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JERUSALEM (AP) – After a night of intense protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, dozens of Israeli protesters chained themselves and briefly blocked the entrance to parliament on Wednesday morning. Police arrested four and interrupted the meeting, which was called to protest in an upcoming vote to …

New York (AFP) – The New York Times named Meredith Kopit Levien as its new president and chief executive officer on Wednesday, succeeding Mark Thompson, who served for eight years and led the newspaper’s digital transformation. Kopit Levien, 49, has been chief operating officer since June 2017, a role in …

People in Portland have been protesting systemic racism and police violence since the George Floyd police murder on May 25. Last week, President Donald Trump abruptly deployed federal officials to the city. Images emerging from the Oregon capital show that federal forces use tear gas and other “non-lethal” methods of …

(Bloomberg) – Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. received roughly half of the initial $ 2.3 billion accelerated and increased payments that the Pentagon provided to contractors to aid companies’ cash flows after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US The initial infusion was included in $ 13 …

Image copyright PA Media Screenshot China is a major investor in the Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant in Somerset The economic relationship between the United Kingdom and China has grown significantly in the past two decades. In 1999, China was the 26th largest export market in the United Kingdom. It …