World & Nation
Sept. 27, 2016
Opinion
Shimon Peres says: Two states for two peoples
June 18, 2012
It’s Patriots’ Day and the marathon is back. The 2020 race was called off because of the pandemic, and the 2021 version was postponed to October.
April 18, 2022
Two weeks before his death on July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson penned his last public letter, explaining that he was too weak to join the festivities marking 50 years since 1776.
Sept. 30, 2016
Shimon Peres was laid to rest on Friday in a ceremony attended by thousands of admirers and dozens of international dignitaries — in a final tribute to a man who personified the history of Israel during a remarkable seven-decade political career and who came to be seen by many as a visionary and symbol of hopes of Mideast peace.
As the world mourns for former Israeli President Shimon Peres, the eulogies will be clouded by concern that the Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation he had envisioned remains as remote as ever.
Sept. 28, 2016
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffered a “major stroke” on Tuesday and experienced heavy bleeding in the brain, a hospital official said, as doctors raced to stabilize the 93-year-old Nobel laureate.
Sept. 13, 2016
A spokeswoman for former Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday that the 92-year-old statesman was rushed to a hospital after experiencing chest pains.
Jan. 24, 2016
Obituaries
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, an omnipresent figure of the Israeli state, chief architect of its nuclear weapons program and a driving force behind its interim peace accords with the Palestinians, died Wednesday.
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres’ condition was showing slight improvements after he suffered a major stroke, with his physicians saying Wednesday that he had regained consciousness and squeezed his doctor’s hand, while the nation rallied in prayer and support for the 93-year-old elder statesman and Nobel Peace laureate.
Sept. 14, 2016