, Middle East, USAEuropean Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of
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Middle East, USAUS Jerusalem decision detrimental to peace: Arab FMs CAIRO: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah deplored the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move its embassy to the holy city. In his address to the emergency meeting of the Arab League Ministerial Council on
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Middle East, USASen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said Sunday that he cast a write-in ballot rather than vote for Republican Roy Moore or Democrat Doug Jones in the state’s special U.S. Senate election, saying “the Republican party can do better” than Mr. Moore. “I’d rather see the Republican win, but I [would] hope that Republican would be
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USABONSALL, Calif. — Geoffrey Smith heard it first from his neighbors: The wind-driven wildfire that swept through northern San Diego County had devoured his Bonsall home. As he headed to his neighborhood over the weekend to see the destruction, the 70-year-old veterinarian’s mind drifted to what he probably lost. A cherry wood cabinet he was
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USAThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the women who accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct have the right to be heard. “Women who accuse anyone should be heard,” Nikki Haley said on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday. “They should be heard, and they should be dealt with.” Whether Trump’s election settled the
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USAThe Pope is praying for a world without nuclear arms. Pope Francis on Sunday offered a prayer for world leaders to collaborate on nuclear disarmament, calling it an essential step for expanding human rights. His comments come after President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have spent much of the year threatening
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