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Fauci joins calls for nationwide lockdown to contain India’s Covid crisis

Fauci joins calls for nationwide lockdown to contain India’s Covid crisis

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under increasing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown as the country grapples with the world’s worst… Read More ›

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech – German intel

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech – German intel

The report said Iran’s regime can use “Detour deliveries over ‘third states’ in order not to identify the final buyer” and “the use and misuse… Read More ›

Lapid faces daunting path in government united only by Netanyahu hatred

Lapid faces daunting path in government united only by Netanyahu hatred

Analysis: Centrist Yesh Atid leader might have to sacrifice his own prime ministerial ambitions in the short term if he wants to form a coalition… Read More ›

Republicans Ask Why White House Removed Climate Scientist

Republicans Ask Why White House Removed Climate Scientist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House Republicans are asking the White House for documents to explain why a scientist appointed by the Trump administration was removed… Read More ›

Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered, with speculation growing about her replacement and House Republican… Read More ›

Prewar Prayer Said At Rema’s Tomb On Lag Baomer Discovered In Old Book

Prewar Prayer Said At Rema’s Tomb On Lag Baomer Discovered In Old Book

JERUSALEM  — Old books can contain untold treasures not just in their content but in what hides between the pages. Recently a yellowing page was… Read More ›

US ‘Real Id’ Deadline Is Now May 2023 Because Of COVID-19

US ‘Real Id’ Deadline Is Now May 2023 Because Of COVID-19

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal… Read More ›

As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported

As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported

India, home to the world’s worst ongoing coronavirus outbreak, has reported more than 17.6 million cases since the pandemic began last year. But the real… Read More ›

She killed 7 members of her own family while pregnant. Now her son could be orphaned by execution

She killed 7 members of her own family while pregnant. Now her son could be orphaned by execution

  New Delhi – Neighbors woke to a woman’s cries for help just after 2 a.m. in Bawan Kheri, a village in the northern Indian… Read More ›

Iran media celebrates ‘explosion’ at ‘sensitive Israel missile factory’

Iran media celebrates ‘explosion’ at ‘sensitive Israel missile factory’

Reports indicate the explosion happened near Ramle at a routine test at the Tomer factory for advanced weapons.   Iranian state media highlighted a “powerful… Read More ›

NY Yiddish theater festival spotlights previously unheralded women writers

NY Yiddish theater festival spotlights previously unheralded women writers

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene kicks off a run dedicated to overlooked female playwrights with renowned Chava Rosenfarb’s ‘The Bird of the Ghetto,’ running April… Read More ›

Yeshiva University Plans To Eliminate In-Person Hebrew Courses Indefinitely

Yeshiva University Plans To Eliminate In-Person Hebrew Courses Indefinitely

  NEW YORK (JTA) — Yeshiva University is planning to eliminate its in-person Hebrew courses indefinitely, making what was at first a pandemic-induced measure a… Read More ›

Chile’s vaccination rollout was fast and broad. So why are Covid-19 cases spiking?

Chile’s vaccination rollout was fast and broad. So why are Covid-19 cases spiking?

It was supposed to be Latin America’s bright spot in the fight against Covid-19. Chile, a country of 19 million on the Pacific coast of… Read More ›

Blast at Natanz was caused by bomb planted near main electric line – Israeli TV

Blast at Natanz was caused by bomb planted near main electric line – Israeli TV

Report says enrichment facility entirely stopped functioning since blast, nuclear program set back by at least 6 months; separate report says advanced centrifuges damaged  … Read More ›

Ministers extend Shin Bet chief’s tenure by 4 months

Ministers extend Shin Bet chief’s tenure by 4 months

Vote comes following disagreement between Gantz and Netanyahu over the latter’s proposal to nominate his confidant, National Security Advisor Ben-Shabbat, to head the security agency… Read More ›

Intel officials say Mossad behind Natanz power cut; Iran calls it ‘terrorism’

Intel officials say Mossad behind Natanz power cut; Iran calls it ‘terrorism’

Alleged Israeli cyberattack said to strike serious blow to Iranian atomic program; security cabinet to meet next week to discuss recent exchanges with Tehran  … Read More ›

Myanmar ambassador says he’s locked out of London embassy in ‘coup’

Myanmar ambassador says he’s locked out of London embassy in ‘coup’

London – Myanmar’s ambassador to the UK said he had been locked out of the London embassy in what he described as another “coup,” blaming… Read More ›

FDA Oks First New ADHD Drug In Over A Decade For Children

FDA Oks First New ADHD Drug In Over A Decade For Children

  WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. regulators have approved the first new drug in over a decade for children with ADHD, which causes inattention, hyperactivity and… Read More ›

Cher apologizes for ‘not appropriate’ George Floyd tweet

Cher apologizes for ‘not appropriate’ George Floyd tweet

  Music legend Cher has apologized for a tweet in which she theorized that she could have prevented George Floyd’s death. Floyd, an unarmed black… Read More ›

Poll: 48% of Israelis favor government with outside support from Arab parties

Poll: 48% of Israelis favor government with outside support from Arab parties

Opposition to the notion has dropped since February 2020, including among voters for right-wing parties Likud, Yamina and Religious Zionism, the Israel Democracy Institute finds… Read More ›