A statue, an ode, and now a national holiday for Turkmenistan dog breed

Published by Reuters ASHGABAT (Reuters) – Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ode. The new holiday took place on the same day as a festival celebrating the Akhal-Teke horse breed, which Turkmenistan also […]

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82 dead after blaze at Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients

Published by DPA Eighty-two people died in a fire that swept through a hospital in south-eastern Baghdad early Sunday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. Some 110 others were injured in the blaze at the Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, which cares for Covid-19 patients, Iraq’s state news agency INA quoted the ministry as saying. The ministry doubted

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Middle East

Harris says US will focus on aid to Central American farmers

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday the US government will focus on helping Central American farmers affected by climate change in an effort to address a root cause of migration. Harris has been tasked with spearheading President Joe Biden’s bid to resolve the long-running problem of uncontrolled migration over

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USA

Sentencing Delayed for former Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein

Chabad of Poway’s former head rabbi faces a maximum five-year prison sentence for tax-evasion and other financial crimes he pled guilty to last July. But sentencing of Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein won’t take place Monday — a day short of two years after he lost his right index finger in the deadly shooting attack on his congregation. [Ken Stone, Times of San Diego]

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Jewish Religion, Ken Stone, San Diego County

Good News from Israel (April 25, 2021)

NETANYA, Israel — In the April 25, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Over 80% of Israeli adults have now been vaccinated against Covid-19.
–Israeli optical breakthrough allows for early detection of skin cancer.
–Israel marks Earth Day with national clean-up and new sustainability center.
–New Israeli-developed microchips are the fastest ever.
–Israel signs hi-tech agreement with one of the world’s largest carmakers.
–Discovery in Israel of the oldest example of alphabetic writing. [Michael Ordman]

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This Year’s Oscar Predictions

This year’s nominees consist of intimate dramas or recreations of politically or socially relevant events or situations. Among the eight movies nominated for best picture, The Father, The Sound of Metal, Mank, and A Promising Young Woman feature protagonists suffering from some addiction, disease, disability, or trauma and examine how these afflictions affect their careers or personal relationships.  [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Young Actors Take Us Beyond Prison Walls

How do you readjust to life as an ex-con? Will you make better choices? Surely, that experience will always be a part of you, but does it have to define you for the rest of your days? These are questions explored in San Diego by Playwrights Project, the SDSU School of Theatre, Television and Film and former inmates of the Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility. [Eric George Tauber]

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Former IDF soldiers aided Gaslamp Quarter wounded

The bystander credited with saving a wounded man’s life following Thursday night’s Gaslamp Quarter attacks said modestly on Saturday that he deserves only half the credit.  “My friend also helped,” said Shai Gino, 28, a former captain in the Israel Defense Force now married to an American and studying for U.S. citizenship.  His friend, who served in a “special unit” of the IDF, is Dvir Benesh, 26. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Biden DHS Cancels Fines for Illegal Immigrants Who Failed to Leave U.S.

Published by USA Features Media (USA Features) The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that fines levied against people who came illegally into the U.S. will be canceled and that fines levied against illegal immigrants during the Trump administration will be tossed out as well. The announcement was made by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who

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Scuffles in Jerusalem after Israeli-Palestinian Ramadan night clashes

Published by Reuters By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police and Palestinians scuffled outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls overnight into Sunday as tensions flared during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for calm. Hundreds of police officers in riot gear deployed around the Old City after nightly clashes

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Middle East

In historic move, Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide

Published by Reuters By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies. The largely symbolic move, breaking away from decades of carefully calibrated

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International

Scores injured in Jerusalem clashes; Israeli nationalists shout ‘Death to Arabs”

Published by Reuters By Stephen Farrell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) -After a night of violence in Jerusalem, Israeli police made over 50 arrests and Palestinian medics said 100 were injured during Ramadan clashes in the contested city at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. From late Thursday night into early Friday, police in riot

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