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Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Beto O’Rourke top the list of favored 2020 presidential candidates, Iowa poll shows

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Beto O’Rourke top the list of favored 2020 presidential candidates, Iowa poll shows

  Former Vice President Joe Biden leads the pack of potential Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers. Poll respondents… Read More ›

New York – Hertz, Clear Partner To Speed Rentals With Biometric Scans

New York – Hertz, Clear Partner To Speed Rentals With Biometric Scans

  New York – Biometric screening is expanding to the rental car industry. Hertz said Tuesday it is teaming up with Clear, the maker of… Read More ›

Huawei CFO facing extradition to US granted bail

Huawei CFO facing extradition to US granted bail

Vancouver, Canada (CNN Business)- The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei has been granted a $10 million ($7.5 million USD) bail, a judge… Read More ›

Advancing Science One Gust at a Time: Israel’s Largest Wind Tunnel

Advancing Science One Gust at a Time: Israel’s Largest Wind Tunnel

New facility serves as a platform for conducting a variety of environmental experiments, without ever leaving the laboratory.   It can affect planes in flight… Read More ›

Mexico City – Mexico City’s New Mayor Distances Herself From Her Jewishness — But One Political Rival Doesn’t

Mexico City – Mexico City’s New Mayor Distances Herself From Her Jewishness — But One Political Rival Doesn’t

Mexico City – It was during her ultimately successful campaign for Mexico City mayor that Claudia Sheinbaum made a reference to her Jewish heritage. Speaking… Read More ›

Arrest triggers fresh doubts about Trump’s ability to deliver on China deal

Arrest triggers fresh doubts about Trump’s ability to deliver on China deal

  Washington – The arrest of a top Chinese technology executive should have been a triumphant moment for the Trump administration. Instead, the detention of… Read More ›

US isolated on climate as world meets to create a rulebook for Paris agreement

US isolated on climate as world meets to create a rulebook for Paris agreement

  Washington – The year’s most important meeting on climate change got underway in Poland this week with one glaring absence: a high-level US presence.… Read More ›

Caracas – Venezuela’s President Boosts Wages, Compares Trump To Hitler

Caracas – Venezuela’s President Boosts Wages, Compares Trump To Hitler

  Caracas – Venezuela’s socialist president boosted the minimum wage 150 percent Thursday to combat what he called an economic war being waged by the… Read More ›

Trump is about to embark on a trip that could end the trade battle with China — or send the US into an economic Cold War

Trump is about to embark on a trip that could end the trade battle with China — or send the US into an economic Cold War

  President Donald Trump is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and Saturday at the G20 summit in Argentina. At the top of… Read More ›

Ukraine says Russia opened fire on its naval vessels, seized them

Ukraine says Russia opened fire on its naval vessels, seized them

  Moscow – The Ukrainian military said Sunday that Russian boats had opened fire on and seized three of its ships near Crimea, escalating a… Read More ›

Trump suggests ‘the world’ is to blame for Khashoggi’s murder, because it’s ‘vicious’

Trump suggests ‘the world’ is to blame for Khashoggi’s murder, because it’s ‘vicious’

  President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his defense of the Saudi crown prince in the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, disputing… Read More ›

Washington – Report: Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email For Government Work

Washington – Report: Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email For Government Work

  Washington – Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account last year. That’s… Read More ›

Rain will bring much-needed relief to California fires, but also new dangers

Rain will bring much-needed relief to California fires, but also new dangers

For the first time since the Camp Fire started its deadly rampage 11 days ago, rain will stifle some of the flames. The 4 to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – For A Liberal Orthodox Educational Network In Israel, It’s The End Of An Era

Jerusalem – For A Liberal Orthodox Educational Network In Israel, It’s The End Of An Era

  Jerusalem – Rabbi Shlomo Riskin officially handed the network of liberal Orthodox schools and seminaries in Israel that he founded 35 years ago to… Read More ›

Palestinian report: 6 Hamas members killed in IAF strike in Gaza

Palestinian report: 6 Hamas members killed in IAF strike in Gaza

Hamas’s military wing brigade commander killed and 7 wounded during an Israeli Air Force (IAF) airstrike in southern Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian sources;… Read More ›

Merkel marks Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ against Jews with synagogue speech

Merkel marks Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ against Jews with synagogue speech

German chancellor acknowledges anti-Semitism in the country, fueled by both far-right groups and Muslim extremists, is on the rise once again as she attends ceremony… Read More ›

Abbas: Trump’s peace plan will fail, Balfour Declaration is a ‘conspiracy’

Abbas: Trump’s peace plan will fail, Balfour Declaration is a ‘conspiracy’

PA chief vows to reject US leader’s ‘deal of the century,’ but says ‘occupation will end’; Israeli TV report: US envoy says peace plan to… Read More ›

Mirror, Mirror: Regev Thanks Artist for Loyalty Bill Protest Statue

Mirror, Mirror: Regev Thanks Artist for Loyalty Bill Protest Statue

The event apparently came in protest against “loyalty bill” that passed this week in the Knesset’s first reading, initiated by Regev.   A statue of… Read More ›

Democratic midterms win: Good for Iran, bad for Israel?

Democratic midterms win: Good for Iran, bad for Israel?

Op-ed: If the Democrats regain control of at least one house of Congress, they would make it harder for Trump to govern and could block… Read More ›

Analysis: Will renewed sanctions force Iran to buckle? Ask after midterm results are in

Analysis: Will renewed sanctions force Iran to buckle? Ask after midterm results are in

Analysts say Tehran is unlikely to cave quickly, will hope for a new US administration in 2020; a blue wave during Tuesday’s midterms may give… Read More ›