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Fast Forward Germans See Echoes Of Nazi Past In Trump And Charlottesville
For the past decade, the pupils of the Manfred von Ardenne school in Berlin have been visiting a local cemetery to tend the graves of victims of the Nazis. By honoring those who died doing forced labor for Adolf Hitler’s regime and learning their stories, pupils gain a clearer, more visceral understanding of their country’s…
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Fast Forward Barcelona Van Terror Attack Kills 13 Near Kosher Restaurant
A van crashed into dozens of people near a kosher restaurant in the center of Barcelona on Thursday and Spanish media said at least 13 people were killed. Police said several people were injured and described the incident on Twitter as a “massive crash.” The incident took place outside Maccabi, a kosher restaurant in the…
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Fast Forward Gary Cohn Won’t Quit Over Trump’s Charlottesville Debacle
White House Economic Adviser Gary Cohn is remaining in his post, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday after earlier rumors of his departure rattled Wall Street and hit U.S. stocks and the dollar. “Gary intends to remain in his position as NEC (National Economic Council) director at the White House. Nothing’s changed,” a…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Revoke Al Jazeera Reporter’s Credentials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel intends to cancel an Al Jazeera journalist’s press accreditation on the grounds that he is biased toward the Palestinians, the director of the government press office said on Wednesday. Nitzan Chen said Al Jazeera correspondent Elias Karram’s press card would be revoked, pending a hearing, because he told television station Dar…
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Fast Forward Florida Synagogue Bomber Pleads Guilty To ‘Evil’ Crime
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempting to bomb a Miami-area synagogue, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said as he condemned bigotry as “evil.” James Gonzalo Medina, 41, admitted that he planned an attack on the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, going as far as to walk up to the property clutching what he…
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Fast Forward Charlottesville Rally Organizers, Deadly Driver Sued For $3 Million
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – Two people who say they were injured in a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia sued the man charged with killing a woman by driving his car through the crowd as well as the event’s organizers on Tuesday for $3 million. Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington said in papers filed in Charlottesville…
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Fast Forward Iran Warns It Could Dump Nuclear Deal ‘Within Hours’ Over New Sanctions
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. “If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month but…
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Fast Forward Trump Condemns White Supremacists And Neo-Nazis By Name — 2 Days Later
President Donald Trump denounced white supremacists including neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan on Monday, and said racism, hatred and bigotry had no place in America following a violent white-nationalist rally in Virginia. Trump had been assailed by Republicans and Democrats alike for failing to respond more forcefully to Saturday’s violence in Charlottesville, in which…
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