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COVID-19 Hospital Visitor Rules: Families Want More Access

MIAMI (AP) — Banned from the Florida hospital room where her mother lay dying of COVID-19, Jayden Arbelaez pitched an idea to construction employees… Read More ›

Top conservative lawyers steer clear of Trump’s latest legal fight

Washington (CNN)A number of high-powered lawyers who have represented Donald Trump in the past are sitting out his latest legal battle, as the former… Read More ›

Pelosi reaffirms support for Israel in meeting with Lapid

“For many of us, it is in our DNA,” Pelosi said of support for Israel. Bipartisan support for Israel is a source of pride… Read More ›

Israel’s Nobel Prize winners may be abroad, but there is no ‘brain drain’

Opinion: Israeli academics often cooperate with local colleagues and institutions even when living and working overseas, so they cannot be considered part of the so-called… Read More ›

‘Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state,’ Lapid tells Biden aide in Washington

Foreign minister also stresses ‘need for alternative’ to JCPOA during meeting with Jake Sullivan, though US still says it hasn’t exhausted efforts to revive the… Read More ›

Iran Arrests 10 It Says Spied For Foreign Intel Agencies

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has arrested 10 people in a southern province it says are linked to foreign intelligence services, the official IRNA news… Read More ›

Putin says Russia needs to speed up vaccination for Covid-19

Moscow (CNN)Russia must accelerate Covid-19 vaccinations, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Tuesday as the country recorded its highest daily death toll since the… Read More ›

Israel Boycott: Sally Rooney won’t let novel be published in Hebrew

Sally Rooney, a bestselling Irish author, won’t allow her recently published novel to be published in Hebrew because she supports a cultural boycott of Israel.… Read More ›

Despite Bennett’s pleas, Western Jews don’t want to immigrate to Israel

Opinion: PM’s call to bring 500,000 Olim from U.S., France and South America to Israel in the next decade is just another example of how… Read More ›

Ex-US envoy Friedman: We’ll bring thousands of Muslim tourists to Jerusalem

At gala opening of Peace through Strength Center, former ambassador says Arab-Israeli conflict on cusp of ending; Pompeo swipes Biden over Afghanistan withdrawal Speaking… Read More ›

Customs Dispute Jeopardizes US Fish Stick, Filet Supply

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A customs dispute at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America’s supply of a key fish used for popular products such… Read More ›

Taliban’s religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out

Ghazni, Afghanistan – The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains, one with a warning sign strung… Read More ›