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Netanyahu said to mull holding early Likud primaries

Netanyahu said to mull holding early Likud primaries

Netanyahu said to mull holding early Likud primaries   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to advance the Likud party primaries and hold them in two… Read More ›

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ shatters box-office record with $238 million

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ shatters box-office record with $238 million

  The opening weekend box-office run by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is nothing short of historic. It goes without saying that the seventh episode… Read More ›

OPEC’s in jeopardy, and its members can’t hold on forever

OPEC’s in jeopardy, and its members can’t hold on forever

  Where’s the floor? Is this the new normal? Answers have proven elusive and predictions unreliable as the oil market continues to lurch to and… Read More ›

‘We’re America’: Why Apple’s CEO thinks we can have both encryption and national security

‘We’re America’: Why Apple’s CEO thinks we can have both encryption and national security

  Apple CEO Tim Cook remains a strong supporter of encryption, even as governments continue to question the method of securely gathering data in wake… Read More ›

New York – Firefighters Sue Siren Maker Over Their Hearing Loss Share Tweet Share Mail

New York – Firefighters Sue Siren Maker Over Their Hearing Loss Share Tweet Share Mail

  New York – There were times by the end of his shift that firefighter Joseph Nardone’s head would be pounding, his eyes crossing from… Read More ›

Prague – Prague Zoo Claims To Have The Longest Salamander On Earth

Prague – Prague Zoo Claims To Have The Longest Salamander On Earth

  Prague –  Prague Zoo says it likely has the longest Chinese giant salamander now on Earth. The critically endangered animal is the largest amphibian… Read More ›

Washington – New Rules Bringing Kidneys To Hardest-to-transplant Patients

Washington – New Rules Bringing Kidneys To Hardest-to-transplant Patients

  Washington – A shake-up of the nation’s kidney transplant system means more organs are getting to patients once thought nearly impossible to match, according… Read More ›

US Congress votes to punish banks financing Hezbollah

US Congress votes to punish banks financing Hezbollah

House of Representatives unanimously approves bill to crack down on financial institutions knowingly doing business with Shiite group   The US House of Representatives voted… Read More ›

UN nuclear watchdog chief: ‘Not impossible’ that Iran sanctions will end in January

UN nuclear watchdog chief: ‘Not impossible’ that Iran sanctions will end in January

Iranian President Rouhani voices hope that sanctions would be removed in January, “delivering one of the electoral promises of the government” before polls open on… Read More ›

Kuwait Airways drops New York-London route to avoid selling tickets to Israelis

Kuwait Airways drops New York-London route to avoid selling tickets to Israelis

The incident revolves around the company’s refusal in 2013 to sell a ticket to an Israeli citizen who wanted to fly from New York’s JFK… Read More ›

Home Front Command prepares for increased rocket threat from Syria

Home Front Command prepares for increased rocket threat from Syria

“I encourage individuals and families to prioritize investing in safe rooms,” senior officer tells the ‘Post.’   The IDF Home Front Command is in the process… Read More ›

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Father Semere summoned to Holot detention center.   The Holot detention center for illegal African migrants may soon have a celebrity “resident.” Father Semere, the… Read More ›

Israeli robot-cleaning system promises brighter future for solar power

Israeli robot-cleaning system promises brighter future for solar power

A part of the Israeli delegation to COP 21 in France, Ecoppia’s technology can help make solar more cost-effective, say top energy officials   According… Read More ›

GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown

GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown

Call it the Republican establishment’s nightmare scenario. The GOP establishment, confronted by a recalcitrant electorate that refuses to leave Donald Trump, is being forced to… Read More ›

Plumber sues dealership for $1 million after truck ends up with terrorists

Plumber sues dealership for $1 million after truck ends up with terrorists

All Mark Oberholtzer wanted to do was upgrade his ride. What he got instead was a world of trouble from half a world away. The… Read More ›

Three years after Newtown, Obama lambasts inaction on guns

Three years after Newtown, Obama lambasts inaction on guns

  Washington – Three years after a gunman killed 26 people — mostly first-graders — at an elementary school in Connecticut, President Barack Obama wondered in… Read More ›

World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

After four years of negotiations, 195 nations commit to reduce greenhouse gasses, keep global temperatures from rising   In a landmark move, 195 nations agreed… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Agreement reached this weekend would actually entail increasing Israel’s greenhouse gas output by 2030, due to population growth   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday… Read More ›

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

But environmentalists say Jerusalem’s plan to battle global warming falls short of what other countries have vowed to do, and might not be implemented at… Read More ›

New York – Another Top Politician Conviction Roils Albany

New York – Another Top Politician Conviction Roils Albany

  Albany, NY – For the second time in as many weeks, a former top New York politician was convicted on federal corruption charges, prompting… Read More ›