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Taliban Again Threaten Key Northern Afghan Cityby webdesk@voanews.com (Ayaz Gul)
Sunday May 7th, 2017 at 3:02 PM

Heavy fighting is raging in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgency has overrun several districts since launching its so-called yearly “spring offensive” more than a week ago. The battlefield advances have again brought insurgents close enough to threaten Kunduz, the strategically important city the Taliban had briefly captured in 2015. Officials told local media Sunday that Afghan forces were battling the insurgents in Charkhab area on the outskirts of the provincial capital. The fighting has effectively blocked the main highway linking Kunduz to the conflict-hit Khan Abad district and to the northern Takhar province. Afghan security officials say army operations to reopen the highway are underway and have killed dozens of Taliban fighters. On Saturday, the Taliban captured nearby Qala-e-Zal district after staging a multi-prong offensive on the area that borders the former Soviet Central Asian state of Tajikistan. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri, however, insisted government forces staged a “tactical” withdrawal to protect civilians and surrounding areas. He claimed a counteroffensive to retake Qala-e-Zal is underway. But a Taliban spokesman dismissed official claims Sunday, saying there was no fighting in the district, the insurgent group was in full control, and life is returning to normalcy there. There are no casualty details available from either side. US drone attack Meanwhile, a U.S. drone attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar has killed at least 27 Islamic State militants and wounded 13 others. A provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told VOA on Sunday the strike occurred in the mountainous Achin district. Fighting has also been raging for days in the northeastern Badkhashan province where Taliban insurgents are said to be consolidating their hold on the recently captured Zebak district and staging attacks on nearby districts. Possible spillover effects of the Afghan conflict has been a cause of concern for neighboring Central Asian states because some of them are already struggling to tackle domestic Islamist extremists. In a bid to allay those fears, the Taliban reiterated Sunday its combat mission is solely directed against Afghanistan’s “foreign occupiers and their internal allies”, an apparent reference to the U.S.-led NATO military mission and the Afghan government. “We have no intention of meddling in others’ affairs and nor will we allow others to interfere in our internal affairs,” a statement quoted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as reassuring Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. “However, the liberation of our land from foreign occupation and the establishment of an Afghan-inclusive government is our natural right and we will continue our struggle until we have achieved this goal,” Mujahid added. Afghan authorities maintain militants from Central Asian states have been spotted in Taliban ranks in recent months while U.S. military commanders allege Russia is also arming the insurgents. Moscow denies the charges as groundless and as an attempt by the U.S.-led military mission to place blame for failing to stabilize the war-shattered country. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Waziri has also accused neighboring Pakistan of helping the Taliban, charges Islamabad rejects. In its report for the first quarter of 2017, the U.S. Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR noted the government controlled nearly 60 percent of 407 Afghan districts, but 11.1 percent or 45 districts were under insurgent control on influence. The rest of the area is contested, the government watch dog said, quoting the U.S. military assessment prior to the Taliban spring offensive on April 28.

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Israel-Germany Row Shines Spotlight on Anti-Occupation Group by webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Sunday May 7th, 2017 at 3:01 PM

