Netanyahu blasts Hebrew U over report it nixed Hatikvah to avoid offending Arab students

Responding to censure, Jerusalem institution says graduation ceremony has followed same format for years, and that anthem is always aired at the state ceremonies it holds By Stuart Winer View of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus seen from Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 10, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and politicians lined […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Trump administration takes formal step to launch renegotiation of NAFTA

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, taking the first formal step toward overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement, notified Congress Thursday of its intent to renegotiate the pact with Canada and Mexico in 90 days. The letter to lawmakers, sent by the newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, means that Trump’s trade officials could

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International, USA

Trump lashes out, calls Russia investigation a ‘witch hunt’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned from a brief Twitter hiatus Thursday to call himself the victim of “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” illustrating his anger over the appointment of a special counsel to head the investigation of Russian interference in last year’s election. His tweets undercut the more

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International, USA

Minister makes Cannes statement with Jerusalem dress

Attending film festival opening, Miri Regev wears picture of Western Wall, Dome of Rock to mark 50 years since reunification of city By Times of Israel staff Culture Minister Miri Regev (r) wears specially designed Jerusalem dress to Cannes film festival, May 17, 2017 (Screen capture: Channel 10) Culture Minister Miri Regev used the red

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Police: Chris Cornell found dead in Detroit with ‘band around his neck’

DETROIT — Chris Cornell, whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, was found dead at midnight in his MGM Grand hotel room in Detroit. Police told the Associated Press the 52-year-old musician’s death was being investigated as a possible suicide. A spokesman for the Detroit Police Department told the Free Press

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Warren Becomes First 2020 Presidential Contender To Raise Impeachment Issue

Sen. Elizabeth Warren became the first potential 2020 presidential candidate to raise the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump. In a podcast interview on Wednesday with International Business Times reporter David Sirota, the Massachusetts Democrat also endorsed the idea of a single-payer Medicare-for-all health care system, and urged her party to promote that concept to

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Roger Ailes, polarizing Fox News founder forced out by scandal, dies at 77

Roger Ailes, the longtime head of Fox News, died Thursday morning at 77, according to a statement released by his wife. “I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning,” Elizabeth Ailes said. “Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Here’s what you need to know about special prosecutors

A special prosecutor, or independent counsel, enjoys broad investigative power with wider-ranging authority than a typical federal prosecutor. The law calls for appointment of a special counsel if it is determined a criminal probe is warranted, the investigation “would present a conflict of interest” for the Justice Department and it would be “in the public

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