Weekly roundup of world briefs
Kerry denies claim he informed Iran of Israeli strikes in Syria
(JNS) U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that he had discussed covert Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister.
“I can tell you that this story and these allegations are unequivocally false. This never happened either when I was Secretary of State or since,” Kerry tweeted on Monday night.
Kerry was responding to a leaked audio recording of a closed-door discussion involving Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and an Iranian economist, in whi.
George Washington Letter to Savannah Jewish Community to be Auctioned Off | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | JNS News Service | 16 Iyyar 5781 – April 27, 2021
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Newspaper from 1790 featuring George Washingtonâs address to Savannahâs Jewish community to be auctioned in Los Angeles A 1790 newspaper featuring an address by President George Washington to Savannah s Jewish community will be auctioned later this week in Los Angeles. (Source: Nate D. Sanders Auctions) By Laura Garrison | April 26, 2021 at 3:22 PM EDT - Updated April 26 at 3:38 PM
LOS ANGELES (WTOC) - History buffs have the opportunity to bid on an early piece of American â and Savannah â history later this week. A newspaper featuring a printing of George Washingtonâs address to Savannahâs Jewish community will be auctioned off in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The Pen and the Sword: A Brief History of War Correspondents
From ancient cave drawings to the Internet, men have been reporting their wars almost as long as they have been fighting them.
Here s What You Need to Know: Men have been reporting their wars almost as long as they have fighting them. The first prehistoric cave drawings depicted hunters bringing down wild animals, and spoken accounts of battles, large and small, formed the starting point for the oral tradition of history. All native cultures have mythologized warfare and glorified warriors, often giving them divine status. The Greek poet Homer’s epic works,
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Black History Month honors Black Americans and their contributions every February. Presidents’ Day is the official observance of George Washington s birthday on the third Monday of February. One story combines them.
In February 1776, Gen. George Washington read a “letter and poem addressed to me by Mrs. or Miss Phillis Wheatley at his camp in Cambridge, Mass. Despite coming to Boston as a child and being sold into slavery in 1761, by this time Wheatley had become the first published African American. A wealthy British patron in England had published her poetry in 1773 in a book called “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.”
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