Former Israeli combat soldiers who were thrust into the center of a recent diplomatic row between Israel and Germany, say the sudden international spotlight has given them a bigger stage to speak out against Israel's 50-year rule over millions of Palestinians. Breaking the Silence is a group of ex-soldiers-turned-whistleblowers who view Israel's open-ended occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state as an existential threat to their country. Since 2004, the group has collected testimony from more than 1,100 fellow soldiers who describe the dark side of that rule, including seemingly routine mistreatment of Palestinian civilians stripped of basic rights. The veterans hope such accounts by former fighters will carry weight and spark public debate about the moral price of the occupation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top officials in his nationalist government have a starkly different view. They have branded Breaking the Silence as foreign-funded subversives who are trying to defame Israel and its military. Most recently, Netanyahu even seemed willing to rattle Israel's relationship with key European ally Germany to score points against Breaking the Silence, which has 16 paid staffers, several dozen volunteers and an annual budget of about $2 million. Two weeks ago, he said he would not receive German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel if the visitor stuck to plans to meet with Breaking the Silence. Gabriel chose the soldiers instead. Netanyahu, who also serves as foreign minister, said that shunning visitors who meet with Breaking the Silence is now official policy. The fallout continues this week. The dispute has cast a shadow over what would otherwise have been a routine Israel visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Media reports suggest Steinmeier will praise the group during a speech Sunday, but not meet with its representatives to avoid another spat with Netanyahu. Yehuda Shaul, a co-founder of Breaking the Silence, said the recent attention has been a mixed blessing. The focus on the diplomatic dust-up "diverts a lot of attention from the real issue, what goes on in the occupied territories," he said in an interview at the group's office, tucked away in an old walk-up in a grubby industrial area of Tel Aviv. "On the other hand, it gives us more stages to speak about it," said Shaul, citing more media attention and public speaking invitations that draw larger audiences. Israelis have been bitterly divided over what to do with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, lands they captured in June 1967. Israel annexed east Jerusalem immediately after the war and retains overall control over the West Bank, with enclaves of Palestinian self-rule. Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and has enforced a border blockade of the territory since it was seized by the Islamic militant Hamas two years later. Many Israelis support the idea of Palestinian statehood in principle, but believe it's not safe to cede war-won territories now. Fears were stoked by three Israel-Hamas wars since 2008 and an escalation of regional conflicts. Meanwhile, partition is increasingly difficult, with 600,000 Israelis already living on occupied lands and settlements expanding steadily. Netanyahu has said he is willing to resume partition talks with the Palestinians, but gaps remain wide. A majority of his Cabinet ministers oppose a two-state solution and some even call for annexing parts of the West Bank, raising fears among some Israelis that their rule over disenfranchised Palestinians will become permanent. Shaul said he and his comrades are the true patriots, not those clinging to occupied territories. "I believe Jews have a right to self-determination in the Holy Land. But I refuse to accept that the only way I will be allowed to implement my right to self-determination is if I strip my neighbors, the Palestinians, of the exact same right I demand for myself," he said. "A permanent occupation is the most anti-Zionist position one can ever have because it says we are doomed to live in a sin." The beginnings of Breaking the Silence go back to Hebron, the West Bank's largest Palestinian city, where hundreds of troops guard roughly the same number of Jewish settlers in an Israeli-controlled center partly off limits to Palestinians. Shaul, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home, spent more than a year of his compulsory three-year army service in Hebron at the height of an armed Palestinian uprising of bombings and shootings that erupted in 2000. He became increasingly disillusioned with his army mission, which he felt was largely aimed at making Palestinians fear him and his comrades. He said that while his parents and grandparents fought against armies to defend Israel, "the stories I can tell you about is breaking into houses in the middle of the night to intimidate people and seeing children crying and peeing in their pants.'' In 2004, Shaul and dozens of members from his unit presented a photo exhibit about Hebron in Tel Aviv. Since then, the group has collected recorded testimony from hundreds of soldiers, including those who fought in recent Israel-Hamas wars. Some of the soldiers described an atmosphere in which the mission and safety of the troops trumped other considerations, such as the lives and property of Palestinians. More than 100 soldiers have gone on the record, while the rest remain anonymous, for fear of repercussions, but are known to the group's researchers who check their stories, Shaul said. The research department was able to flag four false testimonies by right-wing activists trying to undermine the group's credibility, he said. All material is submitted to the military censor before publication to avoid inadvertent harm to Israel's security, he added. Critics allege that the group is hiding behind anonymous testimony to smear Israel soldiers and help Israel's enemies press future war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court. They say the group, which does not call for a boycott of Israel, nonetheless feeds into what many Israelis believe is a global trend of unfairly singling out and delegitimizing Israel. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely recently said her office is urging European countries to stop funding what she called "anti-Israel organizations," including Breaking the Silence. "We will ask our friends in the world to respect this red line and to stop contributing to this organization,'" she said. Some of the group's defenders in Israel said they believe it and other anti-occupation organizations are being targeted in an escalating government assault on Israel's civil society. Amos Oz, Israel's most famous living author, has said the ex-soldiers play a critical role in Israel's society, comparing them to biblical prophets who spoke uncomfortable truths. "Moral impulse is a matter of utmost existential importance," Oz said in a November speech that media reports said would be cited by the German president.

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Reporters Barred from China Event Seeking Investment in Kushner Project by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Sunday May 7th, 2017 at 1:46 PM

