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Amid shortage of skilled professionals, Israel Innovation Authority earmarks NIS 17.6 million in grants to boost tech skills of 2,550 people

New York-based Center for Jewish History launches initiative to help people learn about family connections severed by genocide

Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader who presided over market-oriented changes that turned China into a global economic juggernaut, died at the age of 96 of leukemia and multiple organ failure.

Kyiv’s call to its diaspora to stay abroad is forcing many to upend their lives again and turn their temporary flight into a permanent move.

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control. (Image credit: Hector Mata/AFP via Getty Images)

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BEIJING — Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, has died, state

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