International

A German writer’s perspective on China’s soul-touching stories

Stefan Schomann attempts to stitch together a real-life impression of China With its long history, China has always been a treasure trove of soul-touching sagas of epic proportions. The intercultural love story of a Jewish young man and a Chinese woman in war-torn Shanghai during World War II is one of them. It was discovered […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Poland’s proposed restitution excludes most Holocaust survivors

Over seventy years after 90% of Polish Jewry was killed during the Holocaust, the Polish government on Saturday published proposed legislation that would address property confiscations. The draft legislation as proposed would exclude most Holocaust survivors and their families. “We are profoundly disappointed that the Polish government”s proposal excludes the vast majority of Polish Holocaust

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International

PA Arabs steal over 25 tons of produce from Jewish greenhouses

[video:2034099] Border Police officers on Saturday night foiled an attempt to steal dozens of tons of produce from greenhouses in Shekef, a moshav (agricultural village) in south-central Israel. 67 illegal Palestinian Arab infiltrators, residents of the Palestinian Authority – 40 minors and 27 adults – are suspected of working for several hours to steal tons

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Middle East

Hevron: Jewish boy injured by rock-throwing Arab terrorist

[video:2034098] A 12-year-old boy from the Jewish community in Hevron was injured Saturday afternoon when an Arab hurled rocks at the victim and at two other Jewish children in Avraham’s Spring. The large rock caused a cut to the boy’s head, and he temporarily lost consciousness, falling into the spring. Miraculously, the boy survived the

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Middle East

These children’s smartwatches are raising some serious privacy concerns

Some popular children’s gadgets, including smartwatches available internationally, have been found to have security flaws so serious that individuals could track and eavesdrop on kids’ conversations, according to a consumer safety panel in Norway. The Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) reviewed the smartwatches with European security company Mnemonic and found gross invasions of privacy. When the

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International

Mandalay Bay hotel decides what to do with Las Vegas murderer’s infamous suite

las vegas shooter note The suite rented by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock will remain locked indefinitely as hotel employees work to preserve evidence related to the shooting. MGM Resorts International, which owns and operates the resort and casino, announced Thursday that they will not rent the 32nd-floor room following the Oct. 1 massacre that

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USA

Quoting Arafat, Palestinian mission in Colombia calls for Israel’s destruction

By TOI staff The official Palestinian mission to Colombia on Thursday night tweeted a quote from former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. The tweet read, “Our goal is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations…. We don’t want peace. We want WAR

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International, Middle East

The Czech Republic’s Trump is in the lead for Prime Minister

Dubbed the “Czech version of Trump” by Forbes, the wiry, grey-haired, Slovak-born farming, media and chemicals mogul is the Czech Republic’s second-richest man. Andrej Babis set up the populist ANO (Yes) party in 2011 as a political outsider determined to lure voters with promises of clean politics in the EU country of 10.6 million ranked

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International

At White House opioid commission meeting, insurance industry gets a scolding

WASHINGTON – Patrick Kennedy, it seemed, had been waiting for a public opportunity speak directly to the nation’s health insurers. “The historic treatment of addiction and mental illness has been a separate and unequal process,” the former Rhode Island congressman and a member of the president’s opioid commission told a group of insurance executives on

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

North Korean Official Says US Must ‘Put Up” with Pyongyang’s Nuclear Weapons

A senior North Korean official said in Moscow Friday that Pyongyang does not plan to discuss its nuclear program with the U.S., insisting Washington would have “have to put up” with the reality it possesses nuclear weapons. “This is a matter of life and death for us,” North Korean Foreign Ministry official Choe Son-hui told

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International, USA

CIA chief: if Kim Jong-Un should disappear… uh, let’s not talk about it

The US Central Intelligence Agency thinks that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is a rational actor who is focused on staying in power and “waking up in his own bed” each day. But if Kim should suddenly not show up for work, well, don’t ask US spy chief Mike Pompeo about it. “With respect to, if

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International, USA