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The 10 most important things in the world right now

The 10 most important things in the world right now

  Here’s what you need to know on Thursday. 1. Britain is temporarily suspending flights from Sinai airport after suggesting the Russian plane that crashed in… Read More ›

Legendary auto exec says VW was under a ‘reign of terror’ that led to emissions scandal

Legendary auto exec says VW was under a ‘reign of terror’ that led to emissions scandal

  Bob Lutz is taking no prisoners in his relatively new gig as a columnist at Road and Track magazine. In his last column, he… Read More ›

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

The case is a test of existing US anti-boycott laws.​   WASHINGTON – The US Department of Transportation is preparing legal action against Kuwait Airways… Read More ›

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for big wave surfer Alec “Ace Cool” Cooke off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Cooke’s girlfriend reported… Read More ›

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

  Bucharest, Romania – More than 12,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a nightclub fire that killed… Read More ›

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

Iraq-Syria border – A thick column of black smoke hangs over the Iraqi Syrian border near the town of Ash Shaddadi in Syria ‘s Hasakah province.… Read More ›

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Driver says incident, which wounded three Border Police officers, was a hit-and-run rather than vehicular assault   A Palestinian man suspected of deliberately running over… Read More ›

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

In letter to Netanyahu, Jerusalem major says less talk, more action needed as capital hit by recent terror wave   Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on… Read More ›

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

Neither side feels safe walking the streets, and both insist they’re not going anywhere — no matter how bad the violence gets   JTA —… Read More ›

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

Beijing – Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children. Years later… Read More ›

Eilat stabbing likely nationalist attack, police say

Eilat stabbing likely nationalist attack, police say

Woman lightly hurt in attack on street of Israel’s southernmost city; Arab teen taken in for questioning   A stabbing attack that left an Israeli… Read More ›

2 Israeli women hurt in separate stone-throwing attacks

2 Israeli women hurt in separate stone-throwing attacks

Security forces come under fire, are targeted by stones and Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem and West Bank; no injuries   Two Israeli women were injured… Read More ›

IDF imposes new restrictions on West Bank Palestinians as attacks persist

IDF imposes new restrictions on West Bank Palestinians as attacks persist

Young Hebron male residents to be distanced from Jewish settlement; army said set to separate Jews, Palestinians at Etzion Junction   The army began implementing… Read More ›

BDS calls for culinary boycott of Israel

BDS calls for culinary boycott of Israel

After the cultural and academic boycotts of Israel, it’s time for the culinary boycott: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement has launched an international… Read More ›

Employees at the company Cisco just bought for $452.5 million had an inside joke about the sale

Employees at the company Cisco just bought for $452.5 million had an inside joke about the sale

  On Tuesday, Cisco announced its intent to acquire a privately held company out of Alpharetta, Georgia, called Lancope for $452.5 million. Lancope was founded in 2000… Read More ›

There is one clear winner on Wall Street in the Walgreens-Rite Aid mega-deal

There is one clear winner on Wall Street in the Walgreens-Rite Aid mega-deal

  Walgreens Boots Alliance just announced a deal to buy Rite Aid, and there is one clear winner on Wall Street. Swiss bank UBS is the… Read More ›

Apple just reported the biggest annual profit in history

Apple just reported the biggest annual profit in history

  Apple has recorded the biggest annual profit in corporate history, with record sales of the iPhone helping it to make $53.4bn (£35bn) in the… Read More ›

Florida – Despite Risks, Carson Not Backing Off Nazi, Slavery Examples

Florida – Despite Risks, Carson Not Backing Off Nazi, Slavery Examples

  Florida – On the eve of the his party’s third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Israel’s central bank said interest rates were likely to stay at record lows for longer than expected, given a weaker economic outlook… Read More ›

Washington – Senator Warren Says Life Insurers Admit To Offering ‘Kickbacks’

Washington – Senator Warren Says Life Insurers Admit To Offering ‘Kickbacks’

  Washington – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said 13 major U.S. life insurers had admitted to using incentives such as expensive vacations and gifts, which… Read More ›