White nationalist group posts fliers with image of Hitler on Princeton campus

Jewish and Muslim students band together, promote Palestinian-Israeli initiative A flier from the Twitter account of the white nationalist Vanguard America, which was posted on the Center for Jewish Life-Hillel and three other buildings at Princeton University. Princeton University students learn about the solar panel project funded through donations of American Jews and Muslims through […]

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

No talk of election interference at meetings, Russian foreign minister says

WASHINGTON — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says U.S. allegations of Kremlin interference in last year’s presidential campaign did not come up during his meetings Wednesday at the White House and the State Department. Lavrov said the talks focused instead on building “businesslike relations” between Moscow and Washington after years of tension. Lavrov’s visit to

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International, USA

Kosovo government falls after no-confidence vote

Kosovo’s government lost a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, setting the scene for a snap parliamentary election next month. Seventy-eight MPs in the 120-seat parliament voted to dismiss Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s cabinet, which the opposition had accused of failing to meet its campaign pledges and creating public distrust. It comes after months of political deadlock

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Fox sees earnings rise as fallout from sexual harassment scandal continues

LOS ANGELES — The mounting sexual harassment claims at Fox News that led to the dismissal of Bill O’Reilly and an exodus of advertisers has dominated headlines and cast a shadow over parent company 21st Century Fox in recent weeks. But the controversy, which erupted last summer, so far has done little to dampen the

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Austrian vice chancellor Mitterlehner resigns from cabinet and party

Vienna (dpa) – Austrian Vice Chancellor and conservative leader Reinhold Mitterlehner announced his resignation from politics on Wednesday, citing mounting tensions within his People’s Party (OeVP) and with the Social Democrats, the OeVP’s coalition partner. “I think that’s enough,” he said at the OeVP’s party headquarters in Vienna, adding that his job had become “joyless

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Andres Oppenheimer: Trump’s Mexico bashing helps leftist candidate

The race for Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections has drawn zero interest in the United States so far, but it should be in the headlines. Thanks to President Trump’s fake claims about Mexico, the country may soon elect its first populist leftist president in recent memory. The latest polls show that Trump’s Mexico bashing has had

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International, USA

Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege

Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles By Rich Tenorio As a professional chess player, Susan Polgar has broken gender barriers, set records and even engaged in some post-Cold War bridge-building. Now she’s finding success mentoring the next generation. Polgar,

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Sports & Competitions, USA

USA-Russia: Another Cold War?

US Defense Secretary James Mattis’ first official visit to Eastern Europe smacks somewhat of the cold war-era. The US are considering deploying a missile battery system in the region ahead of NATO exercises this summer. Mattis has called Russian missile deployment in the Baltic region ‘destabilising’ and U.S. allies are jittery about Russian and Belarussian

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International, USA

Bethune students turn their backs on DeVos during her commencement speech

The content of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college, was pretty standard: Listen to people who disagree with you, serve your country and give back. But the reception was raucous. Students booed and turned their back while President Donald Trump’s education chief spoke. The speech came after

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Complaints about voting irregularities mar Bahamas vote

Issues with ballots caused voting to be temporarily suspended and hours extended at some polling stations in the Bahamas on Wednesday during the country’s national election. At one polling station on the island of New Providence, the vote in the Elizabeth constituency was halted for more than an hour after Free National Movement opposition candidate

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International

Republicans: No outside investigation into Russian meddling needed

WASHINGTON — Key Republicans on Wednesday flatly rejected growing calls for an independent investigator or a special panel to probe possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign in the wake of Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey. While Democrats escalated their investigative demands — and threatened to stall Senate business as

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