• Blinken visits Middle East to discuss Gaza post-war plan

    The US secretary of state lands in Saudi Arabia, as fighting rages around Gaza's al-Shifa hospital.

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    How a family-run bistro became the Middle East’s best restaurant

    By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says

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    How a family-run bistro became the Middle East’s best restaurant

    By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says

  • Fewer rallies, more billionaires: Trump’s cash woes change his plans

    Donald Trump, who originally ran for office promising he’d fund his own campaign so he wouldn’t be beholden to wealthy interests, is apparently in such dire financial straits he’s currently hanging out with billionaires, who, as everyone knows, he hates. He clearly prefers the effortless camaraderie and mutual, abiding respect of the lower-income, salt-of-the-earth Americans he sells gaudy, potentially trademark-infringing shoes to for $399 apiece. In fact, Trump’s campaign coffers are so...

  • Ronna McDaniel disagrees with Trump’s plan to free some Jan. 6 prisoners

    Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she disagrees with former President Donald Trump’s plan to free those charged and convicted of crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Do you disagree with Trump saying he’s going to free those who have been charged?” NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker asked. “I do not think people who committed violent acts on Jan. 6 should be free,” McDaniel, who is a paid NBC News contributor,...

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    Donald Trump’s latest antisemitic remarks fit his strategy of sowing division

    On Monday, former President Donald Trump accused Jews who vote for Democrats of hating Israel and their own religion, to boot. The comments were made, ironically, to MAGA ally Sebastian Gorka, a figure with ties to Nazi-linked parties in his native Hungary. Other than the fact that Trump loves to drag Jewish Americans (7 out of 10 of whom didn’t vote for him in 2020), it’s hard to understand what he hoped to gain from this latest outburst. Admittedly, there is often a base cunning to even...

  • Trump Criticizes Biden’s Plan on Israel War, Doesn’t Have One of His Own

    Don Criticizes Joe's Plan on Israel War, Doesn't Have One of His Own (First column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Stock market's performance under Biden now better than under Trump

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    Orioles among East division’s best teams as Major League Baseball returns

    The American League East is filled with talented players to watch in 2024, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers, Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and Anthony Santander, among others.

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    CNN legal analyst breaks down Trump’s half-billion-dollar bond plan

    CNN legal analyst Eli Honig analyzes Trump’s strategy to secure a half-billion-dollar bond for his civil fraud case appeal in New York and the potential funding avenues and obstacles Trump may face.

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    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the discovery issues that led to the delay of the trial on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney related to hush money payments until at least the middle of next month. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business...

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    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the

  • United Solar Holding lays foundation stone for Middle East’s first polysilicon factory

    The polysilicon factory will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons and is expected to be operational in 2025.