Thursday, March 28, 2024

Politics

WATCH: Jews Saying Tehillim in a Basement in Premishlan after Sirens Blare

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UKRAINE (VINnews) — In this stirring video, a group of men, women, and children, caught in the middle of the Ukraine war, are reciting Tehillim as they huddle in a cramped basement...

Hochul Declares March 2 End To Statewide School Mask Mandate

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that the statewide masking requirement in schools will be lifted by March 2. In a briefing held in Albany, the De...

Nearly Half Of Biden’s 500M Free COVID Tests Still Unclaimed

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests the Biden administration recently made available to the public still have not been claimed as virus cases plumm...

Kyiv’s Mayor: ‘We Are Encircled’ But Full Of Fight

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian troops draw closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv's mayor is both filled with pride over his citizens' spirit and anxious about how long they can ho...

Fence Being Reinstalled Around US Capitol For Biden Speech

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union addre...

Biden’s Russia Sanctions May Let Moscow Profit From Oil, Gas

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There is a glaring carve-out in President Joe Biden's sanctions against Russia: Oil and natural gas from that country will continue to flow freely to the rest of the world and mone...

Ukrainians Return From Abroad To Fight Russian Invasion

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MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia's attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across E...

WATCH: Charedi Arrested Forcefully by Police, Allegedly for No Reason

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BEITAR ILLIT (VINnews) — On Sunday a Charedi driver was forcefully arrested by a police officer, however he insists that he did nothing wrong. The arrest was recorded by a passerby...

100,000 In Berlin Protest Ukraine Invasion

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BERLIN — Approximately 100,000 people have turned out in Berlin to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and show solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Police said large crowds h...

BREAKING: Russia and Ukraine Agree To Meet With No Preconditions

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KYIV, UKRAINE — The office of Ukraine's president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Vo...

Israel Sends Aid For Ukraine Amid Russian Onslaught

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s prime minister says the country is sending 100 tons of humanitarian aid to assist civilians caught up in the fighting in Ukraine. Naftali Bennett tol...

Israel Offers To Mediate In Russian-Ukraine Conflict

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MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has offered to help broker an end to fighting in Ukraine. The Kremlin said Bennett told Russian President Vladim...

Nir Barkat Continues To Refuse 2 Million NIS In Knesset Salaries: ‘I Have Always Volunteered In Public Service’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Likud MK Nir Barkat has refused to receive his salary since entering the Knesset in 2019. The salaries, which are required to be taken by law, have accumulate...

Putin Puts Russia’s Nuclear Forces On Alert, Cites Sanctions

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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on high alert amid tensions with the West over his invasion of Ukraine. Putin asserted at a me...

Ukrainian President Zelensky Calls Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine, Asks Jews To Pray On Behalf Of Country

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Saturday night with Jewish leaders in the country including Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich and asked them to pray f...

Live Update: 4th Day Of Russian Invasion- Street Battles In Kharkiv

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — On the fourth day of Russian's invasion of the Ukraine, a number of cities in the country are encircled by Russian forces but they have not yet succeeded in co...

WATCH: Russians Invade Ukraine’s Second-Largest City, But Appear to Meet Resistance

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KHARKIV, UKRAINE (VINnews) — On Sunday morning, Russian troops invaded Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located in the northeast. However, according to social media video...

Putin’s Claim To Rid Ukraine Of Nazis Is Especially Absurd Given Its History

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Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country. In his address to the Russian people on Feb. 24, 2022...

North Korea Fires Suspected Missile Into Sea Off East Coast

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into the sea off its eastern coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff sa...

Delta Suspends Codesharing With Russia’s Aeroflot Airline

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ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines has suspended its codesharing partnership with Russian national airline Aeroflot following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and some Baltic and Europea...