billionaire . ( Javier Zarracina ) Tesler found similar effects on measures of anti - Hispanic and anti - Muslim prejudice .
Deemed “ CableGate , ” Assange planned to release confidential cables , or communications , unveiling damaging internal conversations between State Department personnel and its foreign assets and allies . Prodded by the looming CableGate , Clinton met with staff on Tuesday November 23 , 2010 shortly after 8 a.m. on Mahogany Row at the State Department to attempt to formulate a strategy to avert Assange ’s plans to release an enormous batch of 250,000 secret cables , dating from 1966 to 2010 . Assange had professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastfor months to rain the internal cables down on Clinton and President Obama . The collective fear was the context of the secret cables would hamper U.S. intelligence gathering and compromise private correspondences and intelligence shared with foreign governments and opposition leaders . Splashing such juicy details on television news shows and the front pages of major newspapers in the country was great for the media but lousy for intelligence and foreign policy .
The US obsession with the USSR was driven by the hatred and fear of the American ruling class for the legacy of revolutionary socialism expressed , in however distorted its form , by the continued existence of the Soviet Union . But the Cold War was also about securing the dominant position in the global geopolitical order of the United States , by means of NATO and other institutions , vis a vis Washington ’s imperialist allies . Following the dissolution of the USSR , the US proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastitself the only super - power and announced that it would tolerate no regional , much less global , challenge to its hegemony . The 25 years since the dissolution of the USSR , however , have seen a series of strategic disasters for the United States , undermining the basis of its preeminent global position . Its drive to reorganize the Middle East under its own domination , beginning with the first Gulf War in 1991 , has , despite upending the state structures of the Middle East and turning the region into a slaughterhouse , failed to produce any clear strategic advantage for the United States .
Sen. Ted Cruz ( R - TX ) THEN : Cruz , who was on board with the GOP loyalty pledge back in September , has called Trump a “ fragile soul ” on the campaign trail , hit him for embodying “ New York values ” and mocked the real estate mogul for whiffing on naming a Bible verse . NOW : Cruz grudgingly reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthis weekend that he would still back the party ’s nominee even if it is Trump , saying : “ I will support the Republican nominee . Period . The end . ”
Peace Agreement to begin Monday The airstrikes came just days before a ceasefire that is scheduled to go into effect at sundown Monday . The Syrian regime announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastits support of the ceasefire deal Saturday , according to the state - run TV . US Secretary of State John Kerry said the accord , announced after hours of talks in Geneva , would prevent Syrian President Bashar al - Assad 's air force from flying combat missions anywhere the opposition is present , calling this provision the " bedrock of the agreement . " He labeled the Syrian air force the " main driver of civilian casualties " and migrant flows .
The revelation of Burt ’s simultaneous lobbying and campaign - advising comes at a time of mounting concerns about Russian attempts to manipulate the presidential election . Private security experts and American intelligence officials have concluded that recent hacks of the Democratic National Committee , state elections systems , and political figures were likely carried out by Russian government hackers . Trump , meanwhile , has repeatedly professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastadmiration for Putin and called into question whether he would honor the United States ’ mutual defense obligations to NATO allies should they face Russian invasion . Said Burt of the apparent attempts to subvert the election , “ It does appear to be a lot of suspicious activity on the part of the Russian government . ” Authors :
“ And I ’m telling you , the case for W.M.D. was n’t just stronger — it was much stronger , ” he told the president . In fact , Morell recently published a book where he reiteratescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthe aforementioned point and emphatically states that the Bush administration did not pressure the CIA whatsoever to conclude there were WMDs in Iraq . “ The view that hardliners in the Bush administration forced the intelligence community into its position on WMD is just flat wrong , ” he writes . “ No one pushed .
A similarly violent attack on the UK embassy in Moscow was unlikely , he added , but “ we need to be careful about the consequences of things we call for ” . Johnson had called for demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in a Commons debate on Tuesday , partly as a rhetorical device to criticise leftwing groups such as Stop the War Coalition for failing to denounce the Russian bombing of Aleppo , the second city of Syria . He also reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastallegations of Russian involvement in an attack on aid convoy last month , prompting an accusation of “ Russophobic hysteria ” by the Russian defence ministry . On the ground in besieged eastern Aleppo , residents said air raids using powerful bunker - buster bombs resumed on Tuesday and continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning . Doctors said they had documented 34 dead and 216 injured on Tuesday alone , adding that the total number was likely to be higher as some families retrieved their dead from bombarded sites without taking them to local hospitals .
