Tuesday, September 26, 2023

World

YAAKOV M: Biden wants to help drug addicts smoke crack (literally)

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Click here to listen to this episode >> In this episode Yaakov discusses: Blue states are ending Covid rules. Did the science change? No, only the politics changed. ...

Blinken Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine During Olympics

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately, U.S. Secretary...

Biden To Split Frozen Afghan Funds For 9/11 Victims, Relief

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to move $7 billion of the Afghan central bank’s assets frozen in the U.S. banking system to ...

Muslim Groups In Indonesia Demand Closure Of Country’s First-Ever Holocaust Exhibition

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JAKARTA (JTA) - Some Muslim groups in Indonesia are demanding the closure of the country’s first permanent Holocaust exhibition, charging that it is part of an effort to normalize ...

Coronavirus Can Destroy The Placenta And Lead To Stillbirths

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New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with CO...

Under the Down Under – Chabad of Tasmania – Rabbi Yochanan & Rochel Gordon

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DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION FOR SHABBAS READING Being a Shaliach runs in my blood! My father moved to Australia in 1979 to start Kollel Menachem. A few years later, he began helping th...

Head Of London Police Resigns After String Of Scandals

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LONDON (AP) — The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said she is resigning Thursday after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in the force...

Judge Rules That Two Gur Sisters Who Left Parents Home Will Stay With ‘Neutral’ Chasidic Family

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Tel Aviv court has ruled in a closed hearing regarding the two young women from a Gur hasidic family who disappeared from their home after their parents lef...

Arab Party Leader In Israel Rejects ‘Apartheid’ Label

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe r...

Latvia Passes Long-Awaited Holocaust Restitution Law

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HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s parliament passed a Holocaust restitution bill Thursday that includes compensation for lost Jewish property and funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s J...

British Jewish Group Says Israeli Politician ‘Not Wanted’

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JERUSALEM (AP) — An umbrella group representing British Jews told an Israeli ultranationalist politician on Thursday that he is unwelcome, drawing outcry from Israeli opposition po...

Israeli Study: Antibodies Perform Best After COVID Infection, Not Vaccine

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Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after previous infection and...

UK’s Johnson Cites ‘A Dangerous Moment’ In Ukraine Crisis

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MOSCOW (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday the Ukraine crisis has grown into “the most dangerous moment” for Europe in decades, while his top diplomat held ic...
FILE - Jewish Home parliament member Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a conference of the National Union Political party in Jerusalem on March 6, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

MK Smotrich Gets Cold Reception From British Communal Groups: ‘Get Back On The Plane’

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LONDON (VINnews) — The British Board of Deputies, a leading UK Jewish communal group gave a rude welcome to Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich who arrived in London Wednesd...

United Hatzalah Volunteer Races To Save Lives – On The Way To His Own Wedding

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Netanel Assa is a dedicated United Hatzalah volunteer who is willing to leave everything and race to save lives. Everything? Even his own wedding apparently, ...

Israeli Government Announces Tax Benefit Package To Counter Rising Living Costs

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a Wednesday press conference, the Israeli government announced a 4.4 billion NIS package to counter the recent steep rise in the cost of living. The govern...

COVID Blockade In Canada Shuts Down Ford Plant

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TORONTO (AP) — Truck blockades of Canada's capital and U.S. border crossings, including the economically vital bridge to Detroit, forced the shutdown of a Ford plant Wednesday as t...

Trudeau Defends COVID Restrictions Amid Truck Blockades

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TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood firm against an easing of the country’s COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday in the face of mounting pressure from protesters using tr...

As Case Counts Fall, WHO Chief Warns “COVID Isn’t Finished”

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization insisted Wednesday that “COVID isn't finished with us,” appealing for more support to fight the pandemic after his agency re...

Ex-Israeli Police Chief Dismisses Claims Of Spyware Hacking

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's former police chief said Wednesday that recent allegations about police using sophisticated spyware to hack the phones of prominent officials and proteste...