2015年5月31日 星期日

2015-06-01 Israel More Top Stories


The Globe and Mail
   
Netanyahu blasts attempts to 'blacken' Israel's name   
The Globe and Mail
Israel faces an “international campaign to blacken its name” aimed at delegitimizing its very existence regardless of its policies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The international community disproportionally singles out the Jewish state for ...

2015-06-01 Israel Health


Haaretz
   
Report: Smoking kills 8000 Israelis a year, including 700 passive smokers   
Haaretz
Smoking costs the Israeli economy about $3.3 billion a year, including direct and indirect costs to health system. Jun. 1, 2015 | 4:26 AM. submit to reddit. A woman smoking in a Tel Aviv restaurant, March 2015. Photo by Lea Golda Holterman. Text size.
Beijing public smoking ban begins   BBC News
New Beijing law in aims to finally snuff out smoking in indoor public spaces   The Globe and Mail
Tough public smoking ban begins in Beijing   Deutsche Welle
Times of India   
Irish Examiner   
The Hindu   
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The Guardian
   
Cancer drugs rankings suggest many are of little benefit to patients   
The Guardian
Erlotinib tablets, which trade under the name Tarceva, have been singled out as being particularly ineffective by the research. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images. Sarah Boseley Health editor. Saturday 30 May 2015 03.05 EDT Last modified on ...

2015-06-01 Israel Entertainment


Fox News
   
Family losses frame Vice President Biden's career   
Washington Post
Joe Biden had one final bit of advice, a warning, really, for these very successful students. No matter how accomplished their lives turned out to be, they would not be able to control their fates. “Reality has a way of intruding,” the vice president told thousands ...

2015-06-01 Israel Sci/Tech


TODAYonline
   
Google acquires Pulse.io to expand mobile-performance services   
TODAYonline
SAN FRANCISCO — Google looking to expand its mobile capabilities, has acquired Pulse.io, which specialises in making applications faster and more responsive. Google didn't disclose the terms in an e-mail yesterday (May 29) announcing the deal.
Google Acquires Pulse.io, Mobile App Performance Startup   Ubergizmo (blog)
Google Has Acquired Pulse.io To Help Android Devs Boost Their App ...   The Tech Portal
Google Inc Acquires Pulse.io: VentureBeat   Bidness ETC
NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News (press release) (blog)   
Ausdroid   
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TechRadar
   
3 ways Google's Android Pay is better than Apple Pay   
TechRadar
Believe it or not, Google's Android Pay makes it simpler and more rewarding to pay for things with a phone than the already easy-to-use Apple Pay. With more than one billion active Android users, that's going to give mobile payments a big boost in 2015, ...

2015-06-01 Israel Business


TODAYonline
   
Desalination alleviates Israel's drought woes   
TODAYonline
Tourists in a pool overlooking the Ramon Crater in the Negev desert. Today, there is plenty of water in Israel after a national effort to desalinate seawater. Photo: The New York Times. More than 50% of water for the nation's households, agriculture and ...

2015-06-01 Israel World


The Globe and Mail
   
Netanyahu blasts attempts to 'blacken' Israel's name   
The Globe and Mail
Israel faces an “international campaign to blacken its name” aimed at delegitimizing its very existence regardless of its policies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The international community disproportionally singles out the Jewish state for ...

2015-06-01 Israel Middle East


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Qatar extends travel ban on former Guantanamo Bay detainees   
Los Angeles Times
Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five high-level Taliban leaders released last year from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a senior American official said Sunday. lRelated. Afghanistan ...

2015-06-01 Israel Israel


The Globe and Mail
   
Netanyahu blasts attempts to 'blacken' Israel's name   
The Globe and Mail
Israel faces an “international campaign to blacken its name” aimed at delegitimizing its very existence regardless of its policies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. The international community disproportionally singles out the Jewish state for ...

2015年5月30日 星期六

2015-05-31 Israel More Top Stories


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Snakey move: Security forces find viper placed at scene of West Bank riot   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Venomous serpent found bound to cement barrier used for riot control forces to take shelter. viper security barrier. A viper bound to an IDF security barrier. (photo credit:POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Security forces ...

2015-05-31 Israel Health


The Australian Financial Review
   
Beijing rolls out tough anti-smoking laws   
The Australian Financial Review
A cleaner stands in front of giant "No-smoking" signs on the exterior of the National Stadium, also known as the Birds' Nest, as part of an anti-smoking campaign, in Beijing, May 30, 2015. Reuters. by Megha Rajagopalan. The Beijing local government has ...

