07:55 AM, December 02, 2023 Israeli Holocaust museum chairman condemns Ivy League schools for widespread antisemitism on campuses The chairman of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem is speaking out about the surge in antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the U.S. and around the world, placing blame on the inaction of Ivy League …
DUBAI: India and China were among 118 nations that did not pledge to work towards increasing the global renewable energy generation capacity and energy efficiency at the recent UN climate summit. This stance is in contrast with the global consensus to move away from fossil fuels. Despite rapid advancements in non-fossil energy generation like solar …
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday downplayed aggressive interest rate cuts, hailing their premature declarations as confounding, adding it’s too soon to speculate when policy might ease. Powell in his speech said that the current inflation levels are still “well above” the central bank’s goal, refuting any notion of a sufficiently restrictive stance achieved. …
European Council President Affirms EU Already Has ‘Association Agreement with Ukraine’ to Hungary’s Disapproval In a recent interview with Reuters, European Council President Charles Michel claimed that the EU already has an “association agreement” with Ukraine, as the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for a “strategic partnership” to be established before talks on Kyiv’s …
Vaccination rates for the Covid shot are slowing. Experts and vaccine makers believe that the rates for U.S. Covid shots in 2024 and beyond will likely resemble those seen in 2023. They are uncertain whether vaccination rates will increase in the future and what would prompt more people to be vaccinated. A sluggish uptake of …
Russian man who carved ‘No to War’ in the snow jailed for 10 days A Russian man received a jail sentence of 10 days for using his finger to carve “No to War” on a snow-covered turnstile at Moscow’s Gorky Park. Dmitry Fyodorov, who admitted to writing the anti-war slogan, was charged with disobeying the …
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been exploring potential joint collaborations with Boeing Co., Blue Origin LLC, and Voyager Space Holdings Inc. as part of an ongoing increase in cooperation between the space programs of the United States and India. According to a statement by India’s department of space, these partnerships could include Indian …
An Hour AgoGermany to Increase its Military Support for Ukraine: Foreign Minister Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has revealed that they are going to boost their military support for Ukraine’s self-defense by 8 billion euros [$8.79 billion]. This decision was delivered in response to a question posed by CNBC’s Silvia Amaro. Baerbock emphasized that the …
Storm chaos creates disruption and destruction in Ukraine and Russia Unusual storms have caused havoc in parts of Ukraine, Russian-occupied Crimea, and Russia in recent days, leading to severe flooding and heavy snowfall. The violent storms have resulted in multiple casualties and led to chaos in roads and infrastructure. The destruction caused by the storms …
President Biden expressed his hope for an uninterrupted ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as long as the latter continues to release hostages. On Sunday, after the four-year-old Avigail Idan was released, Biden shared his optimism for the extension of the ceasefire by one day for every 10 hostages freed by Hamas. It was the third …