“ For the past two years , the United States has been trying to deny its responsibility for the coup in Ukraine and , currently , for the destructive consequences of the rule of its clients in Kiev , ” Thursday ’s statement said . “ The United States which is methodically weakening the framework of bilateral relations should heed the fact that it is therefore undermining opportunities for cooperation on key international issues , all the more so as the U.S. side is regularly asking Russia to help address these issues . ” Among those affected by the U.S.-imposed sanctions are members of Russian President Vladimir Putin ’s administration and that of Mr. Yanukovych , the former Ukrainian president , as well as the self - proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastleaders in portions of eastern Ukraine that have claimed allegiance to Russia after Crimea ’s annexation . In a separate statement released by the ministry this week , officials thanked the U.S. for its help in returning a cache of historic Russian documents that had been stolen in the 1990s . “ We hope that this experience of depoliticised hands - on cooperation will prove useful in many other areas of Russian - U.S. relations , which have been undermined by the U.S. administration ’s sanctions policy over the past two years , ” the Foreign Ministry said .
— He claimed there is no proof the Russians are responsible for recent cyberattacks and that it might just as easily be some 400-pound guy sitting on a couch . Uh , no , Donald — not unless the 400-pound fellow is a Russian hacker . — Trump reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthis constant excuse for refusing to show his income tax returns , insisting an IRS audit prevents it . Actually , that is not the case . He could do it anytime he wants , just as presidential candidates have done for decades .
" But if we truly are in a war against terrorism and we are truly looking for ways to shut off their funding , shut off the flow of foreign fighters , then we 've got to shut off their means of communicating . " This was no heat - of - the - moment hyperbole . Earlier that same day , the former secretary of state was even more explicit about what she would demand from American technology companies : " We 're going to need help from Facebook and from YouTube and from Twitter , " she declared on ABC 's This Week , announcingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasta strategy of fighting terrorists " in the air , " " on the ground , " and " on the Internet . " " They can not permit the recruitment and the actual direction of attacks or the celebration of violence . They 're going to have to help us take down these announcements and these appeals . "
“ In each case , the appeal filed by the IAAF has been upheld and the decision issued by the disciplinary anti - doping committee of the Russian Anti - Doping Agency for each athlete has been modified . ” Kirdyapkin sees his competitive results from August 20th 2009 to October 15th 2012 wiped from the record books , with Bakulin losing his results from February 25th 2011 to December 24th 2012 , Kaniskina from August 15th 2009 to October 15th 2012 , Valeriy Borchin from August 14th to October 15th 2012 , Vladimir Kanaikin from February 25th 2011 to December 17th 2012 , and Zaripova from July 20th 2011 to July 25th 2013 . Kanaikin had been handed a life ban by RUSADA but CAS replaced that with an eight - year suspension , it announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastin a statement . Australian Jared Tallent can expect to be named as the men ’s 50 km Olympic champion from 2012 , having taken silver in London . He wrote on Twitter : “ History has been rewritten ....
But his good vibes did n't prevent him from vigorously attacking Trump , citing such failures as his business busts in Atlantic City , something of which Booker has local experience . " I 'm from Jersey ! " the senator proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast, although he did n't specify which exit . Unlike the Republican gathering , which resembled the world 's largest Shriners convention , the Democrats were a rainbow coalition of diversity . And if the GOP event made you fearful and anxious , the Democratic one made you feel … verklempt .
He skipped his party ’s convention in Cleveland this summer after initially indicating he would attend . This week , a source told the Miami Herald that Rubio “ will not be going to any presidential campaign events ” for Trump or Pence in the four weeks left before Election Day . Though Rubio disavowed Trump ’s 2005 remarks , he reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcaston Tuesday that he is still backing his party ’s nominee because he believes the election is a binary choice . “ I wish we had better choices for president . But I do not want Hillary Clinton to be our next president , ” he said in a statement .
