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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visits an injured Fatah official, Atef Abu Seif, in Ramallah on March 20, 2019. (YouTube screen capture)
March 24, 2019, 11:13 am
Abbas slams Hamas: Gaza’s ‘oppressors’ belong in ‘garbage bin of history’
PA leader’s comments come during hospital visit to senior Fatah official allegedly beaten by Hamas operatives in the Strip
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative image of a competition/race (FS-Stock; iStock by Getty Images)
March 24, 2019, 11:08 am
Visa calls on women entrepreneurs to submit bids for financial, social change
Winners in the fintech and social-change tracks will be eligible for prizes totaling $100,000 and access to mentors and Visa customers and partners network
By Shoshanna Solomon
Alibaba founder Jack Ma speaks during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
March 24, 2019, 11:06 am
Chinese giant Alibaba acquires Israeli artificial reality startup
25-person team of Ramat-Gan based Infinity Augmented Reality Israel will become part of Alibaba’s R&D center in Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
A rescue helicopter flies over the cruise ship Viking Sky evacuating 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas after it sent out a mayday signal due to engine failure, March 23, 2019. (CHC helicopters via AP)
March 24, 2019, 10:19 am
Choppers pluck 1,300 from stranded ship in dramatic rescue off Norway’s coast
All passengers and crew being airlifted as disabled cruise vessel lashed by frigid 8 meter waves
By Agencies
'View of a Dutch Square' by the 17th-century Dutch artist Jan van der Heyden. (Courtesy Commission for Looted Art in Europe)
From the WebMarch 24, 2019, 10:17 am
Painting looted by Nazis finally returns to Jewish owners
78 years after it was stolen, retrieved by Allies, then resold to Nazi official’s heiress, ‘View of a Dutch Square’ is handed to Jewish owner’s American descendant, NYT reports
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House as they sign the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979. (AP/Bob Daugherty)
March 24, 2019, 9:34 am
On 40th anniversary, Egypt-Israel peace treaty endures in troubled region
Historic accord remains strong in face of Middle East turmoil and political unrest in Egypt
By Mona Salem
Prime Minister Menachem Begin welcomes Egyptian president Anwar Sadat at Ben Gurion Airport on November 19, 1997 (Moshe Milner/GPO archive
March 24, 2019, 9:27 am
A look at the landmark Egypt, Israel peace treaty sealed 40 years ago
Historic deal ended 30 years of war, endured the ensuing Arab fury and Sadat’s assassination
By Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla
Palestinian protesters take part in a night demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 19, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
March 24, 2019, 9:04 am
Palestinian reported killed during overnight riots in Gaza
Hamas-run health ministry says 24-year-old shot in chest by Israeli troops in violent demonstrations along Strip’s border fence
By TOI staff
Attorney General William Barr arrives at his home in McLean, Va., on Saturday evening, March 23, 2019 (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)
March 24, 2019, 8:47 am
Barr prepares summary of Mueller’s key findings as Democrats demand full access
First details expected Sunday from long-gestating report on Russia’s intervention in 2016 elections, as attorney general mulls how much Congress and public will get to see
By Eric Tucker, MICHAEL BALSAMO and CHAD DAY
British Prime Minister Theresa May after a press conference on March 22, 2019, on the first day of an EU summit focused on Brexit, in Brussels. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
March 24, 2019, 8:00 am
Britain’s May reportedly faces ‘full-blown cabinet coup’ amid Brexit crisis
Amid flailing efforts to pass deal with EU, Conservative colleagues said poised to force PM to stand down and install a caretaker premier in her stead
By Joe JACKSON
Zehut party chairman Mosh Feiglin (R) is interviewed by TOI political correspondent Raoul Wootliff in Tel Aviv on March 23, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
March 24, 2019, 7:53 am
Feiglin says his party ‘similar’ to extremist Otzma Yehudit on Palestinian issue
Zehut head asserts faction concerned chiefly with economic and education issues, but admits that supporters of far-right slate would welcome his plan to transfer Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 24, 2019, 6:47 am
PM says he is not seeking immunity law, but leaves door open for one
Netanyahu says it is ‘out of the question’ that he has been involved in such legislation, but backtracks slightly when asked pledge that he won’t support a measure in the future
By TOI staff
A child lies on the floor as voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Bangkok on March 24, 2019, during Thailand's general election. (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
March 24, 2019, 5:52 am
Thailand goes to polls in first election since 2014 coup
Junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha looking to hold onto power after engineering political system that favors parties allied with army, as challengers seek to end military rule
By AP
Benny Gantz speaking at the International Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (AP/Matthias Schrader)
March 24, 2019, 5:13 am
Incredulous Gantz bashes Netanyahu for okaying sub sale to Egypt on his own
Blue and White chief derides prime minister’s claims that reason behind approval of sale was so secret not even the defense minister or army chief could know
By TOI staff
Owner Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots clapping his hands as he walks off the field prior to a game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, November 15, 2015. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images/via JTA)
March 24, 2019, 3:49 am
Breaking silence, Patriots owner Kraft ‘truly sorry’ over prostitution scandal
Kraft, one of some 300 men charged with solicitation in Florida massage parlor bust, says he has ‘extraordinary respect for women’
By AP
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