Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Omicron variant could outcompete Delta, disease expert says

Omicron variant could outcompete Delta, disease expert says

Puren said it was too early to say whether Omicron was displacing Delta in South Africa, since local scientists have only produced 87 sequences of… Read More ›

Senior health official claims COVID cases in South Africa multiply every 3 days

Senior health official claims COVID cases in South Africa multiply every 3 days

Head of Public Health Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis tells Knesset panel new Omicron variant has abundance of mutations strategically placed to cause extensive contagion; meanwhile, tally… Read More ›

Countering Europeans, Iran makes maximalist demands as Vienna nuclear talks open

Countering Europeans, Iran makes maximalist demands as Vienna nuclear talks open

Iran’s top negotiator and civilian nuclear chief both indicate nothing has been agreed on, previous rounds of nuclear talks can be renegotiated   TEHRAN, Iran… Read More ›

What is Germany’s next foreign minister’s position on Israel? – analysis

What is Germany’s next foreign minister’s position on Israel? – analysis

Annalena Baerbock is set to become Germany’s new foreign minister. What does the Green Party leader think of the Jewish state?   The German Foreign… Read More ›

Eradicating violence against women requires revolutionary reforms

Eradicating violence against women requires revolutionary reforms

Opinion: As we mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it’s clear the country still has a long way to go in… Read More ›

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets sites in western Syria

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets sites in western Syria

The airstrike is the fourth alleged Israeli strike on Syria in the past month.   Four Syrian soldiers were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike… Read More ›

US Defense Chief Vows To Counter Iran In Visit To Bahrain

US Defense Chief Vows To Counter Iran In Visit To Bahrain

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — America’s top defense official vowed Saturday to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its… Read More ›

Diners Now Have To Ask For Plastic Utensils In Los Angeles

Diners Now Have To Ask For Plastic Utensils In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Customers at Los Angeles restaurants will only get plastic utensils and napkins if they ask for them, under a new ordinance… Read More ›

‘Healthy debate,’ but no breakthroughs in Biden’s critical talks with China’s Xi Jinping

‘Healthy debate,’ but no breakthroughs in Biden’s critical talks with China’s Xi Jinping

  Washington – When Chinese President Xi Jinping beamed into the White House on Monday evening for a virtual summit with President Joe Biden, the… Read More ›

Queen returns to public duties for Remembrance Sunday service

Queen returns to public duties for Remembrance Sunday service

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is set to attend the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at London’s Cenotaph memorial as the nation remembers its war dead, her… Read More ›

After Afghanistan, US trying to mend trust gap with NATO

After Afghanistan, US trying to mend trust gap with NATO

The United States and its NATO partners are conducting a review of lessons learned from their two-decade operation in Afghanistan   There is much soul-searching… Read More ›

Iran and Israel could have a good relationship – opinion

Iran and Israel could have a good relationship – opinion

The strong and rich relationship between Iran and Israel goes back to ancient times, to the era of King Cyrus.   Iran and Israel can… Read More ›

A Mother’s Prayer From the Chazon Ish

A Mother’s Prayer From the Chazon Ish

The Chazon Ish, Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz zt”l (1878 – 1953) was not just one of the Gedolei HaDor and the leading recognized Posaik HaDor… Read More ›

2 high school students, an engineering student and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the Astroworld Festival victims

2 high school students, an engineering student and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the Astroworld Festival victims

Two high school students, a mechanical engineering technology student from Illinois and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the eight… Read More ›

Biden arrives back in Washington to a political nightmare

Biden arrives back in Washington to a political nightmare

  President Joe Biden on Wednesday received an unwelcome wake-up call for his still-new presidency as the Democrat arrived back in Washington from a European… Read More ›

Syria Reports Israel Air Raid On Military Post Near Damascus

Syria Reports Israel Air Raid On Military Post Near Damascus

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s military said Israel has carried out an air raid that hit a military post on the outskirts of the capital of… Read More ›

China is urging families to stock up on food as supply challenges multiply

China is urging families to stock up on food as supply challenges multiply

Hong Kong/Seoul – China is telling families to stock up on food and other daily essentials as bad weather, energy shortages and Covid-19 restrictions threaten… Read More ›

Alec Baldwin speaks out about Halyna Hutchins and guns on sets

Alec Baldwin speaks out about Halyna Hutchins and guns on sets

Alec Baldwin told the paparazzi he is not allowed to talk about the details of the shooting that occurred on the set of his latest… Read More ›

Israel on course for battle to vaccinate young children

Israel on course for battle to vaccinate young children

Opinion: With FDA’s approval of inoculation of children aged 5-11, our government will have to contend with influx of fake news that will surely follow,… Read More ›

Biden administration issues harshest critique yet on Israeli settlement building

Biden administration issues harshest critique yet on Israeli settlement building

State Dept. spokesman says recently announced plans for new homes ‘completely inconsistent’ with efforts to maintain calm; ‘We are deeply concerned’   The US on… Read More ›