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Is Israel heading for a second coronavirus wave?

Is Israel heading for a second coronavirus wave?

“The numbers are very low, but the numbers were very low when we started this pandemic.”   Tightfisted testing policies and logistical delays may lead… Read More ›

Education Min. reviews incident of child left in underpants during school day

Education Min. reviews incident of child left in underpants during school day

‘The school could have demonstrated more flexibility’ the ministry says in a statement but the offended child opts to transfer to another school while her… Read More ›

Israeli officials confirm Palestinian Authority is ending security coordination

Israeli officials confirm Palestinian Authority is ending security coordination

After years of threats, sources say this time Abbas has truly halted cooperation, in protest of new government’s plans to annex West Bank areas  … Read More ›

Pandemic Politics: Maskless Trump Tours Michigan Ford Plant

Pandemic Politics: Maskless Trump Tours Michigan Ford Plant

  YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Pandemic politics shadowed President Donald Trump’s trip to Michigan on Thursday as he highlighted lifesaving medical devices, with the… Read More ›

‘This is insane’: Democrats and national security experts sound the alarm after Trump administration declares it’s abandoning a critical treaty

‘This is insane’: Democrats and national security experts sound the alarm after Trump administration declares it’s abandoning a critical treaty

  The White House’s abandonment of the Open Skies Treaty was widely condemned by Democratic lawmakers and national security experts. Michael Hayden, a retired US… Read More ›

Hungary, Austria stand against rest of EU blasting Israel

Hungary, Austria stand against rest of EU blasting Israel

European states in UNSC threaten “consequences” of annexation   Hungary and Austria, the sole EU states that opposed sharp criticism of Israel by High Representative… Read More ›

Lifting the fog on the Israel-Iran cyber war

Lifting the fog on the Israel-Iran cyber war

Analysis: If reports are to be believed, Iran’s recent attempted attack on Israeli water infrastructure was retaliation for IDF strikes against Iranian interests in Syria,… Read More ›

Inside a Maryland woman’s struggle to keep her mother alive in a nursing home

Inside a Maryland woman’s struggle to keep her mother alive in a nursing home

Long-term care facilities have been hardest hit by COVID-19, leaving the children of patients scrambling to help them when they can’t be physically present  … Read More ›

Michigan Dam Had Repeated Safety Violations Before Flooding

Michigan Dam Had Repeated Safety Violations Before Flooding

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations… Read More ›

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts

New York – The economy has gone from President Donald Trump’s greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness. Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented… Read More ›

Biden: Israeli threats of annexation choke off hope of peace

Biden: Israeli threats of annexation choke off hope of peace

Biden vowed that if elected, he would support the Taylor Force Act while restoring funding to security cooperation with Israel.   Former vice president and… Read More ›

Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, U.S.

Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, U.S.

Palestinian president says decision also extends to security cooperation with Israel; announcement believed to be in response to Jerusalem’s declared plans to declare sovereignty over… Read More ›

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Etihad Airways flies 16 tons of aid for Palestinians via Tel Aviv, but Khamenei says Gulf states ‘betray Palestine by supporting Israel;’ calls for armed… Read More ›

Bronx ‘City Within A City’ Shaken By Sickness, Fear

Bronx ‘City Within A City’ Shaken By Sickness, Fear

  NEW YORK (AP) — Tarhia Morton and her family were planning to party this year. She is retired after 40 years with the U.S.… Read More ›

France recorded 70 new coronavirus cases in schools, a week after it let more than 1 million kids go back to class

France recorded 70 new coronavirus cases in schools, a week after it let more than 1 million kids go back to class

  France has recorded 70 new cases of the novel coronavirus in schools that were allowed to reopen last week, the country’s education minister said… Read More ›

Mask requirements temporarily lifted in public spaces due to heat wave

Mask requirements temporarily lifted in public spaces due to heat wave

“The effectiveness of the masks in preventing infection among the kids themselves is unclear and there is no evidence for it yet in the scientific… Read More ›

Police arrest woman suspected of desecrating grave of fallen IDF soldier

Police arrest woman suspected of desecrating grave of fallen IDF soldier

Police apprehend 41-year-old woman from Rishon Lezion, who reportedly suffers from mental problems; the woman’s mental health worsened after surviving a deadly terror attack 18… Read More ›

SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection, new study finds

SARS antibodies can block COVID-19 infection, new study finds

Research published in Nature identifies 8 antibodies that can bind to coronavirus, blocking its spread, with one candidate showing ‘particularly strong neutralizing activity’   PARIS,… Read More ›

Camp Infirmary Nurse Voices Concerns Over Camps Opening This Summer

Camp Infirmary Nurse Voices Concerns Over Camps Opening This Summer

  NEW YORK  — The following letter was submitted to VINnews by a an experienced nurse who works in a camp infirmary: I dont usually… Read More ›

Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question its effectiveness

Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question its effectiveness

President Donald Trump claimed Monday he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug he’s long touted as a potential coronavirus cure even as medical… Read More ›