Politics

Young attendees at protest in Rabin Square, May 27, 2017.. (photo credit:AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV) “The left has returned to the square!” a Peace Now activist chanted to a crowd of thousands cheering Israelis.…
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A Guanajuato, Mexico lawyer was looking for a way to soothe his native country’s collective frustration and rage towards the newly-installed U.S. leader, Donald Trump. Antonio Battaglia had just about had enough of the labels he associated…
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The crisis surrounding the Trump White House and its possible ties to Russia deepened with the disclosure of unreported meetings between the Russian ambassador and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. The…
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The G7 summit of the world’s most powerful democracies wrapped up its meeting on May 27 with a unified approach to Russia. The leaders said economic sanctions will stay in place and could toughen if Russian President Vladimir Putin does…
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As Trump experienced this week, part of the perks of being POTUS include lavish gifts from foreign leaders. Unfortunately, presidents don’t get to just keep those gifts. The rules:In 1966, Congress instated a rule that prevents the…
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The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Republican health care and tax cut bill that passed the House of Representatives last month is full of striking facts. But here’s a particularly telling one: The regulatory changes made at…
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Reprinted with permission from Creators. Familiar rituals followed the terrorist bombing at the arena in Manchester, England. Flowers piled up near the site of carnage. Reporters plumbed every line of the attacker’s profile, speculating on…
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Norways Foreign Minister Borge Brende attends a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 18, 2016. . (photo credit:REUTERS/FAISAL MAHMOOD) Norway on Friday condemned the Palestinian Authority's naming of…
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MK Shelly Yacimovich. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Histadrut labor federation chairman Avi Nissenkorn routed MK Shelly Yacimovch (Zionist Union) 62.42%-37.58% in the race to lead Israel’s biggest union in…
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Summer is officially upon us, and there are few better ways to beat the heat than to spend a couple of hours in a nice, air-conditioned movie theater. So if you love popcorn movies full of horse-riding apes, WWII battles, cursed…
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It turns out a year is a long time in G-7 summitry. At least this year, when a fraying consensus among the world’s leading democracies about how the world should be run was on clear display in Sicily. There was an agreement to disagree on…
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ELIEZER JAFFE, founder and president of the Israel Free Loan Association, wants to help first-time home buyers with their down payments. (photo credit:Courtesy) Eliezer Jaffe who made a profound impact on…
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Tel Aviv municipality building.. (photo credit:Wikimedia Commons) The Tel Aviv Municipality Hall building will be illuminated with the Egyptian flag on Saturday night to commemorate the victims of Friday's…
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Published May 27 at 7:40 pm Evgeny Eric and Denys Krutko show off their solar blinds in their workshop at Art-Zavod Platforma in Kyiv on June 7. Once installed on a window, the smart blinds with built-in solar panels can generate over 100…
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Boston Globe A1, “On trip,a more presidential lookfor Trump: His less diplomatic side mostly under wraps abroad,” by Annie Linskey in D.C.: “is days overseas revealed that he’s capable of avoiding major gaffes and of sticking, for the most…
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Published May 27 at 6:01 pm (L-R) Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Guinea's President Alpha Conde, US President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel…
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Published May 27 at 5:17 pm A picture shows the Russian Foreign Ministry. Photo by Courtesy MOSCOW – It may take the High Court in London no more than a few weeks to issue a final judgment on the procedure for calculation and the total…
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Published May 27 at 5:12 pm Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi, the owner and the president of Development Construction Holding. Photo by Courtesy (ukrafoto) MOSCOW/KYIV – Evraz (Russia) has entered into an agreement to sell its PJSC Evraz Sukha Balka…
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Russia Published May 27 at 3:39 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 2, 2016. Photo by AFP MOSCOW – Russian Prime…
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Published May 27 at 3:12 pm Solemn ceremony of signing the document on visa-free regime with the EU for Ukrainians on May 17 in Strasbourg. Photo by Mykola Lazarenko The introduction of a visa-free regime with the European Union will…
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