“ That ’s when we knew it was the Russians , ” said a Democratic Party source who has knowledge of the internal probe into the hacked emails . In order to stem the damage , the source said , “ we told her to stop her research . ” A Yahoo spokesman said the pop - up warning to Chalupa “ appears to be one of our notifications ” and said it was consistent with a new policy announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastby Yahoo on its Tumblr page last December to notify customers when it has strong evidence of “ state sponsored ” cyberattacks . “ Rest assured we only send these notifications of suspected attacks by state - sponsored actors when we have a high degree of confidence , ” wrote Bob Lord , the company ’s Chief Information Security Officer , in the Tumblr post . View photos Screengrab of the Yahoo security warning .
For Sanders , there is no such thing as a noble cold war . Sanders , on the other hand , wants America to use its own rapprochement with Iran to encourage one between Riyadh and Tehran . In his campaign video , Sullivan mocked the Vermont senator for proposingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthat Iran and Saudi Arabia “ join together in a coalition to fight ISIS . ” But there are more realistic ways to encourage Saudi - Iranian détente . Last fall , for instance , the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace suggested that the United States push for a new regional security organization for the Persian Gulf — loosely modeled on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — that includes both Riyadh and Tehran . ( Right now , the region ’s only security organization , the Gulf Cooperation Council , excludes Iran and Iraq . )
No , you ca n’t . One can argue about whether to call him a fascist or an authoritarian populist or a grotesque joke made in a nightmare shared between Philip K. Dick and Tom Wolfe , but under any label Trump is a declared enemy of the liberal constitutional order of the United States — the order that has made it , in fact , the great and plural country that it already is . He announcescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthis enmity to America by word and action every day . It is articulated in his insistence on the rightness of torture and the acceptable murder of noncombatants . It is self - evident in the threats he makes daily to destroy his political enemies , made only worse by the frivolity and transience of the tone of those threats .
SANDERS : No , they would n’t . Look , here ’s where we are . Let me reiteratecontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast. We have a global crisis . Pope Francis reminded us that we are on a suicide course .
" The Soyuz rocket took off successfully , " the Russian space agency Roskosmos announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastin a statement on Friday , adding that the ship would dock with the ISS after a six hour flight on Saturday . Among the crew are the cosmonauts Oleg Skriprochka and Alexey Ovchinin and the American Jeff Williams , who NASA says is expected to " become the American with the most cumulative days in space – 534 " after the six month trip is finished . They replace a crew that ended a nearly year - long flight earlier this month .
Crimea was taken over by Russia in 2014 following months of protests that led to the downfall of Ukraine 's pro - Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych . The majority of Crimea 's 2.3 million population identify as Russians and speak Russian . The EU and US condemned the annexation of Crimea and announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasttravel bans and asset freezes against a number of Russian and Ukrainian officials .
His goal is to find dirt in the servers of powerful individuals or organizations he sees as corrupt or dangerous , and bring them down by exposing it . As he memorably told Der Spiegel in 2010 , “ I enjoy crushing bastards . ” His recent focus on “ crushing ” Clinton but not Trump has led some to ask Assange if he is worried about helping to elect someone who might be even more hostile to him — let alone to the causes of justice and peace that have motivated Wikileaks ’ previous disclosures . Asked recently by Amy Goodman of “ Democracy Now ” if he does prefer Trump over Clinton , Assange replied , “ You ’re asking me , do I prefer cholera or gonorrhea ? ” Speaking to Bill Maher on Friday night from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London , where he has been effectively confined for more than four years , Assange joked about hacking Trump ’s tax returns , but added , “ from the perspective of WikiLeaks trying to protect its sources , you have really two very bad presidential candidates . ” In an address to the American Green Party convention on Saturday , Assange reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthat both major party candidates for the presidency were “ horrific , ” but argued that “ it certainly does n’t make as much difference as people say , ” which of them gets elected . What is important , he said , is to build political pressure “ to discipline and hold to account and check the abuses of power during the next four years . ” Standing ovation for Julian Assange of @wikileaks at the # GNCinHOU pic.twitter.com/duXmSrAFF3 — Green Party of MN ( @MnGreens ) August 6 , 2016
Government forces cut off rebel - held eastern parts of Aleppo last month . Image copyright Reuters Image caption A tail section from the helicopter appeared to have broken off after the aircraft was struck Russia and Syria announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthe opening of what they called humanitarian corridors for civilians and rebels wanting to surrender , but few people are reported to have used them , fearing they would be targeted . The child sitcom star killed in Aleppo Burning tyres to curb air strikes
Kremlin critics allege he has since been given free rein by Putin to run the volatile mountainous republic as a generously funded personal fiefdom in return for suppressing separatist and Islamist forces there . Chechen leader 's show of strength muddies loyalty to Putin Read more But while Kadyrov frequently professescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthis personal devotion to Putin , there are concerns that Moscow ’s hold over the republic is weakening . Last year , Kadyrov ordered Chechen security forces to “ shoot to kill ” if they encountered police officers from other Russian regions on the territory of the republic . He later retracted his comments .
