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Xi Jinping is going after his hometown power base

Xi Jinping is going after his hometown power base

  President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has spread to one of his power bases, with a deputy governor of Fujian province becoming the latest target… Read More ›

Subway is running out of options

Subway is running out of options

  Subway says it is attempting a fancy new makeover. Sales are falling the most of any of the top 25 fast food chains as… Read More ›

Washington – Former Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin: Immigrants In U.S. Should ‘Speak American’

Washington – Former Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin: Immigrants In U.S. Should ‘Speak American’

  Washington – Immigrants to the United States should “speak American,” former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said on Sunday, adding her voice to… Read More ›

New York – Sheldon Silver Runs Chief Of Staff As Proxy In Continued Attempt To Wield Power Over State Judiciary

New York – Sheldon Silver Runs Chief Of Staff As Proxy In Continued Attempt To Wield Power Over State Judiciary

  New York – Following an unsuccessful bid to get himself on the ballot for a delegate’s seat at this week’s upcoming judicial convention, former… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Police Release Surveillance Video Of Hit And Run Van That Killed Woman In Borough Park

Brooklyn, NY – Police Release Surveillance Video Of Hit And Run Van That Killed Woman In Borough Park

Brooklyn, NY – Police are looking for the driver of a white minivan that they say struck and killed a woman in Brooklyn early Sunday… Read More ›

‘No evidence’ for Mexico’s claim missing students were burned, report says

‘No evidence’ for Mexico’s claim missing students were burned, report says

Mexico City – There’s no evidence to support the Mexican government’s claim that 43 students who went missing last year were burned at a landfill, a… Read More ›

US Open 2015: Williams sisters to meet as Bouchard pulls out

US Open 2015: Williams sisters to meet as Bouchard pulls out

  It’s the quarterfinal match up that everyone was hoping for and Serena and Venus Williams duly delivered Sunday at Flushing Meadows. First up on… Read More ›

Palin eyeing energy secretary in potential Trump administration

Palin eyeing energy secretary in potential Trump administration

Washington – Sarah Palin knows the position she wants in a Donald Trump administration: Energy secretary. “I think a lot about the Department of Energy, because… Read More ›

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel   French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that while Paris backs EU plans to… Read More ›

Abbas to declare end of Oslo peace process – report

Abbas to declare end of Oslo peace process – report

PA president to tell UN General Assembly this month that failure to establish Palestinian state voids past agreements   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may… Read More ›

Master NY mixologist toasts ‘l’chaim’ with popular hipster spirit

Master NY mixologist toasts ‘l’chaim’ with popular hipster spirit

‘Mister’ Allen Katz was inspired by his father’s old-fashioned Friday night cocktails for his retro bottled Rock&Rye   When spirits expert Allen Katz was growing… Read More ›

Israel selling wafers to Iranians, tea to Chinese

Israel selling wafers to Iranians, tea to Chinese

A growing number of Israeli food companies are exporting abroad, turning Israel into a culinary power around the world thanks to its products’ innovation, variety… Read More ›

Heroic captain who tackled Munich terrorists passes away

Heroic captain who tackled Munich terrorists passes away

Uriel Cohen, a former El Al captain, dies at 90, 45 years after tackling terrorists trying to kill Israeli passengers at a Munich airport. Former… Read More ›

Professor on front line of anti-BDS war

Professor on front line of anti-BDS war

International law expert Eugene Kontorovich left a prestigious position in the US to move to Israel and battle European efforts to boycott Israeli businesses. The… Read More ›

Don’t lecture Israel about aiding needy Syrians, defiant Netanyahu says

Don’t lecture Israel about aiding needy Syrians, defiant Netanyahu says

“I don’t accept the argument that Israel hasn’t shown empathy for the suffering of people around us,” Netanyahu said.     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Palestinian woman severely burned in West Bank arson attack dies in Israeli hospital

Palestinian woman severely burned in West Bank arson attack dies in Israeli hospital

News of Riham Dawabshe’s death broke over 24 hours after her condition had significantly deteriorated, according to hospital officials at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.… Read More ›

Report: Palestinians set to nullify Oslo Accords

Report: Palestinians set to nullify Oslo Accords

The move may effectively cede day-to-day control of West Bank towns to the Israeli military.   The Palestinian Authority is planning to declare the Oslo… Read More ›

The Galveston movement: when Jews left Russia and landed in Texas

The Galveston movement: when Jews left Russia and landed in Texas

Amid American anti-immigrant sentiment in the early 1900s, Jewish organizations recruited Eastern European Jews and transported them to an unexpected destination.   When you grow… Read More ›

Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel soccer clash

Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel soccer clash

Welsh last reached a major tournament in 1958 by beating Israel, now seek the same glory once again in Sunday game   CARDIFF, United Kingdom… Read More ›

How Nike is killing J. Crew’s business

How Nike is killing J. Crew’s business

  J. Crew may have an unsuspecting competitor hiding out in a dark corner. Brands like Nike, Lululemon, and Under Armour are eating into the… Read More ›