Saturday, May 18, 2024

World

Witness Testifies In Case About Bibi Netanyahu Receiving Illicit Presents

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The trial of former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the case known as "Case 1000" opened in Jerusalem Tuesday, with testimony given by the former aide to...

Pastor Who Prayed For Second Holocaust Gets Historic 18-Year Prison Sentence

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RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A pastor who was filmed two years ago praying for another Holocaust was sentenced to 18 years and six months in prison, a historic penalty that made headline...

Bank Of England: Crypto Crashes Show Need For Tougher Rules

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England warned Tuesday that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more then $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulat...

Body Parts, Gear Found On Italian Glacier After Avalanche

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CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — Rescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is be...

Israel’s Lapid Meets Macron In Paris On First Trip As PM

PARIS (AP) — Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear...

Alleged Chinese Police Database Hack Leaks Data Of 1 Billion

HONG KONG (AP) — Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data ...

Russia Orders Jewish Agency To Alter Operations In The Country

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MOSCOW (JNS) - Russia has ordered the Jewish Agency to modify its operations inside the country, in a move that could hamper the organization’s ability to function, according to Is...

‘Say Tehillim, There Is A Dramatic Life-Threatening Incident’, MK Smotrich Tweeted

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Betzalel Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionism party, caused a scare in Israel when he tweeted Tuesday morning that everyone should stop and say Te...

Chareidi Stabbed, Seriously Injured On Bridge Near Bnei Brak

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police and emergency medical responders were alerted early Tuesday morning to a 47-year-old chareidi avreich who had been stabbed on the bridge connecting Giv...

Israel And Poland Agree To Return Ambassadors, Improve Relations

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda agreed on Monday to move towards restoring full bilateral ties, according to a statement released by Herzog’s...

Rain Hampers Search For 15 Missing In Italian Glacier Avalanche

ROME (AP) — Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sen...

Germany: 101-Year-Old Appeals Conviction In Nazi Guard Case

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BERLIN (AP) — A 101-year-old man who was convicted last week as an accessory to murder for serving as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has appealed, a Germa...

BREAKING: Suspect in Disappearance of Moishe Kleinerman Released

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ISRAEL (VINnews) The suspect who was arrested last week in the disappearance of Moishe Kleinerman has been released. No details have been provided about the release, however it ...

Lebanese PM Criticizes Hezbollah Over Drone Provocation With Israel

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on Monday criticized the militant group Hezbollah for sending three unmanned aircraft over an Israeli gas installation last week, s...

US State Dept. Releases Findings After Examining Bullet that Killed Palestinian Journalist, Blames IDF

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that there was “no reason to believe” ...

Six Prominent Chareidi Rabbis Ban Peninei Halacha Books Which ‘Uproot Halachic Traditions’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews)   — Six prominent chareidi poskim have published a letter in which they call on the public not to use the Peninei Halacha series written by Rabbi Eliezer Melame...

Holocaust Survivor Who Heads Jerusalem Hospital Department Celebrates 89th Birthday-Still Working

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — She is by far the oldest department head in Israel still actively involved in medicine, but Prof. Rena Gil has no plans to stop working, despite 61 years serv...

Chareidi IDF Draft Dodger Arrested At Demonstration, Detained By Military

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A member of the Jerusalem Faction was arrested and charged with desertion during the course of a demonstration outside a jail at 2 AM on Monday morning. The d...

After 3 Feet Of Rain, 32,000 In Sydney Area May Need To Flee

SYDNEY (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia’s largest city braces for w...

Israeli Citizen Fighting for Ukraine Gets Captured by Pro-Russian Forces (VIDEO)

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UKRAINE (VINnews) — Israel’s government has confirmed that an Israeli citizen fighting for Ukraine has been taken captive by pro-Russian forces. Vladimir Kozlovsky, age 40, was ...