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Fast Forward Hungary President Signs Law Aimed At George Soros-Funded University
Hungary’s president on Monday signed a law that sets new requirements for foreign universities and could force out Central European University, one of Hungary’s top international schools founded by financier George Soros. Janos Ader said in a statement to state news agency MTI that he believed the legislation did not infringe academic freedom or international…
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Fast Forward Kushner Deal For $1.4B Manhattan Skyscraper Gets Boost
Efforts to breathe new life into an aging Manhattan office building that is the flagship property of the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has gained a green light after a partial owner of the building indicated a willingness to sell. Steven Roth, chairman and chief executive of Vornado Realty Trust, said in a letter…
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Fast Forward Tens Of Thousands Protest Hungary Law Aimed At Soros University
Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Sunday against new legislation that could force the Central European University (CEU), a school founded by U.S. financier George Soros, to move out of the country. A bill passed in Parliament this week by the ruling right-wing Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a…
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Fast Forward ‘Heil Hitler’ Soldier Among 275 Far-Right Extremists Probed By German Military
The Germany military’s counter-intelligence agency is looking into 275 suspected right-wing extremists in its ranks, including a soldier heard saying “Heil Hitler,” the Defence Ministry has told parliament in a letter seen by Reuters on Sunday. About 143 of the cases were reported last year and 53 this year, the ministry wrote in its 15-page…
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Fast Forward Guilty Verdict Upheld In Etan Patz Murder Trial
A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a request from a former delicatessen worker to throw out his February conviction for murdering Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy whose disappearance in 1979 became one of the country’s most infamous missing child cases. The decision paves the way for Pedro Hernandez, 56, to be sentenced on…
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Fast Forward German Far Right Claims It Back Jews By Blocking Anti-Semitic Muslim Immigrants
A leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) claimed it is a guarantor of Jewish life in Germany because it opposes immigration from largely Muslim migrants. Frauke Petry made the remarks in response to criticism from Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who last week called the AfD a “disgrace for Germany.”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Killed In Suspected Car-Ramming On West Bank
The Israeli military said a car driven by a Palestinian deliberately rammed two Israeli soldiers, killing one and injuring the other, in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. The death brings to 39 the number of Israelis killed in a wave of Palestinian street attacks that began in October 2015, while at least 242 Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Scott Gottlieb Quizzed On Big Pharma Ties In FDA Confirmation Hearing
President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, was questioned about his ties to the pharmaceutical industry by Democrats on a key Senate committee on Wednesday ahead of a vote on whether to advance his nomination for a vote by the full Senate. Gottlieb, 44, is a former FDA…
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