By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s high-tech sector now accounts for 20% of the country’s economic output, the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) said on Tuesday, as it urged the government to invest more to help technology grow faster. In its 2024 report State of the High Tech Sector in Israel, the state-funded authority said […]

CHICAGO – An honorary send-off was held Monday at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport for a group of three men, all World War II veterans, who are headed to France to commemorate D-Day. Inside O’Hare’s Terminal 1, a line of passengers and airport staff greeted three of the nation’s heroes as they prepared for the special journey

NEW DELHI (AP) — India began counting votes Tuesday from its distributed, six-week elections that was seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade in power and was expected to win him a third term. Exit polls from major television networks indicate a comfortable victory for Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and

Screenshot of the fake Facebook post captured on May 15, 2024 The claim surfaced after India embarked on a six-week marathon general election on April 19, 2024 in the largest democratic exercise in the world. Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are widely expected to win the election, but

By Eduardo Baptista and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Chang’e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon and will begin its journey back to Earth, China’s National Space Agency said on Tuesday. The probe’s successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return

BEIJING (AP) — China says a spaceship Carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon, it has lifted off from the moon’s surface to begin its journey back to Earth. The Chang’e-6 probe’s ascent lamp took off Tuesday morning Beijing time and entered a preset orbit around the moon, the China

DAMARAN BARU, Indonesia (AP) — In a lush jungle at the foot of a volcano in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the song of gibbons in the trees mingles with the laughter of the seven rangers walking beneath them. An hour into their patrol, the rangers discover another mammal in the forest with them. “Where are you

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is facing a difficult dilemma that will determine the country’s future after it spectacularly lost its parliamentary majority in elections last week. Having secured only 40% of the vote, the ANC must find a coalition partner to secure a majority in parliament that will support its presidential choice

NEW DELHI (AP) – India marathon election comes in final stage on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to win Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third term after a decade in power. The 6 week elections was seen as a referendum

The state visit to Britain by the Emperor and Empress of Japan will go ahead later this month, Buckingham Palace says. There was speculation that it would be postponed due to the July 4 general election. The visit, from June 25 to 27, includes traditional highlights such as a state banquet hosted by the King