The UK Independence Party has one the best ‘brands’ in Britain, ranking them alongside companies such as Apple and Coca Cola, and charities such as the Red Cross, according to a major marketing survey. The ‘Storytelling Survey’ by firm Aesop
TEL AVIV, Israel–On Thursday, Hamas jihadis fired 192 rockets from Gaza into Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces. 44 were successfully intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system, while 141 of the rockets struck Israeli territory. According
Another dreadful “crime of passion” and domestic violence shooting has taken place, this time in Houston, Texas, where a man has killed six people, including four of his children, and critically wounding his oldest daughter. Ron Lee Haskell, 34, surrendered
Both Arabs and Jews recently confronted the wanton murder of children. How each society responded to those heart-breaking events tells us a great deal about the cultural divide between them and why the idea that negotiations could bridge that separation
Leading figures from the world of healthcare have written a letter to The Times, calling for a cross-party independent review on how the National Health Service (NHS) is funded. The signatories, including the heads of the Royal College of Physicians
Former UK foreign secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, has said that Britain is under threat from Islamist terrorists who have “devilish technical skills.” Sir Malcolm, who now chairs the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee, said he has “no doubt” that extra
Recently, Hamas affiliated terrorists kidnapped and murdered three teenagers in Judea and Samaria, including a U.S. citizen. The students, identified as Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Frankel were abducted and killed as they were on their way home from
The economy added 288,000 jobs in June. Overall jobs creation has improved in 2014, but it remains far short of the 390,000 needed each month to keep up with population growth and genuinely reduce unemployment, and well less than the
Tech’s big four – Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon – all focus on software and developers this time of year. First was Microsoft’s BUILD conference back in April, but in June we’ve had Apple’s WWDC, Amazon’s Fire and just last
(AFP) Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader. The arrests came at the
Speaker of the House John Boehner is finally doing what many Republicans have wanted to do, threaten to sue President Obama over his overstepping executive orders. Boehner is saying that he will propose a bill next month that will allow
Uruguayan Luis Suarez bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in the World Cup and FIFA banned him for nine games and four months of soccer related activities. It did not take long for Twitter to blow up with memes. Enjoy! Hey
Today the Supreme Court unanimously held that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he made several appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and other agencies without Senate approval. The Appointments Clause of the Constitution requires that all
On June 23, 2014, Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death by a Shariah court in Khartoum, was cleared of all charges by the Appeals Court and freed. Today, while the world was still reacting with
Using Apple TV as its platform, ABC News announced Tuesday that as of 10 a.m. Tuesday it has launched a 24/7 live streaming news network. With 8 million Apple TV users and America as a whole turning like a slow-moving
Travelers going through the long, tedious security screening process at San Diego International Airport now have a place to center themselves, realign their energy, and become one with… whatever; the airport has opened its first meditation room, located just after the
Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett issued another offensive comment on his Twitter account by tweeting that he excuses OJ Simpson for killing his wife. As reported by PFZ, Dockett immediately expunged the remark and said, “I deleted my last
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s new crackdown on a mobile app that allows people to auction off their public parking spots marks yet another clash between innovative technologies and regulators trying to maintain law and order, public safety and
Rap singer Kanye West says he’s on a “mission from God” to implement “change,” but he noted that President Obama’s efforts are useless because change cannot be effected from the White House. West, 37, was a guest on Power106 FM
Long rumoured and long delayed, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos finally announced a smartphone: the Amazon Fire. The Fire phone joins Amazon’s growing tech lineup including Fire HD tablets and Fire TV. Amazon? The book store company now sells a full line
New Amazon 3D SmartPhone a Disruptor? Not at $200 Amazon is way-way-way late to the SmartPhone business, which means that CEO Jeff Bezos had one job yesterday, and that was to dazzle. As is the case with anything from Amazon,
FIFA, at the behest of corporate sponsor Sony, has ordered Beats by Dre headphones off the ears of competitors in World Cup stadiums. Sony had paid FIFA to sponsor the tournament. They even provided their portable music players to the
An Article V convention, also known as the Convention of States, has quietly become a political inevitability, as state legislators all over the nation consider how to rein in the federal government’s unprecedented overreach and abuse. The Founding Fathers placed
Which Major League Baseball team boasts the best fans? The most fair-weather fans? Which tickets run the cheapest? A wide-ranging new survey of the fans in cities that host a major-league baseball teams seeks to answer these questions and the
I’ve been reflecting on the recent tour de force developer conference held by Apple: the WWDC. CEO Tim Cook and his team presented a sweeping overhaul of the software systems that power the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. Since Steve
