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Bombshell investigation finds Vice and its employees paid at least $184,000 to settle four sexual misconduct claims

Bombshell investigation finds Vice and its employees paid at least $184,000 to settle four sexual misconduct claims

  Since 2003, the news and entertainment media company Vice and its employees have settled at least four disputes with women who accused top executives… Read More ›

Economy Minister: Teva Should Earn Its Tax Breaks

Economy Minister: Teva Should Earn Its Tax Breaks

Teva has received some NIS 22 billion in tax breaks and grants over the past decade, without any conditions regarding layoffs in return. Even though… Read More ›

Trump is dividing Jerusalem

Trump is dividing Jerusalem

Op-ed: The US president didn’t talk about a complete Jerusalem and didn’t even define the meaning of Jerusalem, leaving this ‘detail’ to the parties; he… Read More ›

Despite threats, Trump team undecided on how to punish countries for UN vote

Despite threats, Trump team undecided on how to punish countries for UN vote

While State Department says ‘no decisions have been made,’ another US official says ‘countries are no longer going to be given a free pass for… Read More ›

Toronto – Succession Doubts Cloud Apotex Future After Jewish Billionaire Owner’s Death

Toronto – Succession Doubts Cloud Apotex Future After Jewish Billionaire Owner’s Death

  Toronto – Canadian pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman failed to implement a succession plan at his Apotex business before his death last week, two business… Read More ›

Opinion: With UN vote, Trump gets what he deserves

Opinion: With UN vote, Trump gets what he deserves

  The United States took a shellacking today at the United Nations, when 128 countries voted to denounce President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem… Read More ›

New Revelations in Sexual Harassment Case of Netanyahu’s Ex-Chief of Staff

New Revelations in Sexual Harassment Case of Netanyahu’s Ex-Chief of Staff

Testimonies by senior officials on PM’s former right hand man, who was accused of taking upskirt photos of his subordinate and bullying her into tears.… Read More ›

The freedom to hate

The freedom to hate

Op-ed: The open, blatant anti-Semitism in Austria may have gone underground, but many Austrians today don’t feel compelled to pretend they don’t hate Jews; it’s… Read More ›

Palestinian minister slams US ‘threats’ ahead of UN Jerusalem vote

Palestinian minister slams US ‘threats’ ahead of UN Jerusalem vote

Turkish sponsor expects ‘strong support’ for General Assembly resolution slamming Trump’s recognition of Israel’s capital   ISTANBUL, Turkey – Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Commutes Prison Sentence Of Sholom Rubashkin

Washington – Trump Commutes Prison Sentence Of Sholom Rubashkin

  Washington – President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who was sentence to 27 years in prison… Read More ›

Here’s how the newly passed GOP tax bill will impact the economy, businesses, the deficit, and your wallet

Here’s how the newly passed GOP tax bill will impact the economy, businesses, the deficit, and your wallet

Goldman Sachs estimated that GDP growth would increase 0.3 percentage points above their baseline in 2018 and 2019. The analysts for the Penn-Wharton Budget Model said the… Read More ›

176 Nations at UN Call for Palestinian Statehood

176 Nations at UN Call for Palestinian Statehood

The United States, Canada and Israel were among the seven that opposed the text; four states abstained.   The General Assembly voted 176-7 on Tuesday… Read More ›

Netanyahu heckled at Bible Quiz for arms sales to ‘murderous regimes’

Netanyahu heckled at Bible Quiz for arms sales to ‘murderous regimes’

Israeli activists decry government’s military aid to regimes with poor human rights records such as Myanmar and Honduras; ‘Light unto the nations, don’t sell to… Read More ›

North Korea testing biological warheads for its missiles — report

North Korea testing biological warheads for its missiles — report

Japanese newspaper says Pyongyang’s research focused on ensuring deadly anthrax spores will survive extreme heat during long-range missile strike   North Korea is carrying out… Read More ›

Tokyo – Bitcoin Falls More Than 10 Percent On Bitstamp

Tokyo – Bitcoin Falls More Than 10 Percent On Bitstamp

  Tokyo – Bitcoin fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday to a one-week low of $15,800 at cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp <BTC=BTSP>, losing almost one-… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump is never going to release his taxes

Analysis: Donald Trump is never going to release his taxes

  Sometime Wednesday, President Donald Trump will sign into law a massive overhaul of the US tax system — a reordering of who pays what… Read More ›

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

Iran slightly outspends Israel, both dwarfed by Saudi Arabia   The annual Jane’s Defense Budgets Report released on Monday is forecasting that global defense spending… Read More ›

Pence postpones Israel visit to mid-January, citing tax bill

Pence postpones Israel visit to mid-January, citing tax bill

For the second time, the American vice president postpones his trip to Israel and Egypt and will instead arrive in the region on the week… Read More ›

Attorney general expected to oppose death penalty for terrorists

Attorney general expected to oppose death penalty for terrorists

Avichai Mandelblit has previously argued executions do not deter attacks, a main line of reasoning behind new Yisrael Beytenu bill   A bill to allow… Read More ›

Tokyo – Bitcoin Not Yet Proven As Credible Currency: Japan Finance Minister

Tokyo – Bitcoin Not Yet Proven As Credible Currency: Japan Finance Minister

  Tokyo – Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that bitcoin has not been proven to be a credible currency and that he… Read More ›