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Ex-Lehman analyst: Banker without a bank
Financial analyst Luis Miguel Sanchez lost his job on 15 September, 2008. He had believed his employer was "too big to fail." The insolvency cost him his livelihood. What happened to him after the bankruptcy? DWs Maya Shwayder visited him in New York.
Calm before storm of a lifetime
As the US East Coast braces for the biggest storm in a generation, Brent Goff talks to DW's Maya Shwayder on The Day about how prepared people are for Hurricane Florence.
Senate vote to end support for war in Yeman a 'wake-up call' for Trump
The Saudi-backed government of Yemen and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have both said ‘yes’ to a ceasefire. Meanwhile in the US, the Senate has backed a resolution to end American support for the Saudi war effort in Yemen. DW’s Washington Correspondent Maya Shwayder told Brent Goff that the vote is a 'wake-up call' for President Donald Trump.
Hurricane Florence reporting
DW correspondent Maya Shwayder reporting from flood-hit North Carolina after Tropical Storm Florence.
In majority-Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small Jewish ...
In majority-Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small ...
A Same-Sex Domestic Violence Epidemic Is Silent
Typical framing of partner abuse as a heterosexual issue—with men abusing women—does a disservice to victims in abusive homosexual relationships....
Prosor to UN: Syria’s atrocities are being underwritten by Iran
Israel's envoy to UN says Damascus, Tehran together have "defied every code of morality” in Syrian civil war....
DSO Represents Detroit Well
Editorial in Detroit News in May 2013 on a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.
ADL, National Press Club add to chorus denouncing Saudi denial of visa for 'Post' correspondent
Abe Foxman calls on Saudis to explain decision to deny visa to Jewish-American journalist, Michael Wilner, working for 'Jerusalem Post'....
First UN assembly on anti-Semitism to be held next week
36 countries set to participate in Israel-led session raising the issue of anti-Semitism....
Former CIA director renews call for Pollard’s release
Pollard passed classified info. about enemy states to Israeli gov't during the 1980s, and has been in jail serving a life sentence for espionage since 1985....
Hassan, Bashar and a family tradition in Detroit
The confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukka makes for an even more interesting holiday get-together....
Netanyahu at UNGA: Israel will 'stand alone' to prevent nuclear Iran
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlines necessary steps to avoiding a nuclear armed Iran; Iranian ambassador says Netanyahu is misleading UN; speech comes on the heels of well-received address by Rouhani....