For four decades, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have primarily been friends, allies and partners. The pair’s relationship dates back to the 1980s, when then-Sen. Biden (D-Del.) was serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Netanyahu, now the country’s longest-serving prime minister, was working in Israel’s Washington, D.C. embassy. Over the years, the two rose through the political ranks to become world leaders and developed good relations, but their dynamic has changed. While Biden’s friendship with Netanyahu was an asset during former President Barack Obama’s administration, the Israeli prime minister’s subsequent close ties…
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Why did 1,200 tons of sticky tar begin washing up on Israel’s Mediterranean beaches on the stormy day of Feb. 17? The answer is not yet clear. But experts say that no matter what caused Israel’s worst environmental disaster, it should have been contained sooner, before it contaminated 160 kilometers (nearly 100 miles) of Israel’s 190-kilometer seashore. They also agree that Israel must formulate better ways of preventing, detecting and clearing oil spills. But amidst the criticism runs a strong thread of admiration for Israeli citizens helping to clean the recent spill. One of about 30 students from the Hanaton…
PUNE, India — Australia recently passed a new law that mandates tech giants such as Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for content used on news feeds and search results. The law, aimed at leveling the power imbalance between news outlets and tech platforms, gives such outlets greater negotiating power. Now, Indian newspapers, too, want a similar share of the content pie. The Indian Newspaper Society, an apex body of all print publishers, wrote to Google asking it to increase the publishers’ share of advertising revenue to 85 percent. “For every dollar spent on advertising on our site, we want 85…
It was a big day for Thangulla Satish, a 45-year-old farmer from Lothunur village in India’s southern state of Telangana. He had toiled hard and prepared his rooster to win the upcoming cockfight championship for him. The Supreme Court of India had upheld the ban and use of knives or blades for such games as well as gambling in January 2018. Satish was still party to organizing the event that involved knives, as well as gambling. But his rooster wasn’t ready for the game. As the match began, it tried to escape the fight ring and accidentally impaled the owner…
MUMBAI, India — Amid the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in some states of India, the stage was being set in New Delhi on Feb. 19 to announce the launch of a miracle drug that seeks to cure the disease. Ramdev, the celebrity yoga guru who controls Patanjali Ayurved that sells the drug, came on the stage and announced the “first evidence-based medicine for Covid-19” named Coronil. He was flanked by the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. A huge poster behind the stage indicated the drug is CoPP-World Health Organization’s Good Manufacturing Practices certified. It also had…
NEW DELHI — A glacier burst in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand last month that has claimed more than 70 lives revealed the vulnerability of some of the country’s development projects. And, now a UN report has claimed that an old, large dam in the southern state of Kerala could be a risk to the lives of 3.5 million people who live near it. Government officials, however, have dismissed the report and claimed all necessary precautions have been taken to prevent a disaster. The 126-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, which stands across the Periyar river, was constructed during 1887-1895. It was supposed…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – An act of heartless driving saw a motorist running over an innocent dog leaving him seriously injured on the streets of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. The dog was disabled after being run over before caring volunteers helped it walk again at the Governador Island. Footage of the incident revealed how the motorist ran over the dog in full view before he or she decided to keep driving straight ahead. “The impact of the case was immediate,” said a flight attendant Ricardo Zeller who saw the video “People were moved by the recording of the dog…
TARRAGONA, Spain — A boat transporting cows suspected of suffering from a viral disease has arrived at a Spanish port, weeks after being adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. This boat is one of the two that was rejected by different ports in several countries due to an outbreak of bluetongue disease on board. The other vessel is still anchored off the coast. A total of 2,671 cows, bulls, and calves were on board the two boats that started their trip in Dec. 2020 from Spanish ports. They were sailing around the Mediterranean ever since Libya, the country where they were…
MOSCOW, Russia – A Russian fortune-teller who conned elderly people out of their savings was tricked by cops and arrested in Russia. The suspected scammer, 53, who has not been named, was arrested in the district of Orekhovo-Zuyevsky in the Russian region of Moscow Oblast when the police invited her to the police station to give them a reading. Her ability to predict the future also failed to warn her that she was being filmed when she tried to con her latest victim. The victim, a kind pensioner, gracefully agreed to help the other woman and took her to her…
BIRMINGHAM, England – Two drug dealers got an unpleasant surprise when they were met by armed officers just as they opened the door to head out of their apartment in Birmingham, West Midlands. The arrested duo are identified as Wesley Carter, 39, and Keelan Simpson, 24, after which their flat was searched. The officers were dispatched to the location after receiving a call where they were informed about these two men who were allegedly in possession of firearms. “They certainly got a shock when they opened the flat door,” said Detective Sergeant Dan Tang from the West Midlands Regional Organized…