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Mounjaro, Zepbound users gained strength with weight training, study finds

Adults receiving the drug used in Mounjaro and Zepbound lost less lean tissue when they added three weekly resistance sessions.

Weight loss.
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall; Illustrative.

For peace, Palestinians must accept Israel as a sovereign Jewish state - opinion

A sign on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, US, October 26, 2026; illustrative.

Global Microsoft outage stretches into Asia-Pacific, disrupting governments, airlines, AI companies

Turkish and United Nations flags flutter at the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on November 8, 2026, ahead of the opening of the UN climate conference. Turkey will host the COP31 climate talks from November 9 to 20 in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.

Leaders urge rapid climate action at COP31 as record heat, global crises threaten progress


Elul teaches us a Jewish lesson: The last siren has not sounded - opinion

For us, though, the final siren is not until the shofar is blown on Yom Kippur. We still have time to score more points.

A man blows the shofar in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 17, 2025

Australian investors eye Israel’s agritech innovation boom

David Solsky, operating partner at Bandera, “Agritech has a big role in biofuels and the emerging low-carbon liquid fuel sector. I think those kinds of companies would be interesting for Australia."

Robotic arm lifting vegetable pot with digital display, Automated farming. 3D illustration

Irish man arrested in France after threatening to murder Jewish couple and invoking Hitler

The mid-August incident gained attention after video footage circulated on social media.

Screenshot of an Irish man who threatened to "put a bullet in your head" to Jewish tourists in a grocery store in France.

Australia’s royal commission on antisemitism to conclude hearings after Bondi Beach attack

Following the conclusion of testimony, the commission, headed by former High Court justice Virginia Bell, will convene to draft the final report, expected to be ready by December.

People gather at the floral tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?

What are countries and companies doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety?

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

They faced the Bondi terror attack as friends. They emerged with a love story

Alexandra Edmondson and James McIntosh will be married in a park near Bondi Beach. Their love story began less than a year earlier, in the middle of a terror attack that took the lives of 15 people

Alexandra Edmondson and James McIntosh's love story began in the middle of a terror attack

Israeli investment scam defrauds over 4,000 Australians out of millions of dollars - report

Mysterious Israeli businessman Shefi Goldberg claimed he had not committed any fraud or been involved in such activity, adding that he had no connection to the companies named in the investigation.

Australian dollars are seen in an illustration photo February 8, 2018.

Australia summons Israeli envoy over decision not to prosecute aid worker killings

The attack drew widespread condemnation from the United States and several allies after citizens of Britain and Poland, as well as Palestinians and a dual US-Canadian citizen were among those killed.

 LAST WEEK, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong issued a statement about the sanctions on Israelis saying: ‘We call on Israel to hold perpetrators of settler violence to account and to cease its ongoing settlement activity.’

What Australian trauma doctors found when they came to Israel

An Australian trauma delegation’s visit to Israel highlights how medical collaboration can deepen ties between the two countries despite political tensions.

Group of Australian trauma physicians.

Jewish org., security expert, slam Canberra's gun buyback as 'deflection' after Bondi Beach attack

Albanese's center-left government enacted laws for the buyback, tighter gun license checks, and a crackdown on hate in the wake of the attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration.

Local residents, both Jewish and non-jewish visit the inundated flower memorial next to Bondi Pavilion to pay their respects at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.