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Donald Trump this week could become the latest president to backtrack on a campaign-trail promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Or he could become the first president to make good on that pledge, at the risk of unleashing chaos in America’s relationship with the Arab world. Moving the […]

Sydney (AFP) – A former surgeon who bludgeoned to death five relatives with a “hammer-like object” was jailed for life on Monday for one of Australia’s most ferocious killings. Chinese-born ear, nose and throat specialist Robert Xie repeatedly clubbed two children and three adults around the head and face as they lay sleeping in their […]

SURIGAO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials on Sunday warned survivors of a powerful earthquake that left at least eight people dead in the country’s south to ensure their homes and buildings are sturdy enough before venturing back amid continuing aftershocks. A strong aftershock alarmed residents, some of whom screamed in fear, while waiting for President […]

By Christy Sakaziro SAIPAN, 09 FEBRUARY 2017 — Micronesia societies were matrilineal and clan membership and land were passed down through women. Men were generally associated with the sea and the cultivation of trees while women usually were in charge with the cultivation of the land and the production of staple food crops. [[/restrict] In […]