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Grossest restaurant ever? Inside Japan’s poo curry cafe

Grossest restaurant ever? Inside Japan’s poo curry cafe

“It literally tastes like a piece of —-,” a diner says, covering her mouth and trying not to regurgitate the small spoonful of curry she… Read More ›

South Sudan plane crash kills dozens; baby among 3 survivors

South Sudan plane crash kills dozens; baby among 3 survivors

  A Soviet-era Antonov-12 transport plane crashed Wednesday shortly after takeoff from the airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 15 people on the plane, a… Read More ›

US officials: Israel requesting $5 billion in annual defense aid

US officials: Israel requesting $5 billion in annual defense aid

Congressional sources say Jerusalem’s ‘shopping list’ to top $50 billion over decade; negotiations in preliminary stages   Israel is asking the United States for $5… Read More ›

Arrests of Palestinians over rioting hit ‘unprecedented’ levels

Arrests of Palestinians over rioting hit ‘unprecedented’ levels

Over 1,500 people have reportedly been detained and over 400 prosecuted since recent unrest began   Israel has seen an “unprecedented amount” of detained suspects… Read More ›

PA claims Israel harvesting organs of dead Palestinians

PA claims Israel harvesting organs of dead Palestinians

Envoy to UN says bodies returned without corneas, other organs; Israeli ambassador blasts ‘anti-Semitic blood libel’   The Palestinian Authority’s UN representative has claimed Israel… Read More ›

Snacks and swimsuits advertise Israel at London tourism fair

Snacks and swimsuits advertise Israel at London tourism fair

London’s World Travel Market, one of the largest tourism fairs in the world, opened this week; Israel has sent its representatives over to try and… Read More ›

UK suspends Sinai flights, source says explosion likely caused crash

UK suspends Sinai flights, source says explosion likely caused crash

British government says evidence suggests Russian jet crash may have been caused by bomb, while anonymous source says mid-air explosion was likely but could have… Read More ›

Israel returns body of terrorist, Palestinians allege organ harvesting

Israel returns body of terrorist, Palestinians allege organ harvesting

Zigzagging, the government has returned the body of the terrorist from Hebron who ran over and critically wounded a Border Police officer; mass funeral is… Read More ›

IAI’s GroundPoint advanced target location system ready for export

IAI’s GroundPoint advanced target location system ready for export

IDF units already using version at the borders.   Israel Aerospace Industries is offering foreign buyers an advanced surface target location system, a version of… Read More ›

US-Israel defense cooperation goes both ways, Pentagon says

US-Israel defense cooperation goes both ways, Pentagon says

Congressional sources say Israel has made an initial request for its annual US defense aid to increase to as much as $5 billion.   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Zuckerberg, Khamenai more powerful than Netanyahu according to Forbes

Zuckerberg, Khamenai more powerful than Netanyahu according to Forbes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ranked number 21 on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s most powerful people, which was toped by Russian President… Read More ›

Interior Ministry pushes arnona reduction for solar installations

Interior Ministry pushes arnona reduction for solar installations

PUA reduces tariff paid for surplus solar electricity production.   Moving one step closer to curbing property tax (“arnona”) rates on solar panel installations, Interior Minister… Read More ›

Harvard starting Jewish and Israeli law program

Harvard starting Jewish and Israeli law program

As part of new track, university set to bring in visiting scholars, offer courses, and host annual conference   Harvard Law School is set to… Read More ›

Marc Andreessen: ‘We’re in a long-term tech bust,’ not a bubble

Marc Andreessen: ‘We’re in a long-term tech bust,’ not a bubble

  In Silicon Valley, you can’t escape bubble talk. On one side of the ring, Benchmark investor Bill Gurley, who was an investor during the… Read More ›

Bitcoin is going nuts

Bitcoin is going nuts

  Another day, another monster run for bitcoin traders. Bitcoin was trading around $240 in the beginning of October. Now — after a gain of… Read More ›

Tesla goes wild after earnings

Tesla goes wild after earnings

  Tesla’s numbers are out and the stock is ripping higher. Tesla came in a little light on earnings while revenue was right in line… Read More ›

New York – Hundreds Flock To Trump Book Signing In New York

New York – Hundreds Flock To Trump Book Signing In New York

  New York – Donald Trump released his latest book Tuesday, a 193-page campaign manifesto titled “Crippled America” that outlines his philosophy but offers few… Read More ›

Washington – As Scientists Worry About Warming World, US Public Doesn’t

Washington – As Scientists Worry About Warming World, US Public Doesn’t

  Washington – Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming. Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are… Read More ›

Seattle – Amazon Opens Its First Bookstore As Extension Of Website

Seattle – Amazon Opens Its First Bookstore As Extension Of Website

  Seattle – Online retail giant Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore on Tuesday, two decades after it began selling books over the Internet and… Read More ›

Israel’s new terror

Israel’s new terror

Jerusalem – Idan Sharabi waits for his next customer. On a Monday afternoon in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market, his pastry shop should be overflowing with tourists… Read More ›