Half of Irish adults do not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, a new survey from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has found.
Conducted Oct. 25 to Nov. 6, the online survey of…
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Chinese fishing fleets gather near Taiwanese waters
China has twice marshaled unusually large groups of fishing boats in the East China Sea in recent weeks, forming long, dense lines of vessels that analysts say appear designed to test how civilian ships could be used to restrict access to waters…
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Netanyahu joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ despite misgivings about Qatari, Turkish participation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” less than a day after telling Israel’s parliament about his “argument” over the board’s membership.
Trump…
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Live Updates: NATO Faces Pressure as Trump Brings Greenland Dispute to Davos – nytimes.com
- Live Updates: NATO Faces Pressure as Trump Brings Greenland Dispute to Davos nytimes.com
- Trump is en route to Davos, where his Greenland threats top agenda CNN
- Trump arrives at Davos with Europe’s leaders on edge and Lisa Cook’s firing under…
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Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Board of Peace
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
A statement from his office said Netanyahu would become a member of the board “which is to be comprised of world leaders”.
The…
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American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say | Donald Trump
Three hundred and sixty five days after Donald Trump placed his hand on the Bible and completed an extraordinary return to power, many historians, scholars and experts say his presidency has pushed American democracy to the brink – or beyond…
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Report: Trump Presses Aides, Pentagon for ‘Decisive’ Military Option in Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump is still pressing for a decisive military option in Iran from close aides, U.S. officials familiar with the matter were quoted as saying. The reports come after weeks of protests in Iran, which have since subsided amid…
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Iran’s top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet Wednesday against the United States after Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, warning the Islamic…
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WSJ: Donald Trump seeks decisive Iran military strike options
US President Donald Trump is pressing aides for what he calls “decisive” military options against Iran after pulling back from strikes last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing US officials. The discussions are unfolding…
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House of Kurds: on the ground in northern Syria – The Economist
- House of Kurds: on the ground in northern Syria The Economist
- Emergency Podcast: Damascus and the Syrian Kurds Come to Blows mei.edu
- Rapid unravelling of SDF removes ‘main irritant’ in US-Turkey ties middleeasteye.net
- Damascus Is Killing…
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