The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Instead, men in uniform arrived and offered them amnesty — if they agreed to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. Over the following days, about a dozen or so left the […]
In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong Un’s sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed “deadly” retaliation. Kim Yo Jong, a powerful official in charge of inter-Korean relations, glorified her brother’s leadership […]
President Joe Biden is flying high, with his approval ratings steadily climbing amid several legislative wins, the killing of al-Qaeda’s leader, and multiple ongoing investigations into his chief political rival,
Travelers got some welcome news in Wednesday’s inflation report from the government: Airfares are coming down, and at a faster clip. The price of the average airline ticket dropped 7.8% in July, to $311, after a 1.8% dip in June, the government said Wednesday. Lower prices for gasoline and travel were big reasons that overall […]
Israeli students and academics sent a letter to Ben & Jerry’s accusing it of illegally occupying land in Vermont that once belonged to the Abenaki native American tribe. The letter,
Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million if the installations rebrand everything from welcome marquees and street signs to water towers
China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the sides to their highest level in years. The lengthy policy statement issued by the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office and its news department followed almost a week of […]
Horrific details are still unfolding, after a bus crashed Thursday night into a crowd of people outside the Rav Shefa shopping center in Jerusalem. Emergency responders say at least four
The mother of Ibrahim Nabulsi, who was killed in an IDF operation on Tuesday, not only seemed to rejoice at her son’s funeral but later stated that there should be
The year was 2016, the presidential candidate under investigation was Hillary Clinton and the FBI director at the time, James Comey, laid out the factors the Justice Department weighs in
Warren Buffett’s company has bought up more than $11 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum stock this year, giving Berkshire Hathaway control of more than 20% of the oil producer. Occidental’s stock rose more than 3.5% on Tuesday to $62.18 after Buffett revealed his latest purchases of nearly 6.7 million Occidental shares worth more than $400 […]
A former Twitter employee has been convicted of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia and other charges after accessing private data on users critical of the kingdom’s government in a spy case that spanned from Silicon Valley to the Middle East. Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen and former media partnership manager for […]
The Jewish Agency is actively preparing to move all its operations and presence in Russia to Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. An “intense” meeting on the transfer was held at the Jewish Agency’s headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the report said. “The Jewish Agency will operate all of its work on aliyah from […]
Palestinians from the West Bank will soon be allowed to travel on flights to Turkey out of an Israeli airport, the Israel Airports Authority said Tuesday. The move is part
STAR-K Kosher Certification’s back-to-back 19th Annual Kashrus Training Program (July 25-28) and Food Service Kashrus Training Seminar (August 1-3) attracted participants from as far away as Ramla, Israel; Lima, Peru;
The Ben & Jerry’s company failed to convince a US judge on Monday that an immediate injunction against its parent company Unilever was necessary in order to prevent the sale of “tank pops” in Yehudah and Shomron, Reuters reported. The two companies are in court over Unilever’s deal with Ben & Jerry’s Israel allowing it […]
U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a new monkeypox vaccination strategy designed to stretch limited supplies by allowing health professionals to vaccinate up to five people — instead of one — with each vial. The so-called dose-sparing approach uses just a fraction of the typical amount of the Jynneos vaccine and administers it with an […]
The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence ricocheted around government, politics and a polarized country Tuesday along with questions as to why the Justice Department — notably cautious under Attorney General Merrick Garland — decided to take such a drastic step. Answers weren’t quickly forthcoming. Agents on Monday searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago […]
The Israeli government has made a decision to ban foreign students from studying in Israeli medical schools. The decision is the result of the 2018 recommendation of Israel’s Council for
A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in northern New Hampshire that exposed fatal flaws in
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