Hong Kong – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters’ demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest. But lawmakers warned that the bill’s withdrawal was not enough to end the turmoil, which […]

 More Than 135,000 Comments Opposing Proposed Regulation To Yeshiva Education Sent To StateOver summer break, more than 135,000 parents, alumni, educators and supporters of private education in New York submitted comments to the State Education Department expressing opposition to the proposed “substantial equivalency” regulations and urging that they be withdrawn.

Netanyahu makes rare visit to volatile West Bank city, home to some 200,000 Palestinians and hundreds of Israeli settlers, to mark 90th anniversary of massacre

 Michigan Moves To Be 1st State To Ban Flavored E-CigarettesGov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to make Michigan the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
The Democrat announced Wednesday that she ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules.
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Collection of contemplative artwork includes pieces by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, Marina Abramovic and others

New York – As he talks about the recent string of attacks on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, Yosef Rapaport points to a small scar above his right eye. It’s the remnant of an anti-Semitic attack he experienced 50 years ago as a teenager in Montreal. “For those of us who look very Jewish, this has […]

Los Angeles – Officials have vowed to find what sparked the inferno aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 34 people in waters off Southern California, but vital evidence may have gone down with the ship or drifted out to sea. The main piece of evidence, the charred remains of the boat, rests on the […]

Senate president orders a full inventory of the building, which was occupied by Nazis during World War II

Large Indian corporations and startups have not been shy to ink deals and collaborations with Israeli startups, especially over the last few years

Saad Harari's remarks come as Israel stresses it won't distinguish between Beirut and the Lebanon-based terror group in future conflict

 The IDF Wishes Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah A Sincere Happy Birthday [SEE THE VIDEO]The IDF almost missed marking Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s birthday on Saturday but they quickly corrected their mistake, tweeting Nasrallah a Happy Birthday on Tuesday.
“It was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s birthday on Saturday and he thought no one remembered,” the IDF tweet said.

Sources in PM's office say leaders are expected to convene in Moscow 'soon' amid speculation the Israeli leader is seeking a summit to boost popularity with Russian-speaking voters

The wreckage of pulverized homes, beached boats and floodwaters covered miles of the Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian’s wake on Wednesday, as rescuers searched for survivors of the worst storm to ever strike the island nation.
The scope of the damage and humanitarian crisis was still unfolding as aerial video of the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas showed wide swaths of destruction and officials warned the current death toll of seven was likely to rise. Aid agencies estimated that tens of thousands of people would need food and other support.
“We are in the midst of one of the greatest national crises in our country’s history,” Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told a news conference. “No effort or resources will be held back.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gave European powers another two months to save a 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday, but warned that Tehran was still preparing for further significant breaches of the agreement if diplomatic efforts failed.
His statement came as Iranian officials appeared to give a guarded welcome to a French proposal to save the atomic pact by offering Iran about $15 billion in credit lines until the end of the year if Tehran comes fully back into compliance.
Rouhani said talks with European powers were moving forward, raising hopes of at least a pause in a diplomatic confrontation between Iran and the West that has stoked already heightened tensions across the region.

As the U.S. tries a new way to protect shipping across the Persian Gulf amid tensions with Iran, it finds itself sailing into uncertain waters. For decades, the U.S. has considered the waters of the Persian Gulf as critical to its national security. Through the gulf’s narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, 20% of all […]

Mandelblit recommends rejecting a Likud petition to ban publication of leaks ahead of the September election, arguing such leaks do not constitute campaign propaganda. Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday issued a legal opinion recommending the rejection of a Likud Party petition seeking to make it illegal to publish leaks from the ongoing criminal […]

With ministry struggling to reach renewable energy targets, plan earmarks nearly 10,000 acres, mainly in south, for future solar and wind turbine plants

 Elderly Woman Slams Into Two Buildings While Parking [PHOTOS]An elderly woman slammed into two buildings as she attempted to park at the NPGS Supermarket on Main Street, Wednesday morning.
According to TLS, it happened at around 9:00AM, when for reason unknown, heer vehicle backed into the laundromat, and then the NPGS building.

DeBlasio Appoints Director Of “Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes” But Never Met Her BeforeMayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced he had hired a new executive director of the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, officially launching the new city organization months ahead of the official deadline.

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