Plastic trash is now so ubiquitous that researchers have found hundreds of tons of it floating in the Arctic Ocean. It may not sound like much, but it’s a surprising amount given the area’s sparse population. The researchers who measured the plastic debris in the waters near the North Pole described it as “widespread and […]
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International, The World We ShareCallista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is be the preferred nominee for President Donald Trump to be the next United States ambassador to the Vatican, White House administration officials confirmed to CNN on Sunday. Soon after the presidential inauguration, Newt told CNN that Trump was considering his wife to be the ambassador
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International, USAAs candidates, many US politicians stop by the Jerusalem holy site, but once in the White House, they’ve all stayed away By Raphael Ahren Donald Trump is slated to become the first incumbent US president to visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and
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Middle East, USASANTA BARBARA, California (Press Release) — The Associated Students at UC Santa Barbara (ASUCSB) overwhelmingly rejected a hateful resolution to divest from certain companies doing business with Israel on May 11, 2017. After a contentious debate lasting almost 10 hours, divestment was crushingly defeated with a vote of 0 in favor, 16 against, and 7
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — בלגנים Balaganim The word means situations of confusion, mess, or chaos, and it applied to several features of the US and Israel as we departed one and headed towards the other. According to professional sources, “balagan” came to Israeli Hebrew from our Persian cousins as well as some other regional
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAMarwan Barghouti, the leader of the hunger strike in which hundreds of terrorists in Israeli prisons are currently engaged, issued a call from his prison cell for the Arabs living under the rule of the Palestinian Authority to escalate the struggle on behalf of the terrorists and threatened an increase in civil disobedience if the
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu weighed in Sunday evening on the issue of the US embassy in Israel, after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said President Trump was still considering whether to move the embassy to Jerusalem, and was “listening to input from all interested parties in the region.” The Prime Minister”s Office released a statement
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Middle East, USACairo (dpa) – More than 2,000 rebels and civilians were evacuated Sunday from a district near the Syrian capital of Damascus, a day after regime forces retook most of the suburb from the opposition, a monitoring group and Syria state media reported. The evacuess, who included around 800 rebel fighters, were transported in buses from
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Even before he announces his choice for a new FBI director, President Trump is getting pushback from the Senate, which will need to approve his pick to replace the fired James Comey. Democrats say they may try to block Trump’s nominee, whomever it might be; a leading Republican and many Democrats say the
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USAFormer Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Sunday U.S. institutions are under assault — not only by the Russians but by President Donald Trump as well. Clapper said he found the firing of FBI Director James Comey “very disturbing,” in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On ABC’s “This Week,” Comey said
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International, USAKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Steve Palermo, a major-league umpire whose career was ended when he was shot in the back while attempting to break up a mugging in 1991, has died, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday. Palermo, a Kansas City, Mo., resident, made his major-league debut in 1976 and was a full-time member of
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Sports & Competitions, USADonald Trump is reportedly considering a team reshuffle that could result in a number of key players facing the axe. According to White House sources, the president may have a “huge reboot” of his team that could affect everyone from Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, even Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. “He’s
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USASilicon Valley is known for its politically progressive culture and distaste for the policies of President Donald Trump. But Twitter executives are voicing their support for Trump’s frequent use of their social media platform — and have even encouraged the president to use Twitter more. On Sunday’s broadcast of the “Today” show on NBC, Chief
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USAIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday morning addressed in Jerusalem a delegation of 920 members of the Montreal Jewish Federation. The delegation is currently visiting Israel to mark the organization”s centenary, and to celebrate 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem. Montreal Jewish Federation President Evan Feldman led the delegation, and Canada’s Ambassador to Israel
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