Organizers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a U.S. real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law in exchange for immigrant visas. The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed by KABR Group and the Kushner Companies, which until recently was headed by senior White House advisor Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka. The developers are seeking to raise $150 million, or 15.4 percent of funding for the project, from investors through the EB-5 visa program, according to marketing materials posted by the event's organizer, immigration agency Qiaowai. The controversial EB-5 program allows wealthy foreigners to, in effect, buy U.S. immigration visas for themselves and families by investing at least $500,000 in certain development projects. "Sorry, this is a private event," said a man stopping journalists from entering a function room on Sunday afternoon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai. Guests at the event said Kushner's sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, spoke for about 10 minutes, including about her family's humble roots. According to the New York Times, Meyer attended a similar event in Beijing on Saturday and told the audience of about 100 people the project "means a lot to me and my entire family". Jared Kushner, whose White House portfolio includes relations with China, sold his stake in Kushner Companies to a family trust early this year. His lawyer said in a statement in March that Kushner was fully complying with ethics rules, removing himself from active participation in his prior businesses and divesting assets. A Kushner Companies spokeswoman declined to comment in a New York Times article about the Beijing event published on Saturday. The Times story said Meyer did not respond when asked if she was concerned about possible conflicts of interest facing her brother. Journalists from the Times and Washington Post were removed from Saturday's Beijing event, the newspapers reported. Popular with wealthy Chinese One potential investor, Sophie Xing, said a "very important" factor in her decision to attend Sunday's event was the fact that the project was a Kushner Companies investment and that Trump's son-in-law's sister would be showing up in Shanghai. "Actually I really don't know how close they are but I felt that this was a pretty good project," she said. In a promotional text message seen by Reuters, Qiaowai made note of Meyer's relationship to Trump and called her the event's "heavyweight honored guest". Qiaowei representatives at the event declined to answer questions from journalists, and calls to its listed phone number went unanswered. Qiaowei is also known as QWOS. Its promotional materials for the project, which it also calls Kushner1, advertise the prospect of putting money in under the federal EB-5 program. The program is popular among wealthy Chinese looking to shift assets abroad or move overseas, but it has come under fire in the United States. Some U.S. lawmakers have called for changing or abolishing the EB-5 program, but the scheme was recently renewed by Congress until Sept. 30. Potential investor Xing said a Kushner representative who spoke on Sunday stressed that EB-5 rules could change after September to raise the minimum required investment. Another person who attended Sunday's event, Liu Guoqi, was mindful of the potential rule change. Liu said he had been to previous pitches for EB-5 investments but had concerns about the risks. "The whole thing may change later this year so we feel that there isn't much time left," he said. In the United States, the EB-5 program has also sparked concerns about possible scams. Some immigrants have been burned by misrepresentations made about the program by promoters, both inside and outside the United States. Many have lost not only their money but their chance at winning U.S. citizenship. Trump has vowed to clamp down on illegal immigration. In addition to Beijing and Shanghai, the road show for One Journal Square was scheduled to hit the Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Wuhan, according to Qiaowai's marketing materials online. It calls the Kushner family a "famous real estate clan", and touts EB-5 immigration as "peace of mind". Qiaowai's Chinese-language marketing material describes the project as "supported by the government, created by a star developer", and says the project is its 87th EB-5 !!br0ken!!

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Marine Le Pen Concedes French Election

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Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador - Washington Post

In Venezuela's Chaos, Elites Play a High-Stakes Game for Survival - New York Times

San Diego police shoot, kill 15-year-old who pointed BB gun at officer - CNN

Another American citizen is detained in North Korea, taking total to four - Washington Post

Boston doctors found dead in luxury apartment with throats slashed - Fox News

Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France - USA TODAY

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Russian Link Cited in Hacked Macron Party Files

Head of cybersecurity company says digital fingerprints of a Russian computer specialist are on metadata of some files hacked from Emmanuel Macrons party

Marine Le Pen Concedes French Election

The far-right French presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, thanked her supporters and congratulated her opponent, Emmanuel Macron, after pollsters projected that he would be the next president.

Martha Stewart gives Donald Trump the finger in viral photo - Raw Story

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Martha Stewart gives Donald Trump the finger in viral photo
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Trump tweets congratulations to France's Macron - The Hill

Trump tweets congratulations to France's Macron
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Emmanuel Macron: Trump tweets congratulations to French president-elect - Fox News

Emmanuel Macron: Trump tweets congratulations to French president-elect
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to congratulate Emmanuel Macron on his overwhelming victory in the French presidential election. Trumpcongratulated Macron on his "big win" in the second round of voting and said he looks forward to ...
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Putin-Trump meeting must bring specific results, not just symbolic handshake Lavrov - RT

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Top ISIS Commander in Afghanistan Was Killed in Raid Where Rangers Died - NBCNews.com

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Top ISIS Commander in Afghanistan Was Killed in Raid Where Rangers Died
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The top ISIS commander in Afghanistan was killed in a raid that left two Army Rangers dead last month, American and Afghan officials said Sunday. The commander, Abdul Hasib, oversaw the group's regional branch in South Asia, ISIS-K, named after the ...

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ISIS leader in Afghanistan was killed in raid, US confirms - CNN

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ISIS leader in Afghanistan was killed in raid, US confirms
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(CNN) The ISIS leader in Afghanistan, Sheikh Abdul Hasib, was killed in an April 27 raid conducted by Afghan special security forces and US troops, Afghan and US authorities said Sunday. Fifth US Army rangers and 40 Afghan commandos were dropped by ...
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Emmanuel Macron gives victory speech vowing to unite France video

French president-elect says in his victory speech that he understands the divisions within France and that he respects them. Macron vows to unite the country with a renewed sense of optimism and expresses his gratitude for the confidence the French people have placed in him

Macron wins French presidency by decisive margin over Le Pen

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Banker, economic adviser and now youngest French president

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Trump Army secretary nominee withdraws amid fierce opposition - The Hill

Trump Army secretary nominee withdraws amid fierce opposition
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Trump's new opioids strategy 'devastates' advocates - Politico

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Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador - Washington Post

Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador
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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of President Trump's transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks before the December call that led to Flynn's forced resignation, current ...

