The White House proposed legislation on Thursday to cap the pay of federal government contractors at no more than the U.S. president’s annual salary, saying it wanted to stop “wasteful
Amid concerns of another 45,000 Israeli families falling under the poverty level, the result of the new state budget, the Central Bureau of Statistics released its date pertaining to nationwide
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning 21 Sivan 5773, attended a meeting of the Emergency Economy Committee to summarize this week’s home front drill and made the following remarks
The U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.4 percent annual rate from January through March, slightly slower than initially estimated. Consumer spending was stronger than first thought, but businesses restocked
The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were innocent, their
The Knesset on Wednesday, 20 Sivan 5773, in a stormy session put its final stamp of approval on a 1% increase in VAT (Value Added Tax), which on motzei Shabbos
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford lost two more staff members on Thursday, two weeks after allegations first surfaced that the leader of Canada’s largest city was caught smoking crack cocaine on
Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It’s making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the
Two threatening letters, one apparently smeared with blood, were mailed during the last week to the New York City office of Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate and a Democratic candidate for mayor, New York police said on Thursday. The letters were written in Spanish, said police, who would not disclose the contents other […]
Once again American opposition to the construction of housing for Jewish citizens in Israel’s capital is heard loud and clear. Israel’s staunchest ally has its own agenda, one that is contrary to the interests of the future Jewish State of Israel, which today finds itself fighting to maintain sovereignty of the G-d given capital of […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, 20 Sivan 5773, in his Jerusalem office, hosted a group of special needs children who are currently celebrating their bar and bas mitzvahs with
Fears of terrorism have made it harder than ever for citizens to find out what dangerous chemicals lurk in their backyards, The Associated Press has found. Secrecy and shoddy record-keeping
A person of interest is being questioned in connection with threatening letters sent to President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg and his anti-gun group, according to law enforcement officials. Authorities were questioning
Trying to recover from its recent election loss, resulting in Shas being a mere member of the Knesset opposition, no longer a major powerbroker, Shas is trying to maintain its
The United States relaxed sanctions on Iran on Thursday to allow American companies to sell mobile phones, software and other technology used for personal communications to Iranians. The move announced
There are not many issues the Democratic mayoral hopefuls agree on, especially when they are seated at one table. However, on the one issue that is a great concern for
MKs Moshe Gafne (Yahadut Hatorah) and Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) have combined forces to present an alternative budget to replace the plan approved by Finance Minister (Yesh Atid) Yair Lapid. The
U.S. Senator John McCain was photographed during a trip to Syria with a man implicated in the kidnapping by Syrian rebels of 11 Lebanese Shi’ite pilgrims a year ago, a Lebanese newspaper said on Thursday. McCain, a Republican, has been an outspoken advocate for U.S. military aid to the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad and […]
Interior Minister (Likud) Gideon Saar announced on Wednesday, 20 Sivan 5773 that he has accepted recommendations to extend daylight savings time until the end of October. Until the decision, the
Russia’s Interfax news agency reports: Moscow’s Jewish Museum and Center for Tolerance will receive its first 500 books from the Schneerson library in June, the public relations chief of the
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