2015-05-31 Israel Entertainment


Yahoo Finance UK
   
Provocative Filmmaker John Waters Delivers Keynote Address at Rhode Island ...   
Yahoo Finance UK
This morning, 486 undergraduate and 183 graduate students from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) received their diplomas at RISD's 2015 Commencement. The ceremony took place at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence.
Oddly compelling advice for RISD grads from director John Waters   The Providence Journal
Waters to college grads: 'It's your turn to cause trouble'   U.S. News & World Report

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Wrestling Inc.
   
TNA Star Talks His WWE Run, Sin Cara Injuring Him, Hunico, Billy Corgan, His ...   
Wrestling Inc.
TNA's Mica appeared on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast and spoke about his experiences in TNA, Billy Corgan, his father Haku, as well as his WWE run. You can check out the highlights below, and the full episode at this link. On competing in a ...

2015-05-31 Israel Sci/Tech


Apple Insider
   
Google I/O 2015 sets a low bar for Apple's WWDC to leap   
Apple Insider
From all the breathless coverage detailing Google's I/O 2015 conference announcements, you might not have noticed that virtually all of what Google had to show this year were things Apple had already introduced over the past year (or long ago).
Google I/O reveals big changes in Android 6.0, Brillo OS enters the IoT race   The Next Digit
HBO Now Coming To Android And Chromecast   Netflix Life
Google Photos Taking on Facebook   WTVY, Dothan
The Indian Express   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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TechCrunch
   
Google I/O 2015: Changing future with Jacquard, Soli, Abacus and Ara   
Inferse
Google is going through a metamorphosis of the sorts, as the tech giant introduced a series of experimental projects at Google I/O 2015, in an effort to revolutionize their product. Google wants to get ahead of the curve. They want to get ahead of the ...

2015-05-31 Israel Business


PrimePair
   
Dollar turns higher despite US jobless claims report   
Moneycontrol.com
Investing.com - Investing.com - The dollar turned higher a basket of other major currencies in quiet trade on Thursday, even as data showed that U.S. jobless claims rose rose to a four-week peak last week, as investors still awaited the release of a report on ...

2015-05-31 Israel World


The Indian Express
   
Japan: 7.8 magnitude quake strikes Tokyo, no risk of a Tsunami says US ...   
The Indian Express
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk of a tsunami, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported.
Powerful but deep quake strikes off Japan; 2 injured but no damage   The Globe and Mail
7.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Saturday, No Tsunami Risk Due To Quake's ...   CBS Local
Earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude shakes most of Japan   The Guardian
Mirror.co.uk   
Herald Scotland   
BBC News   
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New York Times
   
Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's Son, Dies at 46   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden III, the former attorney general of Delaware and the eldest son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., has died of brain cancer, his father announced on Saturday. The younger Mr. Biden was 46. Mr. Biden had spent more ...

2015-05-31 Israel Middle East


Toronto Star
   
Barrel bombs kill 71 in Syria   
DAWN.com
ALEPPO: Barrel bombs dropped from regime helicopters on Saturday killed more than 70 civilians in Syria's Aleppo, while government forces in neighbouring Iraq retook an area west of the jihadist-controlled city of Ramadi. The Syrian Observatory for Human ...

2015-05-31 Israel Israel


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Liberman warns of next cycle of violence as Hamas builds road near border   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A Hamas official says the road, only 250 meters from the border, was being prepared for "a convenient time" to "attack" Israel. Gaza border fence. IDF vehicle drives along Gaza border fence [file]. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter.
Lieberman: PM ignoring danger of Hamas war preparations   Ynetnews
Qatar announces new Gaza reconstruction projects   Haaretz
Despite Amnesty Report ICC 'Stonewalling' Hamas War Crime Trial   Arutz Sheva
The Times of Israel   
Redress Information & Analysis   
Channel News Asia   
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CNN
   
Jeb Bush calls for US Embassy to move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem   
CNN
Nashville (CNN) Jeb Bush said Saturday that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and called for the United States to move its embassy to there from Tel Aviv. "I support that, absolutely," the former Florida governor said, responding to a question about whether the ...

2015年5月29日 星期五

2015-05-30 Israel More Top Stories


New York Times
   
China Deployed Artillery on Disputed Island, US Says   
New York Times
SINGAPORE — The United States has spotted a pair of mobile artillery vehicles on an artificial island that China is building in the South China Sea, a resource-rich stretch of ocean crossed by vital shipping lanes, American officials said. China's construction ...

