TRUMP REACTS TO RUSSIA: “This Would Not Have Happened During My Administration”
FLORIDA (VINnews) — Former president Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on Fox news on the Laura Ingram show on Wednesday evening to react to Russia's recent military action i...
Biden Condemns Russia For ‘Unjustified Attack’
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is condemning Russia for an “unprovoked and unjustified attack” on Ukraine. He promises that the U.S. and its allies “will hold Russia account...
The War Has Already Begun : Russia’s Putin Announces Military Operation In Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine, claiming it’s intended to protect civilians.
In a televised address,...
UN Security Council Schedules Emergency Meeting
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday night at the request of Ukraine, which says there is an immediate threat of a Russian invasi...
Pregnancy-Related Deaths Climbed In Pandemic’s First Year
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a ...
Rebels Ask Russia For Military Help In Eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine asked Russia for military assistance Wednesday to help fend off Ukrainian “aggression” while Ukraine declared...
British Orthodox School Fined For Taking Children Hiking In An Ice Storm
LONDON (JTA) - A court in the United Kingdom fined an Orthodox Jewish school approximately $40,000 for taking 10 pupils on a hike during an ice storm.
One boy suffered minor inj...
Pandemic Legacy: Israeli Company Transforms Jets For Cargo
LOD, Israel (AP) — The passenger doors on the jumbo jet were just too small. So engineers at Israel's main airport sliced a new hole the size of an SUV into the side of the fuselag...
Explainer: Impending Iran Nuclear Deal Alarms Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — While the world’s attention has been focused on Ukraine, the Biden administration also has been racing with world powers toward restoring the 2015 international nu...
Ukraine’s Economy Is Another Victim Of Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One by one, embassies and international offices in Kyiv closed. Flight after flight was canceled when insurance companies balked at covering planes arriving in...
SHOCKING: Toronto Middle School Students Give A Jewish Teacher The Hitler Salute
TORONTO (JTA) — Police and school authorities are investigating an incident in which Toronto middle school students gave the Hitler salute to a teacher who is the daughter of Holoc...
Amsterdam Apple Shop Hostage-Taker Sought 200M-Euro Ransom
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A gunman who held a hostage for hours in the Apple Store in Amsterdam demanded a ransom of 200 million euros (more than $226 million) in cryptocurrencies before he...
Meretz MK Appointed Israels’ Consul-General To Shanghai: ‘I Don’t Know The National Anthem, It Excludes Me’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who has been appointed Israel's consul-general in Shanghai, raised an uproar Wednesday after an Israel Radio interview in whic...
Report: Russia Starts Pulling Diplomatic Staff From Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s state Tass news agency reported Wednesday that Russia has started evacuating personnel from all of its diplomatic facilities in Ukraine.
Moscow has...
In Pioneering Study, Israeli Team Successfully Treats And Cures PTSD Victims Using Oxygen Therapy
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A trailblazing new Israeli study reveals that oxygen therapy, performed in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber which increases the amount of oxygen in the body, can d...
Ukraine Rabbi Stockpiles Food, Beefs Up Security, As War Looms
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Avraham Wolf, the leader of one of Odessa's two main Jewish communities, is preparing for a possible war on a communal scale. Rabbi Wolf has purchased en...
For First Time, Romanian Officials Commemorate Holocaust Refugees Who Died In Sunken Ship 80 Years Ago
Romanian officials for the first time commemorated the victims of the sinking 80 years ago of the Struma, a ship that carried hundreds of Holocaust refugees from Romania.
The ce...
Israeli Groceries Rank Sixth Most Expensive In Countries Surveyed
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The cost of Israeli groceries outranks the majority of 36 countries surveyed for a new report published last week by the United Kingdom’s Money website.
Israel...
EXPLAINER: Ukraine Crisis – Why is Putin invading now?
(To listen to Yaakov M’s full analysis about the Ukraine crisis, click here.)
Why is Putin invading Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin is on a crusade to rebuild the former Soviet Union. ...
Blinken Cancels Plans To Meet With Russian Counterpart
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has cancelled plans to meet his Russian counterpart in Geneva later this week as Russia presses ahead with recognition ...