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Fast Forward Did Steve Mnuchin’s Eclipse Trip Skirt Ethics Rules?
A federal watchdog is reviewing the circumstances surrounding a controversial flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife to Kentucky, where he spoke to business leaders and viewed the solar eclipse, according to The Washington Post. A counsel for the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General told the Post in a statement late on…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah In Israel, 80 Years Later
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Eighty years after he missed the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Shalom Shtamberg celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday with his family and friends in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Shtamberg was born in Warsaw, Poland, and should have celebrated his bar mitzvah when he turned 13, but instead…
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Fast Forward 93-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah — 80 Years Late
Eighty years after he missed the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Shalom Shtamberg celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday with his family and friends in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Shtamberg was born in Warsaw, Poland, and should have celebrated his bar mitzvah when he turned 13, but instead he was taken to…
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Fast Forward Kremlin Confirms Michael Cohen’s Email About Trump Tower Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it with Putin. The Washington Post reported this week that Michael Cohen, one of Trump’s closest business advisers,…
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Fast Forward New England Receiver Julian Edelman Out For Year With ACL Tear
(Reuters) – New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman tore the ACL in his right knee during Friday’s preseason win over the Detroit Lions and will be out for the rest of the season, the team confirmed Saturday. Edelman was injured on the team’s first drive. He left the game with three catches and 52…
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Fast Forward El Al Buys 787s To Lure New Customers For Flights To Israel
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) – El Al Israel Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on Wednesday in a $1.25 billion investment aimed at renewing its long-range fleet, halting a drop in its market share and winning back business customers. In all, Israel’s flag carrier will receive 16 787-8 and 787-9…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Warns Putin Israel May Act Against Iran In Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Israel was prepared to act unilaterally to prevent an expanded Iranian military presence in Syria as Moscow works to end the civil war there. Russia intervened on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, joining a de facto alliance with Iranian…
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Culture Concerns About Censorship Soar As Russia Detains Director
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A prominent Russian theater director who has lamented what he says is the lack of freedom and growing social conservatism in his country was detained on Tuesday and accused of embezzling state funds. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it suspected Kirill Serebrennikov of embezzling at least 68 million rubles ($1.15 million) in state…
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