2015-05-30 Israel Health


Haaretz
   
Israeli scientists aim to take the craving out of cocaine addiction   
Haaretz
The brain gets particularly messed up during withdrawal, it turns out. That's where the new field of epigenetics comes in. By Ido Efrati | May 30, 2015 | 3:03 AM. submit to reddit. Gal Yadid. Prof. Gal Yadid, an expert on neuroscience and addiction at Bar-Ilan ...

2015-05-30 Israel Entertainment


Al-Bawaba
   
One Republic take Tel Aviv by storm in first ever Israeli concert!   
Al-Bawaba
US pop rockers One Republic played their first ever Israeli concert in Tel Aviv Thursday night to 20,000 adoring fans - and they vowed it wouldn't be their last. Frontman and songwriter Ryan Tedder kept the crowd dancing to the band's infectious music - and ...

2015-05-30 Israel Sci/Tech


VentureBeat
   
With Google's Jacquard, wearable technology may have just grown up   
VentureBeat
If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the ...

2015-05-30 Israel Business


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Port strike ends as contracts signed with new operators   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A worker sits as a crane unloads containers from a ship at the port of the northern city of Haifa. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Port workers ended a two-day strike that defied a court order Thursday as Transportation Minister ...

2015-05-30 Israel World


TODAYonline
   
Suicide bomber kills three in S. Arabia   
DAWN.com
RIYADH: A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up outside a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing himself and three other people, the second attack of its kind in the kingdom in one week. The bombing, which was claimed by the ...

2015-05-30 Israel Middle East


TODAYonline
   
Suicide bomber kills three in S. Arabia   
DAWN.com
RIYADH: A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up outside a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing himself and three other people, the second attack of its kind in the kingdom in one week. The bombing, which was claimed by the ...

2015-05-30 Israel Israel


Irish Independent
   
Online database seeks to blacklist pro-Palestinian students   
Irish Independent
A new website is publishing profiles of people it claims are affiliated with pro-Palestinian groups in a bid to prevent them getting jobs in the United States. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Canary Mission went live ...

2015年5月28日 星期四

2015-05-29 Israel More Top Stories


The Globe and Mail
   
FIFA scandal may affect the Palestinian motion to suspend Israel   
The Globe and Mail
The corruption allegations rocking the annual congress of soccer's governing authority not only affect the odds of Sepp Blatter being re-elected FIFA president for a fifth term. They also may enhance the chances that Israel, affiliated with FIFA since the ...

2015-05-29 Israel Health


ABC Online
   
Whooping cough: Outbreak at Canberra Steiner School prompts claims of lax ...   
ABC Online
A Canberra Steiner School has denied claims it has a lax approach to vaccination, after two of its primary school students were diagnosed with whooping cough. The Orana Steiner School at Weston in Canberra's south sent an email to parents today, warning ...

2015-05-29 Israel Entertainment


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
'The Godfather' drops out of play due to writer's Nazi sympathies   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Actor Al Pacino turns down role in stage adaptation of Knut Hamsun's 'Hunger' over writer's support for Adolf Hitler. Al Pacino. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Actor Al Pacino, best known for his role as Michael Corleone in The ...

2015-05-29 Israel Sci/Tech


VentureBeat
   
HP ConteXtream acquisition complements open NFV work   
TechTarget
Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of ConteXtream is likely to bring a number of valuable features to HP's upcoming open NFV products. This Article Covers. SDN network virtualization. RELATED TOPICS. Network hardware and SDN · Network overlay software ...

2015-05-29 Israel Business


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Port strike ends as contracts signed with new operators   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A worker sits as a crane unloads containers from a ship at the port of the northern city of Haifa. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Port workers ended a two-day strike that defied a court order Thursday as Transportation Minister ...

2015-05-29 Israel World


Toronto Star
   
Putin denies Russian troops are in Ukraine, decrees certain deaths secret   
Washington Post
MOSCOW — If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin's aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population's strong aversion to sending in Russian troops — something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the ...

2015-05-29 Israel Middle East


The Indian Express
   
Two car bombs in Iraq; 10 killed, 27 injured   
The Indian Express
Authorities in Iraq say two separate car bombs inside parking lot of two hotels have killed 10 people in the capital Baghdad. Police officials say a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Babil Hotel late Thursday, killing six people and wounding 14 others.
Car Bombs Explode Near 2 Baghdad Hotels: Police   NDTV
Car bombs kill 10 near major Baghdad hotels   CBC.ca
10 killed by Baghdad car bombs   Irish Independent

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Yemen: Amnesty Says Antiaircraft Fire by Houthis Has Killed Many Civilians   
New York Times
Antiaircraft munitions fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels have killed or maimed scores of civilians in Sana, the capital, Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday. Doctors and residents told the group that the munitions were the leading cause of ...

