Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud platform of e-commerce giant Amazon, will establish cloud infrastructure in Israel for the first time, the company announced on Wednesday.
Promising accelerated performance for local users, AWS will operate a new CloudFro…
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Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with sarin in 2017, sources on both sides said, building on their Russian-backed gains since the collapse of a ceasefire this month.
The advance towards Kh…
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NY woman is first to sue Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for sexual abuse
NEW YORK - A New York woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 14 sued the disgraced financier's estate and a former associate on Wednesday in the start of an expected wave of lawsuits.
Jennifer Araoz, 32, said in her suit t…
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Stav Shaffir silenced at election committee
The head of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melczer, forced Democratic Union Knesset candidate Stav Shaffir to stop speaking in dramatic fashion at Wednesday's hearing on disqualifying candidates for the September 17 election.
Shaf…
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Far Right candidates say they aren’t racist
Otzma Yehudit candidates Itamar Ben-Gvir and Baruch Marzel defended themselves from charges of racism that could disqualify them from running in the September 17 election on Wednesday at Central Elections Committee hearings.
Ben-Gvir, Marzel, fellow Otzma ca…
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Palestinians revive charge Zionism is racism at UN hearing
“What we are facing is occupation, which is illegal,” Khraishi said. “It is our right to use all tools to resist occupation this is accordance with international law."He described Palestinians as members of all three Monotheistic faiths: Islam, Christianity a…
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Mandelblit: Haim Katz will be indicted for breach of trust
Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit announced on Wednesday to Minister of Social Affairs and Social Services Haim Katz (Likud) that he has decided to indict him for fraud and breach of trust.
The Attorney-General's announcement was made after a letter of susp…
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Iraqi PM visits Shia base amid conflicting reports about explosion
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi visited a weapons depot belonging to an Iranian-backed Shia militia south of Baghdad where an explosion and fire occurred on Monday as conflicting reports emerged about the cause of the incident, according to A-Shar…
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Inmates at Holman prison being treated for scabies – AL.com
Twenty-six inmates at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore are receiving treatment for a condition that is possibly scabies, the Alabama Department of Corrections said.
The ADOC said two inmates at Holman were seen in the prison infirmary with a rash on Fr…
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Why stress is dangerous – and how to avoid its effects – BBC News
In November 2017, two eye surgeons from a hospital in Beirut reported an intriguing case of visual loss in a colleague. A specialist in the retina, the colleague had suddenly developed a patch of blurry vision in one eye just a day or two after an intensely s…
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