Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Politics

Accounting Firm: Trump Financial Statements Aren’t Reliable

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NEW YORK (AP) — The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump's...

Mexico Says Conspiracy Behind Avocado Ban; US Cites Violence

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday the U.S. suspension on avocado imports and recent environmental complaints are part of a conspiracy against his country by politic...

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Refuses to Meet with Shin-Bet: ‘99% of Violence Done by Arabs’

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ISRAEL (VINnews) — Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfas, has refused a request to meet with the Shin-Bet. As Ramadan approaches, the Israeli national security service’s Je...

Canada’s Trudeau Invokes Emergency Powers To Quell Protests

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocke...

Judge Says He’ll Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Libel Lawsuit Against The New York Times, Saying She Didn’t Prove Her Case

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputatio...

Texas AG Sues Facebook Parent Meta Over Facial Recognition

The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed conse...

Whoopi Goldberg Returns To ‘The View’ After Suspension

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NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg returned to “The View” on Monday after a two-week suspension for remarks about the Holocaust, expressing surprise at some people who had reached out...

Biden Has Long-Term Inflation Plan, But Voter Patience Short

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden came into office with a plan to fix inflation — just not the particular inflationary problem that the country now faces. His belief is that...

Ontario Drops Vaccine Proof, Protests Persist

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s premier announced Monday that Canada’s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination requirements in two weeks — not because o...

Israeli PM Makes Snap Trip To Bahrain

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is flying to the Gulf state of Bahrain on Monday, cementing ties between the new allies in a clear message of cooperation ai...

SHOCK: Malka Leifer’s Father-In-Law Named as Suspect Arrested for Child Abuse

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an almost surreal twist, the Rabbi arrested last month on child molestation charges is the father-in-law of Malka Leifer, who is currently awaiting trial i...

Rabbis In Har Yonah, Nof Hagalil: Don’t Accept To Schools Children Of Parents Who Hike Apartment Prices

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of steep demand for housing in the new chareidi neighborhood of Har Yona, situated near Nof Hagalil (formerly Upper Nazareth), there has been a co...

Ukraine’s Leader Asks For Evidence On New Invasion Warnings

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MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine's president played down intensified warnings of a possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence, even as the U.S. warned...

Lawyers In Netanyahu Trial Say No Illegal Phone Taps Found

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prosecutors in the high-profile corruption case against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that police have found no unlawful use of phone survei...

Israel Calls On 15,000 Israelis In Ukraine To Leave, Initiates Air Evacuation

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel has called on its citizens residing in the Ukraine to leave the country immediately amid concerns of a Russian invasion which could take place in the m...

US Evacuating Most Ukraine Embassy Staff Over Invasion Fears

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is evacuating almost all of the staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is incr...

Afghans Protest US Move To Unfreeze $3.5B For 9/11 Victims

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for fam...

Biden Warns Putin Of ‘Severe Costs’ Of Ukraine Invasion

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to en...

Canada Border Blockade Eases, Protesters Still Block Bridge

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WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — A tense standoff at a U.S.-Canadian border bridge eased somewhat Saturday after Canadian police persuaded demonstrators to move the trucks they had used to ...

Ex-Rep Anthony Weiner To Host Radio Show With Curtis Sliwa

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NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former Congress member and ex-convict Anthony Weiner will host a weekly radio show with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, WABC-AM radio officials anno...