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In Venezuela's Chaos, Elites Play a High-Stakes Game for Survival - New York Times

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In Venezuela's Chaos, Elites Play a High-Stakes Game for Survival
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Another American citizen is detained in North Korea, taking total to four - Washington Post

Another American citizen is detained in North Korea, taking total to four
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Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France - USA TODAY

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Merkel's conservatives thump rivals in German regional vote - Reuters

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North Korea Detains U.S. Citizen for 'Hostile Acts'

North Korea detained a U.S. citizen tied to a Christian-backed university in Pyongyang, state media said, just two weeks after arresting one of his colleagues.

N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts

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President Trump seizes on election rules to push his agenda in new ways
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The flurry of activity to build support for Trump's policies isn't organized by the White House but springs from his re-election campaign, which filed paperwork allowing him to begin raising and spending money on Jan. 20 the same day he took the ...

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Israeli ministers back proposed law demoting Arabic language
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Israeli ministers have approved the wording of a new law that would downgrade Arabic as an official language and which states that the right to self-determination in Israel is unique to the Jewish people, despite the country's sizeable non-Jewish ...
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Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid - Washington Post

Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid
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Outside Donald Trump's offices, pigs will fly
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Vietnam fires a top Communist Party official for misconduct

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party on Sunday dismissed a high-profile party official from his politburo position for misconduct while he headed the country's state oil and gas firm.

The Arctic: Source of Conflict or Cooperation?

At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, this weeks meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks, Alaska, carries extra significance. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are due to attend. An unspoken objective is to ensure tensions elsewhere dont spill over into the Arctic.

Ryan: GOP health care bill not only good policy, but good politics - Politico

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Ryan: GOP health care bill not only good policy, but good politics
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House Speaker Paul Ryan declared on Sunday the Republican House health care bill was not only good policy but also good politics, fulfilling the long-standing GOP campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. "Health care is a complicated and ...
Speaker Ryan: Claim that health care bill was rushed is 'bogus attack from the left'ABC News
Paul Ryan: Complaints about lack of CBO score for final AHCA a 'bogus attack from the Left'Washington Examiner
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Merkel's conservatives defeat SPD rivals in northern state vote

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives thumped their Social Democrat rivals in a vote in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, in a boost to her prospects of winning a national election in September.

Trump's immigration travel ban faces familiar foe in appeals courts: Trump - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Trump's immigration travel ban faces familiar foe in appeals courts: Trump
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON -- President Trump's second travel ban targeting immigrants from six predominantly Muslim countries begins a new round of federal court hearings Monday battling a familiar Achilles' heel: Candidate Trump. From Richmond, Va., to Seattle, ...

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Israeli cabinet approves defining Israel as Jewish nation-state - UPI.com

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Israeli cabinet approves defining Israel as Jewish nation-state
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Israelis wearing Israeli flags watch fireworks during celebrations Monday for the 69th Israel Independence Day on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel. On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet endorsed legislation that declares the "State of Israel is the national home ...

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Donald Trump's highly abnormal presidency: a running guide for May - VICE News

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Donald Trump's highly abnormal presidency: a running guide for May
VICE News
When President Donald Trump invited leaders of historically black colleges and universities to the Oval Office in February to show his commitment to the schools with an executive order, he said that funding would be an absolute priority for this White ...

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'Most of benefits go to millionaires': George Stephanopoulos grills Paul Ryan over Republican healthcare bill - Business Insider

Business Insider

'Most of benefits go to millionaires': George Stephanopoulos grills Paul Ryan over Republican healthcare bill
Business Insider
ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos grilled House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday over the American Health Care Act, which narrowly passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. In an interview on "This Week," Stephanopoulos first asked the ...

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Paul Ryan Says 'You Cannot Be Denied Coverage' for Pre-Existing Conditions - Fortune

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Paul Ryan Says 'You Cannot Be Denied Coverage' for Pre-Existing Conditions
Fortune
House Speaker Paul Ryan staunchly defended the controversial American Healthcare Act that passed the House of Representatives last week, claiming that allegations about people with preexisting conditions losing insurance are false and that the ...

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Israel moves to downgrade status of Arabic language - Yahoo News

Yahoo News

Israel moves to downgrade status of Arabic language
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Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli ministers approved a controversial bill on Sunday that would define the country as the "national home of the Jewish people" while downgrading Arabic as an official language, officials and reports said. If the bill eventually ...