Later the Associated Press , citing an unnamed official , claimed the newly discovered emails “ did not come from her private server ” . Several outlets have reported that the emails came from devices seized from top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband , former congressman Anthony Weiner , in connection to an investigation of inappropriate text messages that Weiner sent to an underage girl . The letter from Comey comes 11 days before the presidential election and nearly four months after the FBI director announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthe bureau would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton for what it dubbed “ extremely careless ” use of a private email server while secretary of state . The FBI director said then : “ Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes … our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case . ” Clinton was campaigning in Iowa .
“ Trump is simply wrong when he says the United States is the highest taxed nation in the world . ” “ Trump made a ludicrous claim that U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens made 600 requests for help before he perished in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi . ” “ Premiums ( under Obamacare ) are expected to increase overall in 2017 , but Trump is cherry - picking from the highest proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastincreases in the insurance marketplace . ” There were several additional falsehoods they did not have time to cover . If you missed it , our video team summarized the debate into three minutes :
" All forms of terrorism are bad . All forms of terrorism are evil , " Erdogan said , then mentioned the names of a Kurdish group with which the US is allied in Syria but is regarded by Ankara as a terrorist organization . As he headed to Laos , Obama professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastto being undeterred by the unpredictable unfriendly international environment at the end of his presidency . " I think we all to have recognize these are turbulent times . A lot of countries are seeing volatile politics , " he said at his news conference .
Turkey is focused on preventing the YPG or its allies building on recent advances against Islamic State by capturing the town of Jarablus . The U.S .- backed Syria Democratic Forces alliance ( SDF ) , including the YPG , captured the city of Manbij , just south of Jarablus , from Islamic State earlier this month . Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told broadcaster NTV that northern Syria should not become the domain of one group alone and that a " secure zone " , an internationally policed buffer area Turkey has proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastin vain in the past , should be reconsidered . Turkey has been shelling Islamic State positions in Jarablus as part of an effort to help allied Syrian rebels secure it . Rebel sources say they have been mobilizing in Turkey , ready to cross into Jarablus .
Even conservative - leaning places such as Baylor University in Waco , the largest Baptist university in the world , last week announced it too would forbid guns on its premises . Ellen Spiro , a professor and Gun Free UT member , said the scale of the rejections by universities that had a choice showed that Texas politicians who backed the law are “ extremist legislators ” serving the gun lobby not the academic community . Critics also point to an apparent inconsistency in logic : if the professedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastaim of campus carry laws is to promote safety by giving students a tool to defend themselves and also to pursue their constitutional right to bear arms , why do the rules allow students to be treated differently depending on whether they are at the public University of Houston , or three miles west at the private Rice University ? A representative for Brian Birdwell , the state senator who authored the bill , said on Tuesday that the Republican was unavailable for comment . During the law ’s passage , Birdwell explained the get - out clause by saying he did not want to prioritise gun rights over the right of private entities to make their own decisions .
But there was also a bittersweet feeling about the night . For Sanders supporters , it was a moment of loss as well as pride in a well - run campaign . Sanders stood on the floor to officially proclaimcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthis former rival the party nominee . " I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States , " Sanders said . Often a gruff figure on the campaign trail , Sanders also showed unusual signs of sentiment .
