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The best-selling author says she has also been undergoing radiotherapy and is "doing much better".

Three people are facing more than 100 charges between them after cops made the gruesome discovery

(JTA) — The remains of a synagogue in southern California destroyed in last January’s Eaton wildfire were vandalized over the weekend with anti-Zionist messages. The rabbi of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and the Anti-Defamation League decried the vandalism as antisemitic. “The vandalism of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is antisemitism — full... The post This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed by wildfire appeared first on The Forward.

Iranian authorities were on Wednesday expected to execute the first person in relation to the nationwide unrest that has rocked the country, according to the United States and human rights groups

Chancellor hints there will not be more support for other hospitality businesses to soften the impact of rate rises.

China’s anti-corruption watchdog has detailed how disgraced former banker and Communist Party chief of Hubei province Jiang Chaoliang received bribes for favours, ultimately landing himself and his brothers under investigation. The revelations came in an episode of a CCTV documentary series that aired on Tuesday night during the fifth plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Held at the beginning of each year, the session aims to sum up the achievements of...

Nearly three-quarters of enterprises from Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area cities will speed up their expansion into the Asean market as a primary strategy to mitigate risks from international trade frictions and shifting global supply chains, according to a survey. The survey and research findings, co-published by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Singapore-based United Overseas Bank on Wednesday, also revealed that about 98 per cent of enterprises are planning to keep or expand their...

Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia, has won virtually every major figure skating competition over the past three years.

A Dutch court held hearings Wednesday to weigh whether to order an investigation into Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chip company at the centre of a global tug-of-war over critical semiconductor technology.

The 7-story apartment building in downtown Allentown would have seven stories with 44 apartments. The bottom two floors would feature a gated parking garage with 30 spaces.

CK Infrastructure Holdings is poised to complete the disposal of UK Rails (Eversholt Rail) this month following London’s approval of the deal, according to the company, which is part of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire. The train leasing company is owned by a consortium of the group’s companies: CK Infrastructure, which holds 65 per cent, along with CK Asset Holdings (20 per cent), Power Asset Holdings (10 per cent) and CK Hutchison Holdings (5 per cent), according to the...

(JTA) — The organizers of an Australian literary festival pulled the plug on this year’s event on Tuesday, after nearly 200 authors said they would boycott over the disinvitation of a Palestinian-Australian author and activist who has justified “armed struggle.” The board of the Adelaide Writers’ Week announced last week that they had disinvited Randa Abdel-Fattah,... The post Australian writers’ festival collapses — and apologizes — after boycott over disinvited Palestinian activist appeared first on The Forward.