Some 82% of Israelis say the country’s achievements outweigh its failures, according to a report by the Israel Democracy Institute.
Israel’s population is expected to soar to 15.2 million by the time the state celebrates its centenary in 2048...
Solutions to the biggest threats facing our planet lie underground, according to experts...
India’s antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s unit Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position...
The newest shinkansen bullet train from Japanese rail operator JR East begins test operation...
When she worked in sales for a Japanese bank, Chihiro Narazaki was passed over for the best assignments in favor of older colleagues.
Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?”
Deep in the West Bank, Israeli settlers have transformed an archaeological site into a biblical tourist attraction...
Under the Shah of Iran, Jerusalem prize winner Dr. Gabriel Barkai was able to take part at an excavation in what was once an important Persian capital.
Elon Musk has revealed his Neuralink startup is close to announcing the first brain-machine interface to connect humans and computers.
Israel Antiquities Authority and Ben-Gurion University discovered the first-ever archeological evidence of a Jewish settlement in Beersheba from the Second Temple period...
Israel has the lowest rate of diet-related deaths worldwide, according to a major study published by researchers at the University of Washington.
The powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR has been in the news a lot.
Workers at four Amazon logistic centers in Germany went on strike, the latest action in a long-running campaign for better pay and conditions.
A community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani...
A team of Tel Aviv University researchers revealed the heart, which was made using a patient’s own cells and biological material.
It’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span.
The emergence of sensor and other technologies that let businesses track, listen to and even watch employees while on company time is raising concern about corporate levels of surveillance.
Guangzhou has become the first major city in China to offer financial rewards to people who report “illegal religious activities”...
Saudi Aramco is by far the most profitable company in the world, according to financial data disclosed by the state-run oil giant in Saudi Arabia.
South Korea launched the world’s first fully fledged 5G mobile networks, a transformational leap that already has superpowers...
The US failed to end Boeing subsidies even after the WTO ruled such measures illegal, according to the trade body.
Worries about deep fakes are quaint compared to a new threat: doctored images of the Earth itself.
A proposed multi-million dollar deal between Israel’s Central Bottling Company and South Africa’s biggest dairy producer Clover could be in serious trouble...
Beijing Capital International Airport has selected Rosh Ha’ayin-based Xsight Systems’ foreign object debris detection solution to improve runway safety.
A senior Hamas member has encouraged Palestinian children to be martyrs and join terrorist organization in a video.
Between distractions, diversions and the flickering allure of a random suggestion, the major computer platforms aim to keep us glued to our screens come what may.
Kyoto, Japan’s ancient former capital, is home to temples, shrines, and imperial gardens.
The Polish government is reconsidering whether to exhume human remains at a World War II-era site where Jews were burned alive by Polish neighbors...
The world had almost 200,000 ultra-high-net worth individuals last year, according to the broker’s wealth study...
Luminaries were some of the best-known pioneers who shaped modern Zionism and the State of Israel.
Eight start-ups presented their innovative solutions to IAG executives during a dedicated pitch day at Tel Aviv’s newly-opened WeWork ToHa.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is set to condemn Israel’s “occupation” of the Golan Heights in Geneva as it wraps up its month-long 40th session.
For the 19th year in a row, about 1,000 people took part in a march commemorating Latvian Legion, who were Nazi collaborators...
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza border protests has created a confidential file of Israelis who it holds could be culpable of killing peaceful Palestinians...
Declining attendance at America’s churches—a persistent trend in recent decades—has forced some to take a novel approach to keeping their doors open...
A strong majority of people in wealthy countries want to tax the rich more and there is broad support for building up the welfare state in most countries...
Alphabet Inc unit Google was fined 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion), its third large European Union antitrust penalty in two years...
Finland topped the ranking of the world’s happiest countries for the second year in a row, with the Nordic countries taking the leading spots, an annual survey showed.
The race to build the next generation of super-fast mobile-data networks has begun in Germany, which started auctioning off its spectrum licenses for 5G.
