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Fast Forward Back To Old Habits, Malaysia’s Mahathir Calls Jews ‘Hook-Nosed’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad described Jews as “hook-nosed” on Tuesday and blamed them for creating the troubles in the Middle East. Mahathir, who at 93 became the world’s oldest head of government after starting his second stint as prime minister in May, has for decades been accused of anti-Semitism for…
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Fast Forward How Jared Kushner Helped A $1.2 Trillion Trade Zone Stay Intact
OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Lighthizer was the public face of arduous, year-long talks to rework NAFTA, but as he savored a successful conclusion in the White House Rose Garden on Monday, the U.S. trade representative singled out another man as the deal’s architect. “I’ve said before, and I’ll say again, this agreement would not have…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Dance To Welcome Simchat Torah In Jerusalem
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men on Monday danced with scrolls of the Torah, celebrating the religious holiday of Simchat Torah in one of Jerusalem’s oldest neighborhoods. During the year, every Saturday in synagogue, devout Jews read a portion of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Simchat Torah marks the reading of the final…
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Fast Forward Trump Insists FBI Can Probe Julie Swetnick Accusation Against Kavanaugh
President Trump insisted on Monday he wants the FBI to do a comprehensive investigation into sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but said he would leave the parameters of the probe to Senate Republicans. “I want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. Whatever that means, according to the senators and…
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Fast Forward 7 Palestinians Shot Dead By Israel In New Gaza Bloodshed
Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half a year ago, Gaza health officials said. Israel’s military said its troops resorted to live fire, and an air strike, after explosive devices…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Tells UN Of Secret Iran ‘Nuclear Warehouse’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described on Thursday what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu showed an aerial photograph of the Iranian capital marked with a…
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Fast Forward Trump Insists He Would Like Rod Rosenstein To Stay
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would prefer to keep Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in his job, after the New York Times reported Rosenstein had suggested secretly recording Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to remove the president from office. “I’m talking with him. We’ve had a good talk. He said he never said…
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Fast Forward German Court: Kuwait Airlines Can’t Be Forced To Carry Israeli Passenger
BERLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A German court ruled on Tuesday that Kuwait Airways could not be forced to carry an Israeli passenger who had bought a ticket from Germany to Thailand, upholding a lower court decision that had angered German officials and Jewish groups. The higher court in Frankfurt said a Kuwaiti ban on…
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