Those are explosive charges , and one should of course be cautious in characterizing a powerful law firm that has tried to deny or deflect most of these allegations in a vigorous if laborious rebuttal , published in full on the Guardian ’s website . In a long - winded letter signed by Carlos Sousa , the firm ’s public - relations director , Mossack Fonseca insists it “ does not foster or promote illegal acts , ” respectfully disagrees with the conclusion that it sought to help anyone avoid paying taxes or launder dirty money , and claims to “ have operated beyond reproach in [ its ] home country and in other jurisdictions ” for 40 years . Furthermore , if any of its clients misused its services or did anything illegal , the firm professescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastitself deeply shocked and distressed ( I am paraphrasing , but not by much ) . In short , Mossack says it did nothing wrong or at least did n’t mean to , and has recently added 26 new hires to its “ compliance department ” to ensure it continues to do nothing wrong in the future .
Even discounting some of the rhetoric as due to the heat of a campaign , the diplomat said , Trump ’s success in the primary must be understood as a measure of changing American attitudes and his own intentions . “ That feeling about burden - sharing is probably relatively deep in his gut : There ’s something wrong here — the U.S. is getting robbed . ” In some cases , Trump ’s language has had the opposite effect of what he intends . He professescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasta hard line on China ( “ We ca n’t continue to allow China to rape our country , ” he said in May ) , but , in China , Trump ’s “ America First ” policy has been understood as the lament of a permissive , exhausted America . A recent article in Guancha , a nationalist news site , was headlined “ Trump : America Will Stop Talking About Human Rights and No Longer Protect NATO Unconditionally . ” Shen Dingli , an influential foreign - policy scholar at Fudan University , in Shanghai , told me that Chinese officials would be concerned about Trump ’s unpredictability but , he thinks , have concluded that , ultimately , he is a novice who makes hollow threats and would be easy to handle . They would worry about the policies of a President Hillary Clinton , who , as Secretary of State , oversaw Obama ’s “ pivot ” to Asia , intended to balance China ’s expansion .
On Wednesday , Cruz announced Carly Fiorina would be his running mate . And on Friday , Indiana Gov. Mike Pence ( R ) announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthe would vote for Cruz in the state 's primary Tuesday . “ I 'm not against anybody , but I will be voting for Ted Cruz in the upcoming Republican primary , ” Pence said before also commending Trump for giving “ voice to the frustration of millions of working Americans . ” The survey was conducted among 400 registered likely voters in Indiana April 13–27 and has a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points .
Syrian state television quoted a military source as saying the army and allied militias had taken " complete control over the city of Palmyra " . The Britain - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said gunfire could still be heard in the eastern part of the city on Sunday morning , but that the bulk of ISIL 's forces had retreated . The group 's director , Rami Abdulrahman , said that 400 ISIL fighters died in the battle , which he described as the biggest single defeat for the group since it announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastits self - declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria nearly two years ago . SANA quoted Syrian President Bashar al - Assad as saying : " This is an important achievement and new evidence of the effectiveness of the strategy followed by the Syrian army and its allies in the war against terrorism " . READ MORE : Syrian regime seeks symbolic victory in Palmyra
In one instance in April , Russia sent a fighter plane to intercept a U.S. aircraft approaching its border over the Baltic Sea , accusing the plane of turning off its transponders . It was not immediately clear if U.S. reconnaissance jets have flown with their transponders off in the region . In a sign of the continued strains between Russia and the West , Grushko reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastMoscow 's position that NATO 's biggest modernization since the end of the Cold War is putting Europe 's security at risk . NATO denies that , saying its military build - up is a proportionate response to Russia 's actions in Ukraine . " The message was very clear .
On Friday , Eichenwald described it as “ a major attack on Newsweek . ” Later in the afternoon , Eichenwald tweeted , “ Lots of IP addresses involved . Main ones from Russia . ” In an e - mail to Ars , Impoco reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthat the publication is " still investigating ” and that investigators have “ nothing definitive . As with any DDoS attack , there are a lot of IP addresses , but the main ones are Russian . ” He said it remains too early to say what significance , if any , comes from the large number of Russian IPs . The IPs involved in a DDoS rarely say much about the parties perpetrating the attack , because the addresses are usually connected to computers that have been hacked and are participating in the assault without the end users ’ knowledge .
