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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Returns to Washington to Mull Options — and Meet Barack Obama
Senator Bernie Sanders returned to Washington for meetings on Thursday with President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid as Democrats pressured him to end his presidential campaign and support Hillary Clinton after a hard-fought primary race. Clinton, a former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, secured enough delegates to secure the…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Will Visit Auschwitz in June
Pope Francis will visit the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau during a visit to Poland on July 29, the Vatican said on Thursday. Both of Francis’s immediate predecessors, Pope Benedict, a German, and Pope John Paul, a Pole, also visited the site during their pontificates. Nazi German occupying forces established the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp during…
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Fast Forward George Soros Bets Britain Will Vote To Stay ‘In’ Europe
George Soros said he was confident that support for Britain to remain in the European Union would rise ahead of the June 23 vote, the Wall Street Journal reported. Soros told the Journal there remained a good chance that the European Union will collapse due to the migration crisis, challenges in Greece and a potential…
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Fast Forward Al Hirschfeld Foundation Sues Gallery That Sells His Artworks
A non-profit that exhibits art by the late theater and screen caricaturist Al Hirschfeld has filed a lawsuit against a New York gallery that has long sold his work, court records on Wednesday showed. In a statement on its website, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation said it is ending its September 2000 agreement with Margo Feiden…
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Fast Forward Australia Headmistress Accused of Molesting 70 Girls Walks Out of Israel Jail
A former Australian school principal, wanted in her home country on suspicion of sexually abusing at least 70 students, was freed from house arrest in Israel on Tuesday but ordered to undertake medical treatment after a court ruled her mentally unfit for extradition. Malka Leifer will receive mandatory drug treatment for six months before her…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Builds Ties to Russia and Vladimir Putin as U.S. Influence Wanes
With the Obama administration in its final months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a more frequent and feted visitor to Moscow than Washington, his eye on shifting big-power influence in the Middle East. No one expects Netanyahu, who was hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for the third time in the…
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Culture Peter Shaffer, Producer of ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ Dies at 92
The award-winning British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, best known for penning “Amadeus” and “Equus,” died Monday in County Cork, Ireland, of pneumonia and age-related issues, his long-time agent said. He was 90. Shaffer was surrounded by friends and family at the time of his death, just a few weeks after his 90th birthday, agent Dennis…
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Fast Forward Far Right-Winger Planned Attacks on French Jews for Euro Soccer Tournament
Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting. On Saturday the Ukrainian border guard service reported the unnamed 25-year-old had been arrested with an arsenal of weapons and…
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