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Allegations of shackled students and gang rape inside China’s detention camps

Allegations of shackled students and gang rape inside China’s detention camps

In the first day of her new teaching job at a Chinese government-run detention center in Xinjiang, Qelbinur Sidik said she saw two soldiers carry… Read More ›

Muddled Promises On Schools Pose Political Problem For Biden

Muddled Promises On Schools Pose Political Problem For Biden

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open amid the coronavirus pandemic,… Read More ›

Amid Growing Backlash, Pennsylvania GOP May Censure Toomey

Amid Growing Backlash, Pennsylvania GOP May Censure Toomey

  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is planning a meeting to potentially censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey amid a growing GOP backlash over… Read More ›

Inside the new President’s routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes

Inside the new President’s routine: Oval Office fires and early bedtimes

When President Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force One for the first time this month, he did not spend much time soaking in the moment.… Read More ›

Prepare Now For Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Meals!

Prepare Now For Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Meals!

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbos – there is a fascinating yet unresolved halachic question. As a preface, we… Read More ›

Coronavirus cabinet approves some schools opening on Thursday

Coronavirus cabinet approves some schools opening on Thursday

Preschools and grades 1-4 to open in areas with lower infection rates. Eleventh and 12th grades to stay home.   The first group of Israeli… Read More ›

J&J Asks US Regulators To OK Its One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine

J&J Asks US Regulators To OK Its One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine

  NEW BRUNSWICK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could… Read More ›

Iran’s Zarif hints at way to bridge nuclear deal impasse

Iran’s Zarif hints at way to bridge nuclear deal impasse

Former US president Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018 and reimposed US sanctions.   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sketched out a path… Read More ›

Israel has to stop riding the Haredi tiger

Israel has to stop riding the Haredi tiger

Opinion: The ultra-Orthodox community, which flooded the streets of Jerusalem not once but twice on Sunday, is telling the rest of the country that they… Read More ›

Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers -source

Trump parts ways with impeachment lawyers -source

Butch Bowers and Deborah Barberi, two South Carolina lawyers, are no longer on Trump’s team, the source said.   WASHINGTON – Former US President Donald… Read More ›

Biden administration to purchase millions more coronavirus vaccine doses

Biden administration to purchase millions more coronavirus vaccine doses

Biden is in a race to contain the virus as faster-spreading variants threaten to increase the death toll across the United States.   The Biden… Read More ›

No one is thinking of the children

No one is thinking of the children

Opinion: 45% of new infections since start of 2021 have been among under-17s, despite schools being closed; with UK coronavirus strain showing alarming spread in… Read More ›

Israel’s Dubai joy flights were state-sponsored mass infection

Israel’s Dubai joy flights were state-sponsored mass infection

Opinion: The government chose to allow flights to the UAE resort city out of diplomatic considerations and ignored the frantic warnings of health experts who… Read More ›

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

In Europe, close allies finally see chance to come in out of the cold after strained security and economic ties with Trump, while across globe… Read More ›

‘It feels like I’m going home’: Biden enters White House as 46th US President

‘It feels like I’m going home’: Biden enters White House as 46th US President

New commander-in-chief begins work in West Wing, planning executive actions to undo Trump’s policies on immigration, climate change and handling of coronavirus pandemic   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Biden’s State pick: We’ll consult with Israel, allies before return to Iran deal

Biden’s State pick: We’ll consult with Israel, allies before return to Iran deal

Tony Blinken says in confirmation hearing that US commitment to Israel’s security is ‘sacrosanct,’ backs two-state solution but doubts it will happen in near future… Read More ›

Israel’s virus vaccination campaign could be one big clinical trial for Pfizer

Israel’s virus vaccination campaign could be one big clinical trial for Pfizer

Opinion: While Israel’s nationwide vaccination campaign is a monumental success, the government’s willingness to provide U.S. drugmaker with personal data on Israelis violates its obligation… Read More ›

Man who carried Confederate flag in Capitol held; FBI warns Pence of new threats

Man who carried Confederate flag in Capitol held; FBI warns Pence of new threats

Kevin Seefried tracked down with images from riot; FBI director tells VP 200+ suspects ID’d, 100+ arrested; cites ‘concerning online chatter’ ahead of Biden inauguration… Read More ›

No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney To Vote To Impeach Trump

No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney To Vote To Impeach Trump

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in… Read More ›

6 Inmates Use ‘Homemade Rope’ To Escape From California Jail

6 Inmates Use ‘Homemade Rope’ To Escape From California Jail

MERCED, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in central California were searching Sunday for six inmates who used a “homemade rope” to escape from a county jail,… Read More ›