On a weekday night in Beit El, dozens of teenage boys were packed into the study hall at the settlement’s new yeshiva, a tan stone building with a zig zag facade. It was a brisk night on the hilltop, and their coats and backpacks were scattered in the hallway.
Month: January 2017
Parents share the hilarious things their children get up to in social media photos
Reunited at last! Teen meets her biological parents for first time since she was snatched at birth from hospital 18 years ago by woman who she grew up to love, defend and call ‘mom’ Healthy and devoted father, 48, dies suddenly from meningitis – as his terrified SoulCycle class of 200 are warned they too are now at risk of catching killer infection ‘I’m sleeping with your wife’: Red-faced parents reveal the incredibly awkward things their children have blurted out Ringling Bros.
Bayern sign Hoffenheim duo Rudy, Suele for next season
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich have bolstered their defensive options by signing Hoffenheim team mates Sebastian Rudy and Niklas Suele for next season, the German champions said on Sunday. With captain Philipp Lahm and Spaniard Xabi Alonso nearing the end of their careers, Rudy, 26, will provide another option in defensive midfield, while 21-year-old Suele will be charged with plugging holes in Bayern’s central defence.
Police enter latest Brazil prison to see inmates massacred
Police in Brazil have entered two prisons in the country’s northern state of Rio Grande do Norte where a riot left at least 10 inmates dead on Saturday, authorities said Sunday. A statement released by the office in charge of state penitentiaries said the rebellion started Saturday afternoon in the Alcacuz and Rogerio Coutinho detention facilities, located next to each other outside the city of Natal.
A winter visit to Athens offers a pleasant alternative
In this Dec. 11, 2016 photo, the Parthenon is shown, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. For travelers with more than beaches on their minds, there’s plenty of upside to a brief winter visit to Athens that avoids the crowds and heat of summer.
Iran: Nuclear deal will not be renegotiated
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France wants JeM chief Masood Azhar to be declared as international terrorist by UN
Days after China blocked India’s proposal in the UN, the world body’s key member France has pitched for designating Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist, saying there are “very strong arguments in favour” of such a move. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who was on a four-day India visit, also sent out a veiled message to China without naming it, saying “the international community’s determination to combat terrorism must be the same everywhere, regardless of the threat.”
St Mary’s to host 95th anniversary Gala Dinner at Herstmonceux
St Mary’s School and College celebrates its 95th anniversary this year and there’s a programme of special events planned to mark the occasion including a gala dinner at Herstmonceux Castle in the summer. St Mary’s, Wrestwood Road, Bexhill, was founded in 1922 as a special school for disabled children by medical professionals who wanted to provide the best possible start for young people who then had few opportunities to access education with support.
No need for controversy over PM Modi using Charkha: Praful Patel
Amid a row over Narendra Modi replacing Mahatma Gandhi on KVIC calendars and diary, NCP leader Praful Pratel today said no controversy should be made in the matter as the Prime Minister is using Charkha which is Gandhi’s gift to the nation. “Charkha is Mahatma Gandhi’s gift to the nation.
Stay or go? Germany’s difficult and controversial deportation of North African migrants
German migration authorities rejected 8,363 asylum applications from North Africa in the period from January-November last year. Over that period, just 368 people were returned to their countries of origin.
Anger on social media as Israeli army spokesman posts tribute to late Egyptian actress
Arabs have responded with disbelief and fury after a spokesman for the Israeli army shared a message of praise for Egyptian actress Karima Mokhtar, who died on Thursday. Avichay Adraee is the official Arabic language spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Forces , and has well over a million likes on Facebook.
India ‘incomplete’ without Sindh: Advani
BJP patriarch LK Advani feels that India appears “incomplete” without Sindh in its territory. The 89-year-old leader made the remarks at an event here while lamenting that Karachi, the capital of the Pakistani province, where he was born in a Sindhi family was not a part of India anymore.
Teen sailor suffers head injury after falling out of capsized dinghy
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy who had fallen out of a capsized dinghy and hit his head was saved by rescuers yesterday. Volunteer lifeboat crews from Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service were returning from an exercise in Cowes when they were flagged down by a passing sailor.
