SAN FRANCISCO — In another sign of the turmoil sweeping Uber, the company’s president of ride-sharing has quit after less than a year on the job, following a string of scandals at the startup and CEO Travis Kalanick’s promise to hire a new second-in-command. Kalanick on Sunday confirmed the departure of Jeff Jones in an […]
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USAWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Monday rejected Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to review his federal corruption case, dealing a blow to the New Jersey Democrat’s hopes of having key evidence and charges dismissed. The decision was announced Monday morning. It clears the way for Menendez’s trial to move forward this fall. It is scheduled to
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USAA Canadian who works in a remote school among the Inuit community in the Arctic has been named as the world’s best teacher. Maggie MacDonnell won the annual $1-million Global Teacher Prize for excellence at an award ceremony in Dubai, beating about 20,000 applicants from around the world. “My dream is that I can work
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Trump on Monday declared the notion that he colluded with Russia during last year’s election “fake news,” as the House Intelligence Committee prepares to hold its first open hearing tied to its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. “James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia.
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International, USAUnconfirmed reports indicate jets hit Hezbollah weapons convoy, military targets, hours after drone strike in Syrian Golan; Syria UN envoy says retaliatory missile launches during Friday raid a ‘game-changer’ By Times of Israel staff An Israeli F-15I fighter jet (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90) Israel is said to have struck Syria overnight Sunday-Monday, the second
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Director James B. Comey confirmed for the first time Monday that the FBI is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian authorities during the 2016 election campaign. Comey said the investigation was examining whether “there was any coordination” between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Comey suggested
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The so-called “two-state solution,” to subdivide the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea between independent Israel and independent Palestine, fails the tests of logic and history. And it ignores the Kingdom of Jordan – whose participation is required for any stable, long-term arrangement. There are presently three
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenHayim Nahman Bialik: Poet of Hebrew by Avner Holtzman; Yale University Press (Jewish Lives series); March 2017; 264 pages; ISBN: 9780300200669. By Rabbi Jack Riemer/JNS.org I have questions about some of the subjects that have been chosen for the Jewish Lives book series from Yale University Press. I wonder what Sarah Bernhardt or Benjamin
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastIran’s supreme leader calls objectifying women a ‘Zionist plot’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to Twitter Sunday to share his views on gender issues and asserted that the objectification of women in Western society is the product of “a Zionist plot.” In a series of tweets for Iranian
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — “If the residents of the Gaza want to think about their future, and not just about liberating Palestine – an artificial island is definitely the answer,” remarked Prof. Arnon Sofer of the University of Haifa. “Unfortunately, Minister Israel Katz’s idea will remain on the level of theory. I don’t think
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — As we approach the Passover holiday, when helping others is customary, it’s instructive to see how a few volunteers are having a considerable impact on Netanya’s Ethiopian Israeli community… The Forgotten People Fund (FPF), a strictly volunteer organization in Netanya, Israel, was founded in 1998 by two couples, Anne
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve KramerThis is one pawesome victory for California animals without a home. In a unanimous vote passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, city pet stores are prohibited “from selling dogs or cats not obtained from animal rescue organizations or shelters.” style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> While at first glance this may seem restrictive to adoption, the
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The World We Share, USABy JT – Mar 20,2017 – Last updated at Mar 20,2017 AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan today celebrates his 70th birthday. Prince Hassan has engaged in many events, fixtures and engagements over the last year. At the centre of all of these has been his enduring commitment to the betterment of the lives of the
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Middle EastJimmy Breslin, the street-savvy, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist whose two-fisted prose championing the little guy and pillorying those who betrayed the public trust made him a New York City institution for more than 40 years, died Sunday. He was 88. Breslin, who also turned out a string of fiction and nonfiction books, died of complications
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