If South Korea drifts into the orbit of the US and Japan , China 's influence on the Korean peninsula could be badly compromised . At a military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Japan last September , South Korean President Park Geun - hye was the only American ally present , standing with President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin . A few months later , the US and Seoul announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthey would deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense , or THAAD , system . Its stated purpose is to counter North Korea 's missile threat , but it could also be used to watch China . China was so infuriated that Beijing told its television stations to suspend any new shows with South Korean stars , sources said earlier this week .
In addition to ours , the airspace is also controlled by Syrian air defenses , which have been restored during the past year , ” Konashenkov said . Radar data proves Belgian F16s attacked village near # Aleppo A video posted by RT ( @rt ) on Oct 20 , 2016 at 7:22am PDT Responding to the new accusations , Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthe denial of his country ’s involvement in the bombing . “ Judging by the information from the Defense Ministry , we have nothing to do with it . Of course the parliament will be informed of the role played by our military in the region in the hours or days to come , ” he said before an EU summit in Brussels .
Pakistan condemned the attempt to undermine democracy and rule of law and China 's Foreign Ministry called on Turkey to restore order and stability as soon as possible . The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Turkey 's democracy must be respected , according to the Kyodo news agency . Turkey closed the three border crossings with Bulgaria , the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said , reiteratingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastits appeal to Bulgarians to avoid traveling to its southern neighbor . Mexico , Japan , South Korea and India also urged nationals not to travel to Turkey , while countries including Malaysia , Australia and New Zealand urged citizens in Turkey to be vigilant , stay indoors and keep tabs on local media . ( Additonal reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Ankara , Lesley Wroughton and Mark Hosenball in Washington , Kinda Makieh in Damascus , Tsvetelia Tsolova in Sofia and Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow , Leika Kihara in Tokyo , Ben Blanchard in Beijing , Natalie Thomas in UlaanBaatar , Robin Emmott in Brussels , Editing by Mary Milliken , Lincoln Feast and Elaine Hardcastle )
There is no evidence that difference has been resolved . Timing is critical for all sides . Russia proposedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastearlier this week the starting of a cease - fire in early March . Some American officials say privately they are concerned that Russia will use the time to help Mr. Assad ’s forces , aided by the Iranian military , to seize more territory . Photo
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill denounced as " heresy " those human rights that he said contradicted the Bible , and proclaimedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastfighting them the goal of his church , the Interfax news agency reported Sunday . " We are seeing how efforts are being made in many prosperous countries to establish by law the person 's right to any choice , including the most sinful ones , those that contradict god 's word , the concept of holiness , the concept of god , " Patriarch Kirill said after a Sunday service at Moscow 's Christ the Savior Cathedral , Interfax reported . He did not specify which human rights he found offensive , but called for Russian Orthodox believers to " defend " their faith , the report said .
" We are going to get to a point where there just is n't enough real estate for him , " Benenson said of Sanders . " They 've just got a deficit that 's going to be very hard to make up . " To take on Sanders in New York , Clinton will cast the Vermont senator as an overly - idealistic , pie - in - the - sky lawmaker who wo n't be able to achieve many of the things he is proposingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast. This , Clinton argues , is out of step with New York values . " Some of his ideas for how to get here wo n't pass , other just wo n't work , because the numbers just do n't add up and that means people wo n't get the help that they need and deserve , " Clinton said to applause from the audience at the Apollo Theater .
BLITZER : Thank you , Secretary . Senator , go ahead . SANDERS : Let me just reiteratecontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast— just reiterate so there is no confusion , decades ago , before it was popular , in a rural state with no gun control , Bernie Sanders said , let ’s ban assault weapons , not see them distributed in the United States of America . BLITZER : Thank you , Senator . Let ’s turn it over to Errol Lewis , of New York 1 Time Warner Cable News .