World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks
Fearing a new eruption of violence in the Middle East, more than 70 world diplomats gathered in Paris on Sunday to push for renewed peace talks that would lead to a Palestinian state. The conference is meant to be a forceful message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that much of the world wants peace and sees a two-state solution as the best way to achieve it in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
From startling insight to random insult: A guide to the uses and misuses of “fake news”
Stories like those about ” as word of the year, defining the term as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Now, in Orwellian fashion, the term “fake news” itself is being stretched and deformed into its semantic opposite.
2017 poses challenges for Zim scribes
As with any other campaign year, 2017 will be a difficult year for Zimbabwean journalists who will face the prospects of being victimised by political activists and security agencies, national director of MISA-Zimbabwe Nhlanhla Ngwenya told the Daily News recently. Ngwenya said last year’s protests saw 31 journalists being victimised mostly by state security agencies and with the 2018 elections looming in which Zanu PF wants to retain power at all costs while the opposition wants to gain power, the political campaigns will be tension filled and the journalists covering the events will be victims.
Israel responds to shooting attack with strike on Hamas post
The Israeli military struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip Sunday in response to a Palestinian attack on an Israeli military vehicle, the military said. No one was wounded in the exchange but it marked a rare flare-up along the tense border that has remained largely quiet since a bloody 50-day war between Israel and Gaza militants in the summer of 2014.
Air pollution on Scots streets ‘causing public heath crisis’
Air pollution is causing a public health crisis in Scotland, environmental campaigners have said with five new “pollutions zones” declared over the last year. In 2016 new official pollution zones were declared in Linlithgow and Newton in West Lothian, Johnstone and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, and with Edinburgh’s Salamander Street coming into force later this month, taking the number up to 38 across the country.
Leeds singing star Curtis wows on Let It Shine
Self-taught pianist and songwriter Curtis Johns, 23, gave a stunning performance on Saturday night’s episode of Let It Shine, which aims to find five men to form a boyband to star in a Take That-themed musical. Curtis, who grew up in Seacroft and has written songs for X-Factor star Matt Cardle, performed a cover of a track by another local artist – Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On.
Trump’s foreign policy nominees flat-out disagree with him
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing. Donald Trump ‘s foreign policy nominees launched a Reassurance Offensive last week, promising Congress – and the rest of us – that the next president won’t be as scary as he sounds.
Davos marks the emergence of a confident, strong China
Xi Jinping is set to become the first Chinese president to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering high in the mountains of Switzerland. It’s a visit rich in symbolism: Beijing is positioning itself as a global leader at a time when Western powers, and especially the United States, are retreating from the world stage.
Tokyo run
A trial run for the Tokyo Marathon has inspired Josh Harris to a breakthrough win in his maiden Hobart race. HOBART HEROICS: Josh Harris flaunts the marathon sponsor’s name returns on his return to Launceston after clocking up a win in Hobart at his first attempt.
Ophir Energy Plc’s (OPHR) “Overweight” Rating Reiterated at Barclays PLC
Barclays PLC currently has a GBX 125 target price on the stock. Several other research analysts have also issued reports on OPHR.
Yedioth editor: We would have walked if publisher made deal with PM
Editor-in-Chief of Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, Ron Yaron, speaks at the opening of a conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 28, 2016. Amid a growing scandal surrounding recordings that appear to show Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes negotiating a series of firings and reforms to push coverage more friendly to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the editor of the popular daily said his staff would have quit en masse had the plan gone through.
Boxing rabbi Foreman loses title fight in KO
Erislandy Lara knocked out Israeli boxer Yuri Foreman with a crushing left uppercut in the fourth round on Friday to retain his World Boxing Association super welterweight world title. Cuban southpaw Lara made good on his vow to make a statement against former champ Foreman, even though the knockdown he was credited with in round three looked more like a slip by the challenger.
Britain may change ‘economic model’ if shut out of EU single market: Hammond
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and Foreign Ministry Political Director Tim Barrow arrive with fellow G7 foreign ministers for a working session, the fourth session of the their meetings in Hiroshima, Japan April 11, 2016. Britain could change its economic model to regain competitiveness if it were to leave the European Union without an agreement on market access, British finance minister Phillip Hammond said in a German newspaper interview published on Sunday.
