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Sports·7m ago

Ronaldo Faces Heavy Criticism After Portugal’s Opening Draw

Cristiano Ronaldo was heavily criticized after Portugal opened the 2026 World Cup with a 1-1 draw against DR Congo. Commentators said Roberto Martinez should have substituted him, while Ronaldo said the tournament is far from over.

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Sports·7m ago

Ronaldo Draws Heavy Criticism After Portugal’s Opening World Cup Draw

Portugal drew 1-1 with DR Congo in its 2026 World Cup opener, and Cristiano Ronaldo was widely criticized for a weak performance. Commentators questioned Roberto Martinez’s failure to substitute him, while Ronaldo said the tournament was still far from over.

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Sports·8m ago

Colombia Defeats Uzbekistan 3-1 in World Cup Opener in Mexico

Colombia beat Uzbekistan 3-1 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico in the first round of the 2026 World Cup. Uzbekistan scored its first-ever World Cup goal through Abusbek Fayzullaev, but Colombia answered with goals from Daniel Muñoz, Luis Díaz and Jaminton Campaz.

Ynet
Tech·10m ago

India's low-paid data workers are training the robots of tomorrow

India has become a major source of training data for humanoid robots, with workers in places like Chennai and Karur filming everyday tasks for low pay. The work is feeding a fast-growing robotics market, but it also raises privacy and compensation concerns.

Ynet
Economy·10m ago

Tel Aviv stocks slide as investors reassess Iran deal and prior war optimism

Tel Aviv shares fell sharply after details of the U.S.-Iran agreement revived geopolitical concerns and prompted a correction from earlier postwar optimism. The declines were broad, with banks, defense stocks and energy-related companies hit hardest, while chipmakers held up better.

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Culture·12m ago

Daily Talmud lesson on Chullin 49 presented by Rabbi Benyamin Miltzki

Kikar HaShabbat is streaming its daily Daf Yomi class on Chullin 49, taught by Rabbi Benyamin Miltzki. The lesson airs at 5:00 a.m. on Kol Hai radio and is dedicated to the recovery of the wounded and ill, including Dvora bat Yael Shindel Feiga.

Kikar HaShabbat
Economy·13m ago

Dollar Pulls Back After Fed-Driven Rally, Still Above 2.93 Shekels

The dollar retreated after Wednesday’s Fed-fueled jump, trading above 2.93 shekels while the euro also weakened in Israel. Markets remain focused on a hawkish Fed outlook, with U.S. bond yields and the dollar index rising on expectations of possible rate hikes.

Calcalist
World·17m ago

U.S. and Iran Sign Digital Deal to End Fighting

The United States and Iran signed a digital memorandum of understanding overnight to end the fighting, with the accord taking effect immediately. Trump signed it in France, Iran confirmed the deal, and both sides said Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s nuclear material are part of the arrangement.

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Health·22m ago

PCOS Reframed as a Metabolic Disorder Affecting Millions of Women

Doctors have renamed PCOS as PMOS to recognize it as a broader metabolic and hormonal disorder, not just a gynecological one. The change was presented in Prague and published in The Lancet after input from more than 22,000 participants. The new framework adds metabolic testing and lifestyle-focused treatment to diagnosis and care.

Ynet
Economy·1h ago

Japanese Banks Rise as Chinese Financial Shares Fall in Mixed Asian Trading

Asian stock markets were mixed after Wall Street fell and U.S. bond yields jumped following the Fed's rate decision and Kevin Warsh's first press conference. Japanese banks and chipmakers rose, while Chinese financial and property shares fell in Hong Kong. SK Hynix climbed to a record after starting deliveries of HBM4E samples.

Calcalist
Sports·1h ago

Tuchel's halftime talk sparks England's 4-2 World Cup opening win over Croatia

England beat Croatia 4-2 in Arlington to begin the 2026 World Cup, with Thomas Tuchel’s halftime talk widely credited for changing the match. Harry Kane scored twice, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford added the others, and the result ended England’s long winless run against top-15 sides.

Ynet
Economy·1h ago

Competition Authority Presses Censure of Shufersal Tie-Up in Cal Sale

Israel’s Competition Authority is close to deciding on the 3.9 billion shekel sale of Cal to George Horesh’s Union and Harel Insurance. The key issue is whether Cal must drop its Shufersal customer club, a move the buyers oppose and may challenge in court. The decision is expected within two weeks.

Calcalist
Economy·1h ago

Israeli Food Companies Quietly Profit From Sales Into Gaza

Israeli food companies are making large sales into Gaza after the ceasefire opened the way for hundreds of truckloads a day. Victory disclosed about 100 million shekels in one month, Mehadrin reported about 60 million shekels in first-quarter Gaza sales, and authorities are tightening controls amid smuggling attempts and Hamas concerns.

Calcalist
Economy·1h ago

Fast Lanes on Route 20 and the Coastal Highway Struggle to Gain Traction

Fast lanes on Route 20 and the Coastal Highway opened two months ago but are carrying only 6,500 shuttle passengers a day, far below their potential. A transport expert says tolling is needed to manage congestion, while Ayalon Highways says the project is already changing travel habits and will expand in stages toward 2027.

