NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct….
JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, already at odds with coalition partners over demands to draft young religious men into the army, are again testing the unity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government with a challenge over education funding. The latest rift centres on an ultra-Orthodox push for schools in their separate education…
After the news that Europe’s largest car producer VW may close two plants, experts are sounding the alarm that the downsizing of manufacturing isn’t just limited to the car industry. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) says companies need to evolve. As EU car companies struggle with the phasing out of combustion engines and…
The decade of 1990 saw the launch of the one-child policy in China to address the issue of overpopulation.This led to an increase in the flow of children in state orphanages which eventually opened doors for international adoptions China announced on Thursday that it is ending its international adoption programme, an initiative that saw tens…
Greetings from Tyler, There seems to be some question as to whether they will put Donald Trump in jail over the New York charges. All bets are off if they do that. Sentencing has been delayed until after the election by some stroke of genius. You can see Hillary taking great delight in calling him…
On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as the country’s new Prime minister. But will “Monsieur Brexit” be able to resolve France’s political deadlock? After a seven-week wait, Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator and a veteran of the traditional right-wing party The Republicans (LR), was appointed as France’s new premier. Barnier…
An armed man has been shot dead by German police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich. The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, was hit during an exchange of fire with officers. Police said a man had been spotted in the area carrying a…
BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 million jobs. China was ready to step up cooperation with Africa in industry, agriculture, infrastructure,…
Pope Francis brought up a topic that has rocked the American political discoursein recent months as he praised Indonesians for choosing large families over pets during the first stop of a historic four-country trip to Asia. The 87-year-old pontiff was speaking alongside Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo in a hall full of politicians at capital Jakarta’s…
PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Nearly three months after plunging France into political crisis by calling a snap election, President Emmanuel Macron is struggling to name a new prime minister whom rivals will not immediately topple – and who will preserve his pro-business legacy. The election delivered a hung parliament, with Macron now having to…