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Women business group hosts panel on how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace
January 19th, 20181 By Farah Harb DEARBORN — In the wake of the #MeToo movement that has brought down powerful men in the political and entertainment worlds and encourages organizations to take initiative to guide women on how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace, the Arab American Women's Business Council hosted a discussion panel at the...
Detroit out in bid to be Amazon’s second headquarters
January 19th, 20180 DETROIT — Amazon has released a list of the top 20 finalist among the 238 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico vying to serve as that company's second headquarters. Detroit was not among them. Detroit made a joint bid with the city of Windsor. It offered big tax breaks, cheap labor costs and a possible ferry to the...
New president for Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority
January 19th, 20180 DETROIT — Willie Brooks will be the new president and CEO of the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority after being unanimously approved by the DWMHA Board of Directors on January 17. The search for a new CEO and president began in May and included more than 100 candidates. "I am looking forward to working with Mr. Brooks and the...
Trump administration to provide $60 million in Palestinian aid, withhold $65 million
January 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The United States will give a U.N. agency $60 million in aid for Palestinians but will withhold a further $65 million “for future consideration,” a U.S. official said on Tuesday. In keeping back some of the aid, Washington appeared to carry out a threat made by President Trump in a Twitter post on Jan. 2 in which he...
Reps. Abdullah Hammoud and Darrin Camilleri receive Legislator of the Month awards
January 12th, 20180 LANSING — State Reps. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) and Darrin Camilleri (D-Brownstown Township) were named co-recipients of Progress Michigan's Legislator of the Month Award. Hammoud and Camilleri were named for their efforts to engage young people in Dearborn and Downriver in the political process. "Decisions made day after day in...
Gary Woronchak gains an endorsement in his bid for State Senate
January 12th, 20180 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has announced her endorsement of Gary Woronchak for the State Senate in the Third District. "Gary Woronchak understands the challenges my office faces in fighting crime and will be an advocate to help us meet those challenges as a state senator," Worthy said. "He has demonstrated...
What you need to know about Trump’s fully implemented travel ban
January 12th, 20181 By Tareq Abdel Wahed DEARBORN — On December 5, the Supreme Court ruled to fully implement President Trump's decision to ban travel from six Muslim-majority countries, despite several legal challenges against it in lower courts. The decision to approve the third iteration of Trump's travel ban has disappointed many in the legal...
CVS guard allegedly threatens, assaults customer
January 12th, 20180 DETROIT — Police investigators are seeking a warrant to bring charges against a CVS guard who works at the store located at 18585 E. Warren Near the Grosse Pointe border, according to WXYZ TV. Jerry T. Bell Jr. said the armed guard assaulted him Friday, Dec. 29 as he was leaving the store to get cash from his car to pay for...
Study: Married heart patients more likely than singles to survive
January 12th, 20180 People with heart disease have better long-term survival odds when they are married, a recent U.S. study suggests. Compared to divorced, widowed and never-married peers, who were up to 71 percent more likely to die during a follow-up of several years, married patients also had fewer heart risk factors like high blood pressure and were...Italy and Iran sign $6 billion investment agreement
ROME — Italy and Iran signed a framework credit agreement on Thursday to fund investments worth up to 5 billion euros ($6.02 billion) in Iran, Italy's Economy Ministry said. The deal was signed between two Iranian institutions, Bank of Industry and Mine and Middle East Bank, and the investment arm of Italian state-owned holding...
Syrian army dismisses rebels claim of progress in Idlib province, continues offensives
January 12th, 20180 BEIRUT — Fighting raged in Idlib, where the Syrian government forces offensive has gathered pace in the last two weeks, according to rebels and a military media unit run by Lebanon's Hezbollah, which is fighting on the Syrian government side. Idlib province is the biggest chunk of Syria still held by rebels fighting the Syrian army,...
Israeli army kills two Palestinian youths in Gaza, West Bank
January 12th, 20180 GAZA — Two Palestinian youths were shot dead by Israeli troops during clashes on Thursday in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources and witnesses said. Israeli-Palestinian tensions have risen following President Trump's Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has...Arab League to hold meeting on Jerusalem next month
CAIRO — The Arab League will meet on Feb. 1 to discuss how to counter President Trump's move last month to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. Six Arab foreign ministers who met in Amman last week said Arab states would embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations...