Calcalist
Economy·1h ago

At 27, he says he has nearly doubled his money in four years by buying tech stocks

Ofek Halperin, a 27-year-old from Kiryat Ono, says he has nearly doubled his money in four years through a tech-heavy stock portfolio. He learned after selling during the 2020 COVID crash that he should not sell in a falling market. He now keeps almost all of his savings in equities, mainly technology, defense, chips and a small crypto allocation.

Globes
Economy·1h ago

Qualcomm’s AI and auto push is reviving investor interest

Qualcomm has rallied after revealing a large data center customer, but the market still values it mainly as a cheap, underappreciated smartphone chip company. Apple’s looming exit is a major risk, while cars, IoT, PCs and data center AI chips could become new growth engines.

Globes
Sports·1h ago

Ronaldo’s Complaint to Diogo Costa Sparks Debate After Portugal Concedes

Portugal drew 1-1 with the Democratic Republic of Congo in its World Cup opener on Wednesday night. Cristiano Ronaldo drew criticism for a poor 90-minute display and was filmed arguing with goalkeeper Diogo Costa after Portugal conceded. Additional footage suggested Ronaldo blamed Costa for not coming out for the cross that led to the goal.

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Economy·1h ago

Israel’s New Land Price Index Shows a 25% Drop Since Rate Hikes Began

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics has launched a new annual land price index that will track residential land sold in state tenders and the free market. The index shows land prices have fallen 25% since interest-rate hikes began in 2022, after sharp swings in recent years.

Globes
Sports·1h ago

Bloomfield Stadium chief doubts Israeli fans will ever clean up like Japanese supporters

Bloomfield Stadium CEO Yaakov Chen said he doubts Israeli fans will ever match Japanese supporters who cleaned a World Cup stand after a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in Texas. He described the heavy cleanup work required at Bloomfield, said the issue is one of culture and education, and noted the stadium now also hosts shows during the football break.

Kan News
Weather·1h ago

Pleasant, Stable Weekend Weather Expected Across Israel

Israel will see stable, seasonable weather on Thursday and Friday, with comfortable temperatures and no meaningful chance of rain. Winds may strengthen in the afternoon in the mountains and Negev, while the Mediterranean should remain suitable for bathing.

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Sports·2h ago

Ghana’s new star Caleb Yirenchi sets World Cup record with stoppage-time winner

Caleb Yirenchi scored a 95th-minute winner for Ghana against Panama, becoming the youngest player ever to net a World Cup stoppage-time winning goal. The 20-year-old Nordsjaelland midfielder, a Right to Dream academy graduate, is now drawing even more attention from major European clubs.

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Security·2h ago

Ukraine’s AI Drone Interceptors Offer a Lesson for Israel

Ukraine is deploying AI-powered drone interception systems to fight Russian Shahed attacks and reduce its reliance on expensive missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky is using the technology to seek Western support and defense deals, while warning it could soon spread globally to criminals and terrorists.

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Economy02:58 · 1h ago

Israel’s Tech Job Market Rebounds in 2025, but Software Developers Lag

Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
The story · English

Israel’s high-tech labor market showed a modest recovery in 2025 after a decline in 2024. Total employment in the sector rose 2.3%, from 396,000 workers in 2024 to 405,000 in 2025, while job vacancies increased from 4% to 4.8%. The gains came from technical jobs, which grew 4%, while nontechnical roles fell 0.8%.

The rebound did not extend to software developers. Their unemployment rate climbed to 3.5%, and there were about 8,000 jobseekers in software development and systems analysis. The figures come from the high-tech chapter of Israel’s 2025 labor market report by the Labor Ministry, due to be published in the coming days.

High tech remains a central pillar of the Israeli economy, accounting for about 20% of GDP, more than half of exports, more than 400,000 workers, or roughly 11.5% of the labor force, and 36% of income tax revenue from wages. Average pay in the sector is 2.7 times higher than in the rest of the economy.

After years of rapid expansion, hiring slowed sharply in 2023 and 2024, when employment fell by more than 1% from 401,000 to 396,000. The ministry attributed that slowdown to weaker investment and hiring amid global deceleration, international market uncertainty, high interest rates, political and social instability in Israel in 2023, and the effects of the war in Gaza, which deterred foreign investors. In 2025, vacancies in high tech rose to 4.8%, above the 4.5% rate in the broader economy. According to the Employment Service, high-tech jobseekers doubled since 2022 and reached a record 16,300 by the end of 2025, with software developers and systems analysts making up about 51% of them, or more than 8,000.

Jobify said 8,000 to 10,000 high-tech jobs are posted each month, including about 4,000 software development roles. That field has been stagnant since mid-2024, while data and artificial intelligence jobs grew about 50%. Labor Ministry Director General Rubi Shemesh said the market is shifting away from traditional software roles toward AI, data and hardware, while support functions are shrinking.

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