By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the movie, the Allied commandos sneak through Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia to the bridge they were assigned to blow up. After the requisite setbacks, our heroes enter the internal machinery of a dam upstream of the bridge and detonate their explosives. Then… nothing. Unperturbed, the explosives expert says, “Wait. It is […]
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement Thursday, delivering a blow to worldwide environmentalists, major European powers — and daughter Ivanka. In the process, Trump also revealed that his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who appeared to have fallen out of favor in recent months, has regained
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The World We Share, USAThe Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed that it is considering a request by a pro-Palestinian group to have former Israeli Foreign Minister and Zionist Union MK tried for alleged war crimes for her role in Israel”s counter-terrorism “Operation Cast Lead.” According to Le Temps newspaper, Livni was named in a suit
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International, Middle EastZehut party chairman and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday, blaming him for President Trump”s decision earlier Thursday to leave the US Embassy in Israel at its present location in Tel Aviv. While President Trump had pledged in 2016 to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the Israeli
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Middle East, USAThe first “Shimon Peres Day” will be held as part of the annual Parade for the State of Israel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan this coming Sunday, June 4. This year’s parade will be dedicated to the memory of the late Israeli President and Prime Minister. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo had announced that
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement puts him at odds with the Pentagon, which has been warning for years that climate change poses a critical national security threat. At his confirmation hearing, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called climate change a “driver of instability” that “requires
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International, USACalifornia became the heart of the anti-Trump resistance as soon as there was a Trump presidency to resist; almost as soon as the polls closed on November 8, some called for the state to secede from the rest of the country. Six months later, California remains part of the United States, but it now has
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International, The World We Share, USAJack McCloskey, who assembled two NBA championship teams as general manager of the Detroit Pistons, died Thursday in Savannah, Ga., the team announced. McCloskey, 91, had Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife, Leslie, told the Detroit Free Press last month that he was in a Savannah facility that cares for patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. McCloskey
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USAIsrael’s finance minister promises more opening hours for checkpoints, new industrial zone near Hebron, fewer demolitions in Israeli-controlled areas By Sue Surkes From left: Head of of COGAT Maj- Gen Yoav Mordechai, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheik, Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Israel’s Ministry of Finance Director-General Shai Babad sign an agreement
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Middle EastSources say loyalty to current leader Aryeh Deri still strong, but graft probe leaves party heads preparing for the day after By Sue Surkes Yachad party leader Eli Yishai kisses the hand of Rabbi Meir Mazuz during press conference in Bnei Brak, December 25, 2014. (Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90) Senior figures in the Shas Party
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Middle EastA frustrated former President Obama chided President Trump Thursday for canceling U.S. involvement in the Paris climate agreement, and insisted the rest of the world is still headed toward lower greenhouse gas emissions even without American leadership. Even as Mr. Trump was still speaking in the White House Rose Garden, announcing his decision, Mr. Obama
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International, The World We Share, USAThis week’s successful ICBM intercept test by the United States sends a clear message to North Korea that the U.S. is capable of shooting down any oncoming missile from the communist nation, a senator said Wednesday. “This test clearly demonstrates to our adversaries that our homeland missile defense system remains on track to defend our
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Days after Donald Trump’s stunning election victory, Michael Flynn phoned former CIA Director James Woolsey about taking another stint as head of the spy agency in the new administration, but then added a condition, Woolsey said. Flynn said the CIA director “would be expected to report to him,” not the president, Woolsey told
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International, USAMultiple polls have shown Sen. Bernie Sanders to be by some distance the most popular political figure in the United States and certainly more liked than President Donald Trump, who continues to be beset by plummeting approval ratings. But it also appears clear that Sanders is far more popular than the president in Europe. Related:
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