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Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed: government

KABUL (Reuters) - The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday.

Trump And Putin Lose As Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidential Election - PoliticusUSA

PoliticusUSA

Trump And Putin Lose As Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidential Election
PoliticusUSA
Donald Trump spoke words of support the far right candidate, and Russia tried their email hacking tricks, but centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election with 65% of the vote and a 30 point victory over Marine Le Pen.
French fear Putin and Trump followers are using 4chan to disrupt presidential electionVentureBeat
Trump congratulates Emmanuel Macron on French election winThe Guardian

French election: Stunning Russian babe behind Trump's victory knows who will win in FranceDaily Star
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Emmanuel Macron's Email Hacked Days Before French Presidential ElectionNewsweek
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Trump tries to pressure Senate Republicans on health care - Washington Post

Trump tries to pressure Senate Republicans on health care
Washington Post
BRANCHBURG, N.J. President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to not let the American people down, as the contentious debate over overhauling the U.S. health care systems shifts to Congress' upper chamber, where a vote is ...
Republicans tout GOP healthcare bill on Sunday showsThe Hill
Democrats, don't get too giddy about 2018CNN
Senate Republicans Plan Health Bill That Keeps Some of ObamacareBloomberg
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In South Korea, Election Looms as Ex-President Sits in Jail

Park Geun-hyes name is still on the lips of candidates, who use her as a rallying cry for change or insist the bribery and other charges against her are false.

San Diego Police Wonder Why Teenager Called 911 Before They Shot Him

The police say officers answering the call fatally shot the 15-year-old on Saturday in a school parking lot after he refused to drop a BB gun he was holding.

Analysis: Despite Le Pen's loss, European populism lives on

PARIS (AP) -- It's a triple-whammy. The last six months have seen three European elections and three defeats for far-right populists. The tempting conclusion is that populism's destructive ability to dismantle old worlds without having credible blueprints for building new ones has been contained for now - at least in western Europe....

Iran minister warns Saudi Arabia after 'battle' comments: Tasnim

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will leave no part of Saudi Arabia untouched except holy Muslim sites if Riyadh "does anything ignorant", Iran's defense minister was quoted as saying after a Saudi prince threatened to move the "battle" to Iran.

Russian Link Cited in Hacked Macron Party Files

Head of cybersecurity company says digital fingerprints of a Russian computer specialist are on metadata of some files hacked from Emmanuel Macrons party

China Puts Body Cameras on Troubled Security Force

Islamic State mounts fierce resistance on new Mosul front

Stephen Fry: why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God? video

Duty to warn: Shrinks can't say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder but we can - Salon

Why Emmanuel Macron is the anti-Donald Trump - CNN

Trump rolls out red carpet for some unions more than others

Iranian supreme leader critical of 'Western-influenced' Rouhani education plan

Israeli Cabinet committee pushes bill that downgrades Arabic - Washington Post

Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass

On eve of fired Justice official's testimony, Trump tweets about Russia probe - Los Angeles Times

Trump says 'fake media' should probe Democrats' ties to Russia - New York Post

Trump: GOP senators 'will not let the American people down' on healthcare - The Hill

North Korea Detains Another American, State Agency Says

With Trump Name Unspoken, Kushners Seek Investors in Shanghai

With Trump Name Unspoken, Kushners Seek Investors in Shanghai - New York Times

Syrian army advances despite deal to cut violence, monitor says

How the Republican right found allies in Russia - Columbia Daily Tribune

N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts

Lavrov stresses Putin-Trump meeting not for show, but to yield concrete results - TASS

Bill to declare Israel a Jewish state back on national agenda - Reuters

Priebus: Trump, GOP Congress 'not going to let you down' on ObamaCare - Fox News

Condoleezza Rice on Russia, Putin and Trump - CBS News

French Election: The Moment Macron Won

Police: 2 doctors found dead in penthouse likely knew killer

North Korea Detains U.S. Citizen for 'Hostile Acts'

China Puts Body Cameras on Troubled Security Force

China has mandated the use of body cameras or other video recorders by a law-enforcement agency often accused of thuggish behavior, in a bid to mute criticism with an unusual embrace of transparency.

Islamic State mounts fierce resistance on new Mosul front

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces faced stiff resistance from Islamic State in northwest Mosul on Sunday after opening a new front against the militants there in a push to rout them from the city after seven months of fighting.

Stephen Fry: why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God? video

Stephen Fry posed the question in response to a question on religion from Gay Byrne during a 2015 interview on RTÉs The Meaning of Life. Police in Ireland are now investigating a complaint of blasphemy regarding Frys comments

Stephen Fry investigated by Irish police for alleged blasphemy

Duty to warn: Shrinks can't say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder but we can - Salon

Salon

Duty to warn: Shrinks can't say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder but we can
Salon
President Donald Trump has a personality disorder that we're not supposed to talk about, and that makes me furious. The Goldwater rule, an ethical norm from the 1960s that forbids psychiatrists and psychologists from diagnosing public figures they ...

