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China Accuses US Of Show Of Force With Taiwan Strait Passage

China Accuses US Of Show Of Force With Taiwan Strait Passage

  BEIJING (AP) — China accused the U.S. of staging a show of force by sailing two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday… Read More ›

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win

President Donald Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets next week to… Read More ›

Israeli stuck in Dubai airport due to Palestinian passport

Israeli stuck in Dubai airport due to Palestinian passport

“I don’t understand why they stopped me, I’m not the only one in the world with more than one passport.”   A resident of northern… Read More ›

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Prof. Nachman Ash says country may need to slow pace of vaccinations if additional doses do not arrive in expedited manner, warns further restrictions may… Read More ›

In U-turn, government cancels forced hotel quarantine for arrivals from abroad

In U-turn, government cancels forced hotel quarantine for arrivals from abroad

Requirement for travelers to spend 2 weeks in state facilities had faced public criticism, was selectively enforced, and prompted clashes at isolation centers   After criticism,… Read More ›

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead From COVID-19

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Luke Letlow, Louisiana’s incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only… Read More ›

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

London – UK regulators have approved the use of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to distribute than some alternatives and… Read More ›

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

Protests over Sandak’s death have been ongoing for the past week, with demonstrators demanding police inquiries into the accident that led to his death.  … Read More ›

A lockdown to reelect Netanyahu

A lockdown to reelect Netanyahu

Opinion: PM’s handling of the pandemic and other government decisions are colored by his corruption trial; anything is deemed acceptable to keep him in power… Read More ›

Israel nears 500,000 vaccinated, in new daily record; teachers to be prioritized

Israel nears 500,000 vaccinated, in new daily record; teachers to be prioritized

Health minister insists ‘there’ll be no shortage,’ with Netanyahu said to be in contact with Pfizer to ensure stocks don’t run low in January  … Read More ›

Dead, Frozen Whale Buried On NJ Beach; Removal Was Too Hard

Dead, Frozen Whale Buried On NJ Beach; Removal Was Too Hard

  BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey beach is the final resting place for a 15-ton (13,600-kilogram) whale whose lifeless body washed ashore… Read More ›

Biden says his transition team has ‘encountered roadblocks’ from Trump appointees

Biden says his transition team has ‘encountered roadblocks’ from Trump appointees

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his transition team has “encountered roadblocks” from political leadership at the Defense Department and the Office of Management and… Read More ›

Orthodox Jewish woman’s suicide note posts on Instagram after her death

Orthodox Jewish woman’s suicide note posts on Instagram after her death

Note was pre-scheduled to post • Earlier posts reveal that she had previously shared her struggle with mental illness and anorexia, which she had reportedly… Read More ›

The year humanity triumphed over the virus

The year humanity triumphed over the virus

Opinion: Dire predictions earlier this year forecast 70 million dead and billions infected with COVID-19 as economies the world over were expected to fail and… Read More ›

Hezbollah says its precision missiles doubled in a year, can hit all of Israel

Hezbollah says its precision missiles doubled in a year, can hit all of Israel

Terror group’s leader Nasrallah says organization still committed to avenging its fighter killed in Syria and Iran’s slain top general; claims Saudi-Israeli plot to assassinate… Read More ›

Moroccan Delegation Expected In Israel This Week, Says Netanyahu

Moroccan Delegation Expected In Israel This Week, Says Netanyahu

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that a delegation from Morocco would travel to Israel this week to advance… Read More ›

Trump’s plans to sign relief bill on Christmas Eve were scrapped last minute

Trump’s plans to sign relief bill on Christmas Eve were scrapped last minute

On Christmas Eve, staff at Mar-a-Lago made preparations for President Donald Trump to sign the Covid-19 relief package and government funding bill, a holiday gift… Read More ›

Tel Aviv research: 99.9% of COVID-19 virus dead in 30 seconds with UV LEDs

Tel Aviv research: 99.9% of COVID-19 virus dead in 30 seconds with UV LEDs

The study is the first of its kind in the world.   Ultraviolet radiation is a common method of killing bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers… Read More ›

Shame on Israel’s leaders for putting their careers above our health

Shame on Israel’s leaders for putting their careers above our health

Opinion: Just as we doctors vow to never abandon our patients, our politicians should do the same, especially in the throes of a pandemic that… Read More ›

‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted

‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted

Duck, pig, fish, snail… and wine with crushed fava beans were on menu, archaeologists say, as first hot-food-drink eatery — known as a thermopolium —… Read More ›