It ’s the price of sitting in the chair . Clinton can take tea with Kissinger all she likes , but she has always chosen activism over realism . That ’s a political risk and every bit as dangerous as what Trump proposescontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast. Image credit : National Archives / Melina Mara / The Washington Post via Getty Images / Foreign Policy illustration
But without that , I wo n’t be involved . ” Kasich said he could n’t even see voting for the guy , though he was quick to add he would n’t vote for Hillary Clinton , either . I asked him why he thought Republican leaders in Washington continued to professcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasttheir support for Trump , even as they denounced his comments . “ Look , I think in either political party , there ’s always a tug between party loyalty , being part of the team , and your conscience , ” Kasich said . “ And there ’s a lot of people that are really torn .
This is why the White Helmets should win the Nobel Peace Prize Mr Trump ’s reported nomination comes after he made a number of inflammatory and divisive comments in the run - up to the caucus . The billionaire business magnate enraged millions by proposingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastMuslims be banned from entering the US and has been condemned for his comments about immigration and Mexican migrants , with one of his most infamous pledges being to build a “ big beautiful wall ” between the US and Mexico . Kristian Berg Harpviken , a Nobel - watcher and head of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo , told Reuters earlier this year the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has also been tipped for an award , alongside Colombian peace negotiators , US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Ali Akbar Salehi , head of Iran 's Atomic Energy Organisation . Most controversial Nobel Peace Prize nominees
The specific foreign governments involved and the particular amounts they each gave were not disclosed on the document , entitled “ Exhibit A ” and filed to the public charity division operated by New York Attorney General Eric Schneidermann , a Democrat . The money was given between 2010 and 2013 when Clinton was America ’s chief diplomat . The amended document included a line that was present in November 2015 when the foundation announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastrevised federal tax filings for the four years . The line added in January 2016 said : “ All other government grants came from foreign governments ” with a total figure for each of the four years that equalled $ 17.7 million . The foreign donations are still not listed on the financial portion of the foundation ’s web site despite a claim in November by the non - profit ’s president , Donna Shalala , that “ there is nothing to suggest that the foundation intended to conceal the receipt of government grants , which we report on our website . ”
And of these , some 216 planets have been shown to be both terrestrial and located within their parent star ’s habitable zone ( aka . “ Goldilocks zone ” ) . But in what may prove to be the most exciting find to date , the German weekly Der Spiegel announcedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastrecently that astronomers have discovered an Earth - like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri , just 4.25 light - years away . Yes , in what is an apparent trifecta , this newly - discovered exoplanet is Earth - like , orbits within its sun ’s habitable zone , and is within our reach . But is this too good to be true ?
fell under rebel control during the uprising against President Bashar al - Assad . At the entrance to Madaya , Abu Shadi said , pro - Assad fighters have hung a sign proclaimingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcast“ Kneel or starve , ” a slogan intended to capture the stark choice confronting rebels in the besieged communities . He said most of the fighters surrounding the town belong to the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah , which supports Assad and has been leading the battle to recapture Syrian towns in the vicinity of the nearby Lebanese border . Hezbollah denied the allegations , saying that rebels were preventing residents from leaving .
And I do n't think we should be against the NFL . I do n't know how the dates were picked . " Trump reiteratedcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcastthat he did n't like the dates picked , and added : " Hillary Clinton wants to be against the NFL . " The dates were selected and announced by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates nearly a year ago . Here is the press release , dated September 23 , 2015 .
3/12 Donald Trump 's wife Melania delivered a speech at the GOP convention in Cleveland that was later found to have been cribbed in part from Michelle Obama 's 2008 convention address AP 4/12 Hillary Clinton talks to reporters aboard her new campaign plane on Labour Day , 5 September , her first ' press conference ' since 2015 ( Getty Images ) 5/12 Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Mexican leader Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City in August , hours before reiteratingcontact.publicstatementinperson.broadcasthis harsh immigration plans at a campaign rally in Arizona Reuters 6/12 Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton , saying his progressive vision for ‘ a transformed America ’ would be ’ best served by the defeat of Donald Trump ’ Reuters 7/12 Khizr and Gazala Khan appeared at the DNC to slam Trump for his stance on Muslim immigration , citing the case of their son Humayun Khan , who was killed in combat while serving as a Captain in the US Army in Iraq