Why Emmanuel Macron is the anti-Donald Trump - CNN

CNN

Why Emmanuel Macron is the anti-Donald Trump
CNN
President Donald Trump has praised Le Pen's populism and views on immigration but has not endorsed her. I reached out to CNN Paris correspondent Melissa Bell for her perspective on today's vote and what it means for France -- and the United States.

Donald Trump looking forward to working with Emmanuel Macron: how the world reacted to French presidential electionTelegraph.co.uk
Trump congratulates Emmanuel Macron on French election winThe Guardian

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French Voters Must Heed the Lessons of Donald Trump and Reject Marine Le PenIn These Times

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Trump rolls out red carpet for some unions more than others

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says labor unions have an open door to his White House, but so far, he's holding the door a little more ajar for some organizations than others....
Iranian supreme leader critical of 'Western-influenced' Rouhani education plan

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Sunday criticized the government of President Hassan Rouhani for promoting a "Western-influenced" United Nations education plan which his hardline allies have said contradicts Islamic principles.

Israeli Cabinet committee pushes bill that downgrades Arabic - Washington Post

Israeli Cabinet committee pushes bill that downgrades Arabic
Washington Post
JERUSALEM An Israeli Cabinet committee is pushing forward a bill that downgrades Arabic as an official language of the country. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted Sunday to present the controversial nation-state bill that states the ...

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Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass

MATANZAS, Cuba (Reuters) - For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.

On eve of fired Justice official's testimony, Trump tweets about Russia probe - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

On eve of fired Justice official's testimony, Trump tweets about Russia probe
Los Angeles Times
President Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to criticize the scope and nature of investigations into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election on the eve of a much-anticipated Senate hearing that is to feature the testimony of an Obama-era U ...

Trump transition officials warned Flynn about Russia communicationsCNN
Trump Transition's Handling Of Sensitive Details Reportedly Alarmed Obama OfficialsHuffington post (press release) (blog)

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Trump says 'fake media' should probe Democrats' ties to Russia - New York Post

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Trump says 'fake media' should probe Democrats' ties to Russia
New York Post
President Trump hit out at the press on Twitter Sunday morning, accusing the fake media of unfair bias and failing to question Democrats about their own dealings with Russia. When will the Fake Media ask about the Dems dealings with Russia & why the ...

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Trump: GOP senators 'will not let the American people down' on healthcare - The Hill

Trump: GOP senators 'will not let the American people down' on healthcare
The Hill
President Trump on Sunday vowed that Republican senators would not let the American people down on healthcare. "Republican Senators will not let the American people down! ObamaCare premiums and deductibles are way up - it was a lie and it is dead!
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North Korea Detains Another American, State Agency Says

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~~The man, Kim Hak-song,~~ was arrested on Saturday and was under investigation on charges of committing hostile acts against the country. The detention would bring the number of Americans held there to four.
With Trump Name Unspoken, Kushners Seek Investors in Shanghai

A day after wooing wealthy Chinese in Beijing, Jared Kushners family firm offered visas to another audience in exchange for investment in a project.

With Trump Name Unspoken, Kushners Seek Investors in Shanghai - New York Times

New York Times

With Trump Name Unspoken, Kushners Seek Investors in Shanghai
New York Times
But for Bi Ting, who attended the event, part of the appeal was political: Jared Kushner is the son-in-law of and a powerful adviser to President Trump. Virtually unheard-of in China just months ago, he is now known here as a deeply influential ...
Ivanka Trump reveals she and her husband take secret walks around WashingtonAOL

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Syrian army advances despite deal to cut violence, monitor says

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army seized control of the village of al-Zalakiyat north of Hama on Sunday amid a heavy bombardment, a war monitor reported, despite a deal brokered by Russia, Syria's main foreign backer, to reduce fighting.

How the Republican right found allies in Russia - Columbia Daily Tribune

Columbia Daily Tribune

How the Republican right found allies in Russia
Columbia Daily Tribune
Growing up in the 1980s, Brian Brown was taught to think of the communist Soviet Union as a dark and evil place. But Brown, a leading anti-gay-marriage activist, said that in the past few years he has started meeting Russians at conferences on family ...

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N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Sunday said it detained another American citizen over unspecified hostile acts against the country....
Lavrov stresses Putin-Trump meeting not for show, but to yield concrete results - TASS

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Lavrov stresses Putin-Trump meeting not for show, but to yield concrete results
TASS
MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/. A meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States, which is currently being prepared, is necessary for both countries not for show or sensations but for concrete results, Russian Foreign ...
Putin's leaky strategyWashington Post (blog)
[David Ignatius] Putin requested call with Trump to outline plan for Syrian safe zones. Why now?The Korea Herald
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Bill to declare Israel a Jewish state back on national agenda - Reuters

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Bill to declare Israel a Jewish state back on national agenda
Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool. 1/3. left. right. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017.