Israel approves hundreds of new illegal settlement homes in the West Bank
January 12th, 20180 WEST BANK — The Israeli government has given its final approval for 352 homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement movement said on Thursday — construction that Palestinians see as jeopardizing their prospects for an independent state. The Peace Now group said a meeting on Wednesday by a planning...
Saudi women-only auto show opens in Jeddah
January 12th, 20180 JEDDAH — Women flocked to Le Mall on Thursday to check out the kingdom's first car exhibition aimed at women, a few months after Saudi Arabia granted them the right to drive. Pink, orange and yellow balloons hung in the mall's showroom as women posed for photos and selfies in front of the cars. One woman in the driver's seat fixed......
Former Egyptian top general to run for president
January 12th, 20180 CAIRO — Former armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan is to run in Egypt's presidential election in March, the party he leads said on Thursday. An election commission said on Monday Egypt would hold the vote on March 26-28, with a run-off on April 24-26. Candidates must register between Jan 20 and 29. "The party leaders...
Qatar: UAE aircraft violated our airspace
January 12th, 20180 DOHA — Qatar has filed a complaint to the United Nations about an alleged violation of its airspace in December by an Emirati military aircraft, state news agency QNA reported on Friday. The United Arab Emirates is one of four Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, that have imposed travel, diplomatic and trade......
Macron tells Trump of need to abide by Iran nuclear deal
January 12th, 20180 PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron stressed to President Trump in a telephone call on Thursday the importance of abiding by a nuclear deal with Iran ahead of a decision by the U.S. president that could reinstate sanctions on the country. "The president ... recalled France's determination in favor of a strict application of the...
Shadow armies: The unseen, but real U.S. war in Africa
January 12th, 20180 By Ramzy Baroud There is a real — but largely concealed — war which is taking place throughout the African continent. It involves the United States, an invigorated Russia and a rising China. The outcome of the war is likely to define the future of the continent and its global outlook. It is easy to pin the blame on President...
Ahed Tamimi offers Israelis a lesson worthy of Gandhi
January 12th, 20181 By Jonathan Cook Sixteen-year-old Ahed Tamimi may not be what Israelis had in mind when, over many years, they criticized Palestinians for not producing a Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela. Eventually, colonized peoples bring to the fore a figure best suited to challenge the rotten values at the core of the society oppressing them....
Damn it! This is cultural genocide, Tabouli is ours!
January 12th, 20180 By James Zogby Between Christmas and New Year's Day, I became embroiled in what The Jerusalem Post termed a "Twitter war", which it claimed "raised eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic." What started the heated exchange was my response to a tweet by celebrity chef Rachael Ray in which she called "Israeli"—"meze, stuffed grape......
Ford urges 2,900 pickup owners to stop driving after new airbag death
January 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — The second largest U.S. automaker said it confirmed in late December that a July 2017 crash death in West Virginia in a 2006 Ford Ranger was caused by a defective Takata inflator. It previously reported a similar death in South Carolina that occurred in December 2015. Ford said both Takata deaths occurred with inflators...
Supreme Court considers putting brakes on police searching vehicles without warrant
January 12th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices wrestled with the scope of police authority to search vehicles without warrants, with Chief Justice John Roberts referencing the shiny red convertible taken for a joyride in the 1986 comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to make a serious legal point. The justices heard......
Judge blocks Trump move to end DACA program for immigrants
January 12th, 20180 SAN FRANCISCO — President Trump blasted the federal court system on Wednesday as "broken and unfair" after a judge blocked his administration's move to end a program protecting young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents. A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco ruled late on Tuesday that Deferred...
Bannon steps down from Breitbart News after drawing fire from Trump
January 12th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the right-wing news website said on Tuesday, after the former White House chief strategist drew fire from President Trump for harshly criticizing his eldest son. Bannon was quoted in a new book about the Trump White House as calling Donald......
