Summer vacation, fall holidays to be shortened; teachers reach agreement with treasury, will get paid leave until after Passover Online learning for elementary and… Read More ›
BOSTON (AP) — Voting rights groups and the head of the Democratic National Committee want the states with remaining primary elections to offer voting… Read More ›
Passing through airports in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week highlighted the differences in the approaches of the two Asian hubs in dealing with the… Read More ›
Almost every aspect of the country’s crippling medical system can be understood as the coronavirus crisis unfolds. The novel coronavirus that has spread across… Read More ›
Opinion: As the coronavirus keeps spreading worldwide, some journalists have leveled irresponsible criticism at the PM and the tough decisions he must make; this stems… Read More ›
As virus cases rise to 337, PM says ‘too many’ failing to grasp gravity of situation; top health official warns thousands could die, with hundreds… Read More ›
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a plan to immediately return to Mexico all people who cross the southern border illegally because… Read More ›
Amazon told sellers and vendors on Tuesday that it was suspending shipments of all nonessential products to its warehouses to deal with the increased… Read More ›
Close to 300 Israelis sick with COVID-19. The government imposed increasingly severe limits on both the public and private sector on Monday evening, as… Read More ›
Opinion: A caretaker government that does not have majority support from voters or members of Knesset must not be allowed to decide on measures that… Read More ›
Emergency measure okayed unanimously in late night phone vote; PM says order to snoop on citizens with advanced technology will be in effect for 30… Read More ›
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 ›
Lagos, Nigeria – Africa has so far recorded relatively few coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world, but governments across the continent are… Read More ›
Majority recommends Gantz to form coalition. President Reuven Rivlin brought together Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and the negotiating… Read More ›
Opinion: Experts speculated that the People’s Republic would be best place to handle a crisis like this, as opposed to Western countries, which were thought… Read More ›
Strategy based on presumption that most people will eventually get virus, and that severe measures unlikely to work; former health secretary concerned by lack of… Read More ›
PARIS (JTA) – The president of the Jewish community of the French region of Alsace and of the city of Strasbourg, Maurice Dahan, is infected… Read More ›
The Federal Reserve slashed its main interest rates to near zero in an emergency move. It’s part of a broader government effort to ease… Read More ›
All non-urgent court sessions with the exception of bail hearings are postponed under the order. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial has been postponed as… Read More ›
Health Ministry says most of the patients are hospitalized, with a handful of the infected being treated at home; the number represents an increase of… Read More ›
