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Switzerland To Open Restricted Josef Mengele File After Years of Refusals   By The Media Line Staff   Swiss authorities have agreed to grant access to a previously restricted file on Nazi officer Josef Mengele following a reassessment described as a “new situation,” after years of denying requests to review the documents, Swiss info reported.   The file, which concerns Mengele’s time in Switzerland, had been held under extended restrictions at the Swiss […]

Gantz’s Blue and White Faces New Blow as Departures Threaten Party’s Survival   By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line   Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party is facing a deepening internal crisis, after another senior figure moved toward the exit and the party’s attempt to discipline departing lawmakers created a new political problem of its own.   The immediate dispute began after Chili Tropper and Orit Farkash-Hacohen announced they were leaving Gantz’s political framework. Gantz demanded […]

President Trump Announces ‘Shabbat 250’ Initiative as Part of Jewish American Heritage Month   By The Media Line Staff   President Donald Trump has proclaimed a national “Shabbat 250” initiative as part of Jewish American Heritage Month, calling on American Jews to observe a National Shabbat from sundown Friday, May 15, to nightfall Saturday, May 16, 2026, in recognition of faith, freedom, and the 250th anniversary of American independence.   The initiative forms part of Trump’s broader […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dispute between two men led to a fatal stabbing outside Busch Stadium, hours after a St. Louis Cardinals game, police said. The men were described as people contracted to clean up after baseball games. They didn’t work directly for the MLB team. “This could have happened anywhere, but what happened tonight was a dispute between two people. Unfortunately, it happened at a treasured St. Louis […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron stole some of the spotlight from other world leaders in Armenia’s capital this week when he crooned classic ballads, including “La Bohème,” at a glitzy state dinner. Macron was joined by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on drums and celebrated jazz musician Vahagn Hayrapetyan on piano on Monday night in Yerevan. In addition to “La Bohème,” which was recorded by Armenian-French musician […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe and the United States have more important things to do than waste time on tariff threats, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, after President Donald Trump announced higher duties on European vehicles. Trump said on Friday that he would increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union this week to 25%, a move that could further harm the global economy as it […]

BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in a car-ramming in the German city of Leipzig that left two people dead doesn’t appear to have had any political or religious motive, but had spent time recently at a psychiatric hospital, investigators said Tuesday. The 33-year-old German man was arrested on Monday afternoon in the car that authorities say he had driven several hundred meters through a street in a busy central shopping […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say. A study released Tuesday by the nongovernmental organization Amazon Conservation, in partnership with Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Socioambiental, found illegal mining sites drove clear-cutting inside three conservation areas in the Xingu region, one […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economists estimate that President Donald Trump’s deals with pharmaceutical companies to drop some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to what they charge in other countries could save $529 billion over the next 10 years. The analysis obtained by The Associated Press includes the first economy-wide projections behind a policy at the core of Trump’s pitch to voters going into November’s midterm elections for control […]