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‘That’s when all hell broke loose’: Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals

“We ended up getting our first positive patients — and that’s when all hell broke loose,” said one New York City doctor. The doctor, who… Read More ›

China, On Virus PR Offensive, Sends Masks And Experts Abroad

BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately… Read More ›

At least 30 cruise ships are at sea right now. Here’s what it’s like on board

Texan newlyweds Jay and Carmen Martinez went straight from celebrating their beachside wedding to embarking on a globe-trotting honeymoon cruise across the South Pacific on… Read More ›

Ohio Plans To Delay Primary, But 3 States Still Planned

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor wants the state to delay in-person voting for the state’s Tuesday presidential primary for three months to let… Read More ›

Overcoming the ‘corona’-virus of politics? – analysis

For weeks, it looked like Israeli politicians across the political spectrum were so infected by the virus of politics that they were putting it ahead… Read More ›

Virus cases in Israel hit 76, including Ben Gurion Airport worker, yeshiva head

Airfield employee said admitted to hospital, not tested and released, then diagnosed 2 days later without having been quarantined; Delta suspends NY-TLV route The… Read More ›

The coronavirus coalition

Opinion: In a political catch-22, Israel needs to make urgent decisions about the economy that on one hand cannot wait for the formation of a… Read More ›

Fighting virus, Israel orders all arrivals from abroad into 2-week quarantine

Measure to be in place for 2 weeks, not applied retroactively; foreigners given 3-day reprieve, then will be allowed in only if they can show… Read More ›

Polls apart: Likud boosted turnout where it needed to, as Blue and White stalled

Results highlight geographical polarization, with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to PM’s party and others opting, albeit underwhelmingly, for its centrist… Read More ›

Israelis go to polls for third time in a year

Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz predicted victory at political events on Sunday. Israelis will get an opportunity… Read More ›

Endless elections leave Israel unable to make crucial decisions

Analysis: The political stalemate and a caretaker government have brought a struggling health system to the brink, low-income pensioners to see their meager income shrink… Read More ›

Netanyahu slams Bernie Sanders’ AIPAC ‘bigots’ jab as ‘libelous’

Prime Minister castigates Democratic frontrunner without naming him, tells pro-Israel lobby confab he will annex West Bank settlements, but willing to negotiate with Palestinians … Read More ›

A government whistleblower alleges US health workers treated coronavirus evacuees without proper protective gear or training

A government whistleblower alleged that the Department of Health and Human Services sent workers to help evacuees from Wuhan, China — the epicenter of… Read More ›