2015-05-29 Israel Israel


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Netanyahu goes for gold in shoot-off with Obama   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
The Obama administration needs to clear the air and remove any doubts or concerns that it is trying to surreptitiously vary the Bush Commitments. George W, Bush (left) with Shimon Peres. (photo credit:PR). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter.
Herzog Speaks Out Against Banning Israel from FIFA   Arutz Sheva
It's not Netanyahu, it's the voters   Haaretz
Cross channels   The Economist
Canada Free Press   
The Jewish Press   
Israel Hayom   
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Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Rivlin: 'I am a soldier' in the fight against BDS movement   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
As yet, Israeli academia does not feel the effects of the boycott, “but we don't know about the future.” President Reuven Rivlin. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. President Reuven Rivlin has offered to put himself at the disposal of ...

2015年5月27日 星期三

2015-05-28 Israel More Top Stories


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Al Qaeda's Branch in Syria Denies Planning Attacks Abroad   
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The leadership of Al Qaeda has ordered its Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, to not attack targets abroad because that could disrupt its goal of toppling President Bashar al-Assad, the head of the Nusra Front said in a television interview ...

2015-05-28 Israel Health


Jerusalem Post Israel News
   
Rivlin honors families of organ donors   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN stands with family members of organ donors at ADI ceremony. . (photo credit:MARK NAYMAN). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. In an emotionally charged event on Wednesday, President Reuven Rivlin and his wife ...

2015-05-28 Israel Entertainment


The Jewish Week
   
A Full-Court Press Against The Press?   
The Jewish Week
Incoming phone calls from unidentified numbers usually spell trouble. The call I got some six years ago, on a steamy summer afternoon in Tel Aviv, was no different. The person at the other end of the line introduced himself as “Shayke,” a somewhat ...

2015-05-28 Israel Sci/Tech


Tech Times
   
Nexar App Uses iPhones To Police Bad Driving   
Tech Times
Nexar is a new app that uses your iPhone to identify bad driving. It then records the license plate to warn other users when this bad driver is nearby. (Photo : Aaron Parecki | Flickr). Driverless cars are on their way. In the meantime, iPhone app Nexar aims to ...

2015-05-28 Israel Business


Haaretz
   
Islamic State looks to captured phosphate mines for funding   
Haaretz
The jihadist group has also published a Russian-language magazine, targeted at attracting Muslim fighters from the Caucuses. By Haaretz | May 27, 2015 | 7:41 PM. submit to reddit. Chechen ISIS fighter. Omar al-Shishani, ginger beard, is a prominent ...

2015-05-28 Israel World


The Hindu
   
Asia backs embattled Blatter and endorses FIFA election   
Yahoo Eurosport UK
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Asian Football Confederation has re-affirmed its support for embattled FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and pushed for Friday's presidential election to go ahead despite the corruption scandal that has rocked soccer's global governing ...

2015-05-28 Israel Middle East


NBCNews.com
   
Al-Qaeda in Syria: Our Focus Is Assad, Not West   
NBCNews.com
The leader of al-Nusra Front — the al Qaeda-affiliate group in Syria — insisted on Wednesday that he is under orders from the organization's central leadership not to attack Western interests in Syria, but rather focus on toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria not a launching pad for attacks on west says al-Nusra chief in TV interview   The Guardian
Al Qaeda's Branch in Syria Denies Planning Attacks Abroad   New York Times
Syria: Nusra Front announces drive on Damascus   World War 4 Report
Arutz Sheva   
Business Standard   
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The Times of Israel
   
US launches new investigations into ISIS daily: Report   
The Straits Times
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States now launches a new investigation into suspected sympathisers of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) almost every day, a senior official said on Wednesday, underscoring the increased threat posed by the militant ...

2015-05-28 Israel Israel


ABC Online
   
Gaza conflict: Hamas committed human rights abuses against Palestinian ...   
ABC Online
Islamist movement Hamas has been accused of serious human rights abuses for the abductions, torture and killings of at least 23 Palestinian civilians last year. An Amnesty International report said Hamas used last summer's war with Israel in the Gaza Strip to ...

2015年5月26日 星期二

2015-05-27 Israel More Top Stories


Fox News
   
Amnesty International accuses Hamas of torturing, killing Palestinians in new ...   
Fox News
File - In this March 30, 2015 file photo, a Palestinian girl walks next to destroyed houses, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File). Amnesty International accused Hamas militants Wednesday of abducting, torturing, and ...