2 Israeli Police Officers Killed in Attack in Old City of Jerusalem
“We cannot allow for agents of murder, who desecrate the name of God, to drag us into a bloody war, and we will deal with a heavy hand against all the arms of terror, and its perpetrators,” President Reuven Rivlin of Israel said in a statement. “The state of Israel will defend its sovereignty and its citizens with a strong hand, and will not allow anyone to provoke the region into a bloody war.” The police announced that they had evacuated and closed the compound, and helicopters circled above ..>> view originalTrump's legal team faces tensions — and a client who often takes his own counsel
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This video from from Jan. 20, 2014, shows a jet blast at the beach sweeping into onlookers near the Sint Maarten airport. (Kai A. Hortmann via Storyful) A tourist on the Caribbean island country of Sint Maarten was killed Wednesday after a blast from a jet that was taking off nearby knocked her into a retaining wall, police said. The 57-year-old New Zealander had been standing at a fence that separates Maho Beach and a runway at Princess Juliana International Airport, police said. The ar..>> view originalHong Kong leader offers condolences to wife of Chinese dissident Liu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday she shares the compassion of people over the death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and acknowledged "anxieties" about "incidents" in the former British colony that can potentially erode its autonomy. Lam was speaking in her first interview with the international media since she was sworn in as the city's new leader by Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 1. "Hong Kong people are always very compassionate and so I share th..>> view originalTrump revels in French military pomp far from White House turmoil
PARIS — First came dozens of French soldiers in historical uniforms who rode into the Place de la Concorde square on horseback. Then French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Bastille Day parade viewing stage Friday, riding in a military jeep as if it were a chariot. A military band struck up and vintage tanks and other military equipment began rolling into the square as a video shot in action-movie style explained the technological advances France has made since World War I. Suddenly,..>> view originalReport: GOP operative took his own life in Minnesota
By Associated Press By Associated Press July 13 at 9:58 PM CHICAGO — A former private equity adviser and Republican operative who died soon after telling The Wall Street Journal he tried during the 2016 presidential election campaign to obtain Hillary Clinton’s missing emails from Russian hackers killed himself, according to a state death record obtained by the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune (http://trib.in/2uWYgMD ) said it obtained the record from Olmsted County, Minnesota, saying that Pe..>> view originalLondon acid attacks: Teenager arrested
Image caption In the attack in Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, a man suffered "life-changing" facial injuries A teenager has been arrested after acid was thrown in people's faces in five attacks over one night in London. Two moped riders attacked the victims over 90 minutes in Islington, Stoke Newington and Hackney on Thursday.An eyewitness said he heard a victim, who he believed was a delivery driver, "screaming in pain". One victim suffered "life-ch..>> view originalTrump Jr. pitch was part of broad Russian effort
Two months before Donald TrumpDonald TrumpEx-Soviet officer was also in Trump Jr. meeting: report Watergate prosecutor: I'm experiencing déjà vu Progressives: Dems at risk of perennial election defeat MORE Jr.’s encounter with a Russian figure, a key House subcommittee chairman received a similar overture in Moscow offering derogatory information about a U.S. policy that was upsetting Vladimir Putin.Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican with a reputation as a Moscow ally in Congress, to..>> view original
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