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UN envoy: US will be isolated if Iran deal rejected

UN envoy: US will be isolated if Iran deal rejected

Samantha Power argues that a Congress ‘no’ vote would make it difficult to drum up support for new sanctions   The United States will be… Read More ›

China just announced more measures to boost flagging economic growth

China just announced more measures to boost flagging economic growth

  China, fresh from cutting interest rates and the reserve ratio requirement for banks on Tuesday, has announced further measures to help buttress flagging growth… Read More ›

Bill Ackman’s fund has had a terrible August

Bill Ackman’s fund has had a terrible August

  We knew Pershing Square Holdings’ performance had faltered in August. Now we know by how much. The publicly-traded vehicle led by Bill Ackman wiped out… Read More ›

China stocks are rallying again

China stocks are rallying again

  Chinese stocks have opened Friday’s session sharply higher. After five minutes of trade the benchmark Shanghai Composite index sits at 3132.76, an increase of… Read More ›

New York – Politics As Blood Sport: Trump Looks To Kick Bush When He’s Down

New York – Politics As Blood Sport: Trump Looks To Kick Bush When He’s Down

  New York – At almost every turn lately, Donald Trump has tried to get under Jeb Bush’s skin. In interviews and on social media,… Read More ›

Bloomingburg, NY – Victory For Lamm As Judge Tosses Racketeering Suit

Bloomingburg, NY – Victory For Lamm As Judge Tosses Racketeering Suit

  Bloomingburg, NY – Developer Shalom Lamm can cross another item off his to do list, as a federal judge dismissed yet another suit against… Read More ›

Roanoke, VA – Husband Of Interviewee Says Wife Lost Kidney And Part Of Colon In TV Shooting

Roanoke, VA – Husband Of Interviewee Says Wife Lost Kidney And Part Of Colon In TV Shooting

  Roanoke, VA – The husband of on-air shooting survivor Vicki Gardner says his wife lost a kidney and part of her colon, and faces… Read More ›

FBI tells art dealers to watch for antiquities looted by ISIS

FBI tells art dealers to watch for antiquities looted by ISIS

The FBI is asking art collectors and dealers to be on the lookout for antiquities that could have been put on the market by the… Read More ›

Floyd Mayweather pulls up to work in $4.8 million hypercar

Floyd Mayweather pulls up to work in $4.8 million hypercar

  When your nickname is “Money,” turning up to work in a $4.8 million car represents just another day in the office. No stranger to… Read More ›

Expert: We’re ‘locked-in’ to 3 feet sea level rise

Expert: We’re ‘locked-in’ to 3 feet sea level rise

It was less than two years ago that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its all-encompassing assessment on the current state of climate change research… Read More ›

Abbas building $13m. presidential palace near Ramallah

Abbas building $13m. presidential palace near Ramallah

Compound spread over 27 dunams to include two helipads; Palestinians mired in deep financial turmoil   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is leading the construction… Read More ›

Gaza beach corn vendor attempts suicide after Hamas ‘harassment’

Gaza beach corn vendor attempts suicide after Hamas ‘harassment’

Israeli report parallels case of Muhammed Abu Asi to that of Tunisian who sparked Arab Spring, says Gazans are gearing up for protests   Four… Read More ›

500,000 sign petition to end Israel’s Gaza blockade

500,000 sign petition to end Israel’s Gaza blockade

Arab countries that didn’t follow up on reconstruction pledges cited, but Israel mostly blamed for Strip’s condition   More than half a million people have… Read More ›

Palestinians set date for first congress in two decades

Palestinians set date for first congress in two decades

Palestine National Council is set to meet in Ramallah following recent power shifts within the Palestinian political system. Palestinian leaders have set September 15-16 as… Read More ›

IDF warns deserters, initiates new sanctions

IDF warns deserters, initiates new sanctions

Around 3,000 IDF deserters receive text messages warning them of punishment, as army moves to legislate wide-ranging sanctions including refusal to issue driver’s licenses, passports,… Read More ›

Hamas reveals first image of Shalit in captivity

Hamas reveals first image of Shalit in captivity

A year after ‘Black Friday’, Hamas claims the IDF lied about the incident in which one soldier was captured and two killed, and mistakenly took… Read More ›

Iran’s Parchin not a nuclear site, State Department says

Iran’s Parchin not a nuclear site, State Department says

Statement is departure from past US characterizations of the controversial site, which has been shut off to international nuclear inspectors since 2006.   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Hamas claims IDF took terrorist’s body instead of Israeli soldier’s during 2014 Gaza war

Hamas claims IDF took terrorist’s body instead of Israeli soldier’s during 2014 Gaza war

Al Jazeera interview with Hamas commanders also airs never before seen photos of Gilad Schalit in captivity in Gaza.   A Hamas commander from the… Read More ›

Concerns grow over Iran military complex as construction is spotted

Concerns grow over Iran military complex as construction is spotted

Iran will not receive additional sanctions relief until UN watchdog satisfied with its investigation of site; Biden to meet Jewish leaders in Miami next week.… Read More ›

How Being Confident Can Enhance Your Relationship

How Being Confident Can Enhance Your Relationship

By: Sara Schapiro-Halberstam, M.S. Distance and space are essential for creating sexual and erotic tension. Just as a burning fire needs space to burn, so do… Read More ›