Bari Weiss’s Surging News Startup Lures Readers Miffed at Media Coverage of Israel
Bari Weiss realized that her news startup, the Free Press, was attracting a lot of attention with its coverage of...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Chinese, American—It Doesn’t Matter. Israel Wants Inexpensive Drones.
Executives and financiers are hustling to get off-the-shelf drones to Israel for reconnaissance and rescue. Source link
Inside Meta, Debate Over What’s Fair in Suppressing Comments in the Palestinian Territories
Oct. 21, 2023 12:54 pm ETAfter Hamas stormed Israel and murdered civilians on Oct. 7, hateful comments from the region...
Operation Air Train Had One Mission. It Sounded Impossible.
Americans wanted to get ambulances to Israel during a war. That meant doing something they’ve always done in a way...
Schwarzenegger Says Democratic and Republican Leadership Ranks Need Fresh Blood
Oct. 17, 2023 12:39 am ETLAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Aging leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties should step aside and make...
Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded
Updated Oct. 12, 2023 3:02 pm ETAirlines have suspended flights into Israel en masse, leaving people seeking to exit from...
Elon Musk Floats Charging Users for X
In a wide-ranging conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said asking users to pay for service is only...
Saudi Arabia Once Banned Videogames. Now, It Wants to Export Them.
Listen to article(3 minutes)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—For years, this kingdom’s Islamic clerics waged a war on videogames, banning popular titles such...
WSJ News Exclusive | Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Considers Selling $50 Billion in Shares
The offering, likely on the Riyadh exchange, would be the largest in the history of capital markets. Similar previous plans...
China Torpedoes Intel’s Bid to Buy Israeli Chip Maker Tower Semiconductor
Intel scrapped its more-than-$5 billion offer to buy Tower after Chinese regulators failed to approve the deal in time, the...
Dates, Coffee and Camels—Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign-Wealth Fund Bets Big at Home
After pumping tens of billions of dollars into global investments, the $700 billion Public Investment Fund is accelerating spending at...
Europe’s migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central...
Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human...
Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies during Beijing talks on resumption of diplomatic ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Saudi Arabia’s and Iran’s Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss key details in...
Syrian refugee elected mayor of German town, years after fleeing war | CNN
CNN — A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the...
US bolsters forces in Middle East following series of attacks on US troops in Syria | CNN Politics
CNN — The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US...
Syrian children traumatized by war are listening to a special lullaby to fall asleep | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Netanyahu is backed into a corner. Here’s what he may do next | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Why Israel’s instability matters to the US | CNN Politics
A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for...
Saudi Arabia releases dual US-Saudi citizen from prison after he posted critical tweets about the kingdom | CNN Politics
CNN — Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was...