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Priebus: Trump, GOP Congress 'not going to let you down' on ObamaCare - Fox News

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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus expressed confidence Sunday that the Republican-led Senate will now do its part to pass an ObamaCare overhaul measure for President Trump to sign, and tried to assure the public that Trumpwill keep his ...

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Condoleezza Rice on Russia, Putin and Trump - CBS News

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Condoleezza Rice on Russia, Putin and Trump
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This morning Jane Pauley has questions for, and answers from, Condoleezza Rice, a first-hand eyewitness to huge changes overseas and here at home: Her eight years in the White House, as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, were perhaps ...

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French Election: The Moment Macron Won

In 360, witness the moment Emmanuel Macron was declared the next president of France. Mr. Macron, a centrist who supports the E.U., handily beat Marine Le Pen, the National Front's far-right leader.
Police: 2 doctors found dead in penthouse likely knew killer

BOSTON (AP) -- Two engaged Boston doctors found dead this weekend inside the penthouse of a luxury condominium building most likely knew their killer, police say....
North Korea Detains U.S. Citizen for 'Hostile Acts'

North Korea detained a U.S. citizen tied to a Christian-backed university in Pyongyang, state media said, just two weeks after arresting one of his colleagues.

Macron and Le Pen Face Off in Pivotal French Election

Hugo Chávez statue toppled during Venezuela riots video

Expanded DNA testing leads to charges in 1990s slayings

Prosecutors: Heiress changed his life then plotted his death

Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine

One reason more software engineers are heading to Toronto: Trump - CNBC

Trump Weighing 95 Percent Cut to Drug Office, Chief Warns Staff - Bloomberg

Puerto Ricans Face Sacrifice Everywhere on an Insolvent Island

2 found dead in Boston penthouse apartment, suspect in custody - ABC News

Three thousand migrants rescued in the Mediterranean: coast guard

US far-right activists, WikiLeaks and bots help amplify Macron leaks: researchers - Reuters

French cybersecurity agency probing Macron hack - The Hill

Putin's leaky strategy - Washington Post (blog)

Syria fighting eases as Russian deal takes effect - Reuters

Israel-Germany row shines spotlight on anti-occupation group

Trump mulling significant cuts to White House drug office, memo warns - Fox News

Islamic State attacks base where U.S. advisers stationed in Iraq

Islamic State Attacks Kill Two at Iraqi Base Where U.S. Advisers Stationed

The French Election, in Pictures

Jared Kushner's sister woos China's 'golden visa' investors

Ex-Nusra fighters to be evacuated from Syria's Yarmouk camp: al-Manar TV

Reporters barred from China event seeking investment in Kushner project

Trump Administration Has Now Crossed Over...To The Twilight Zone - Forbes

Leader of ISIS Branch in Afghanistan Killed in Special Forces Raid

Who is the new French president, Emmanuel Macron? video

Macron and Le Pen Face Off in Pivotal French Election

The French are voting in the deciding round of a presidential election that has sidelined mainstream parties and redrawn French politics as a contest between globalists and nationalists.

Hugo Chávez statue toppled during Venezuela riots video

Demonstrators in oil-rich Zulia state tear ~~tore~~ down a statue of ~~the~~ late Venezuelan leader as ~~the~~ death toll from violent protests against president Nicolás Maduro rises ~~reached 37~~

Hugo Chávez statue torn down as death toll rises in Venezuela protests

Expanded DNA testing leads to charges in 1990s slayings

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- As lab technicians analyzed a DNA sample from a New York man following a small-time criminal conviction, they discovered the sort of tantalizing clue officials hoped for when New York became the first state to begin collecting DNA from every person convicted of any crime....

Prosecutors: Heiress changed his life then plotted his death

HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. (AP) -- Keith Green was a popular but troubled Northern California high school football star who had recently washed out of college when he met Tiffany Li....

Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine

Jobs in health care have grown much faster than most other sectors in the last decade, but could be threatened by the insurance coverage losses if Obamacare were repealed.

One reason more software engineers are heading to Toronto: Trump - CNBC

CNBC

One reason more software engineers are heading to Toronto: Trump
CNBC
The Trump administration's recent battles over immigration have made some people feel unwelcome, and others more hesitant to move to the U.S. to do research in artificial intelligence. "People have been emailing and calling to ask: When can I send my ...