‘No change is not an option’: What next for the NHS in Hampshire?
Health chiefs told a meeting that the NHS must alter the way it cares for people at a time of spiralling demand and flatlining funding. It would centralise the service for the most critically-ill 15 per cent of patients and replace the duplication of services at the North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.
PHOTOS: ‘Forgotten victims of war’ to be highlighted in Hampshire photography exhibition
Internally displaced Afghans are living in “stone age conditions,” uprooted from their homes and villages after years of civil war and escape from Taliban fighting. The ex-Stroud School pupil who grew up on Northlands Road, Southampton, will be showing a selection of his work from the last eight years at city centre coffee shop Mettricks Guildhall.
Telangana Deputy CM Mohammed Mahmood Ali requests Centre for increasing Haj subsidy budget17 min ago
Hyderabad, Jan 15 : Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has requested the Centre to increase the budget of subsidy provided to Muslims for their Haj pilgrimage, from Rs 690 crore to Rs 1,000 crore. In a letter addressed to Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mahmood Ali said the pilgrims who avail this opportunity are very poor Muslims and it is felt necessary that the facility of extending subsidy for this noble cause should continue.
Mayawati turns 61: Rise of BSP supremo from an oppressed class woman…
New Delhi, Jan 15: Mayawati Prabhu Das, better known as just Mayawati, was born on this day, January 15 in the year 1956. The national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party , Mayawati’s rise from a woman born in an oppressed class to being the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has been nothing less than astonishing and extraordinary.
Have more than two kids? Delhi school says no admission1 hour ago
New Delhi, Jan 15 : In a quirky move, a prominent Delhi school has barred parents having more than two kids from seeking admission for their wards, saying it wants to motivate people to have less children. Salwan School in West Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar has mentioned this condition in the registration forms issued by its two branches- Salwan Montessori and GD Salwan.
Ranveer Singh is Deepika Padukone’s boyfriend, officially confirmed…
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are a hot item for a long time but without any official confirmation over their relationship. But the actress’ debut Hollywood film XXX: Return of Xander Cage co-star and global superstar Vin Diesel confirmed Ranveer Singh to be Deepika Padukone’s BOYFRIEND! Diesel in an interview with film critic Anupama Chopra referred Ranveer as Deepika’s boyfriend as the 31-year-old Indian beauty smiled sitting beside him.
OYO to expand Asia footprint; introduces concierge service29 min ago
Mumbai, Jan 15 : Online budget network of hotels OYO is planning to expand its footprints in South Asia and South East Asia, besides strengthening its service by introducing a concierge service called OYO Captains. “Our focus is expanding in the domestic market as we still feel there is a huge opportunity here in the country.
Arun Jaitley looks to break deadlock at GST meeting tomorrow27 min ago
New Delhi, Jan 15: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will tomorrow look to break the deadlock over distribution of powers between centre and states to administer GST, an issue that is holding up launch of the new national sales tax from April. The all-powerful GST Council, headed by Jaitley, will meet for the ninth time tomorrow with the issue of who gets to administer the Goods and Services Tax being the single biggest issue on agenda.
Palestinian embassy opens in Vatican City
“We are very grateful about the role that the Holy See has played for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land, and for having opened an embassy of Palestine in the Vatican for first time,” Abbas said, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. “We are proud to be the birthplace of Christianity and about having one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.”
World diplomats in Paris to urge renewed Mideast peace talks
The French organizers hope Sunday’s conference will send a strong message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that much of the world wants a two-state solution to the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu says the conference is “rigged” against Israel, and the incoming Trump administration isn’t taking part.
And now there is a yellow fever outbreak in Brazil
It’s been a rather bad two years from Brazil. It started with that humiliating 7-1 loss at home in the 2014 World Cup , aka the afternoon that Germany did not stop scoring.
Southern flood death toll updated to 41
Chachai Promlert, the director general of the department, told a press conference that the massive flooding affected 1.62 million people in 5,613 villages in 119 districts.
China again rejects Trump’s suggestion to negotiate Taiwan
China’s foreign ministry on Sunday again rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides. Spokesman Lu Kang said Sunday that the “one China” policy is “non-negotiable.”
S.Korea prosecutor delays decision on arrest warrant of Samsung’s Lee
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.