Trump Weighing 95 Percent Cut to Drug Office, Chief Warns Staff - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

Trump Weighing 95 Percent Cut to Drug Office, Chief Warns Staff
Bloomberg
The Trump administration is weighing a cut of almost 95 percent of the budget for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at a time the president has pledged to aggressively combat opioid addiction, according to an internal memo. The ...
Trump budget would effectively kill drug control officePolitico

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Puerto Ricans Face Sacrifice Everywhere on an Insolvent Island

Workers at the Río Piedras terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, face waning business. Transportation businesses have been hurt by the economic crisis as drivers have to wait hours to fill a trip for their routes.

2 found dead in Boston penthouse apartment, suspect in custody - ABC News

2 found dead in Boston penthouse apartment, suspect in custody
ABC News
Two doctors were found dead Friday night in a penthouse at a luxury apartment building in Boston where a suspect was shot after a violent struggle and an exchange of gunfire with officers, according to police. Officers responded to a 911 call about a ...

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Three thousand migrants rescued in the Mediterranean: coast guard

MILAN (Reuters) - Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coast guard said in a statement.

US far-right activists, WikiLeaks and bots help amplify Macron leaks: researchers - Reuters

US far-right activists, WikiLeaks and bots help amplify Macron leaks: researchers
Reuters
WASHINGTON May 6 U.S. far-right activists helped amplify a leak of hacked emails belonging to leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign, some researchers said on Saturday, with automated bots and the Twitter account of ...

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French cybersecurity agency probing Macron hack - The Hill

French cybersecurity agency probing Macron hack
The Hill
France's government cybersecurity agency will reportedly investigate a large-scale hacking operation that targeted presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign days before the Sunday election. A government official told The Associated Press that ...

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Putin's leaky strategy - Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)

Putin's leaky strategy
Washington Post (blog)
Russia's foreign electioneering is not the Machiavellian masterstroke thatPutin's admirers claim it up to be. Instead, Russia's reckless gambit into U.S. politics has created a diplomatic backlash that has left Moscow more isolated than before Donald ...
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Syria fighting eases as Russian deal takes effect - Reuters

Reuters

Syria fighting eases as Russian deal takes effect
Reuters
Relief workers unload humanitarian aid in the rebel-held besieged Syrian town of Douma, Damascus, Syria May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh. By Lisa Barrington | BEIRUT. BEIRUT Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased on ...
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Israel-Germany row shines spotlight on anti-occupation group

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Former Israeli combat soldiers who were thrust into the center of a recent diplomatic row between Israel and Germany, say the sudden international spotlight has given them a bigger stage to speak out against Israel's 50-year rule over millions of Palestinians....

Trump mulling significant cuts to White House drug office, memo warns - Fox News

Trump mulling significant cuts to White House drug office, memo warns
Fox News
The Trump administration is considering making significant cuts to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONCDP) according to a preliminary budget document and an email message that its acting director has circulated to agency staff. The proposed ...
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Islamic State attacks base where U.S. advisers stationed in Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Multiple Islamic State suicide bombers attacked a base in northern Iraq where U.S. military advisers are stationed, security sources said on Sunday.

Islamic State Attacks Kill Two at Iraqi Base Where U.S. Advisers Stationed

At least two people were killed and six injured when multiple Islamic State suicide bombers attacked a base in northern Iraq where U.S. military advisers are stationed, security sources said on Sunday.

The French Election, in Pictures

Voters faced the starkest of choices in the second round of the presidential election, with many expected to support neither Emmanuel Macron nor Marine Le Pen.

Jared Kushner's sister woos China's 'golden visa' investors

BEIJING (AP) -- The sister of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green cards....

Ex-Nusra fighters to be evacuated from Syria's Yarmouk camp: al-Manar TV

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Agreement has been reached to evacuate some wounded fighters from the hardline Islamist group formerly known as Nusra Front from the Yarmouk refugee camp in the southern suburbs of Damascus to Idlib, Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV reported on Sunday.

Reporters barred from China event seeking investment in Kushner project

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Organizers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a U.S. real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law in exchange for immigrant visas.

Trump Administration Has Now Crossed Over...To The Twilight Zone - Forbes

Forbes

Trump Administration Has Now Crossed Over...To The Twilight Zone
Forbes
What the Trump administration did last week on the federal budget was so astoundingly bizarre that it would have been a great plot for an episode of The Twilight Zone if that show were still on the air. For those of you who are too young to remember ...

Leader of ISIS Branch in Afghanistan Killed in Special Forces Raid

The Afghan presidents office and the United States military command said that Abdul Hasib, who recently took over as head of the Islamic States affiliate in Afghanistan, died in an April operation.

Who is the new French president, Emmanuel Macron? video

The new French president-elect was little known abroad until recently, having never before been elected to public office. Born in 1977, the former investment banker is backed by a new political movement, En Marche! (On the Move), that he set up just a year ago. A former member of outgoing President Hollandes Socialist party, he has been compared to Tony Blair. But what else do we know about him?
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