US-Canada Border Restrictions Extended Until July 21
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s public safety minister said Friday border restrictions on nonessential travel with the United States will be extended until July 21.
Public Safety Minist...
WATCH: Rampaging Bear In Japan Injures 4 Before Being Fatally Shot
TOKYO (AP) — A wild brown bear on the loose in a city in northern Japan wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at an airport Friday before being fatally...
UN Re-Elects Antonio Guterres As Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-membe...
Israel To Send 1M Coronavirus Vaccine Doses To Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of ...
London Orthodox School Drops Teacher Because She Was Ordained As A Rabbi
LONDON (JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish school in London ended its relationship with an educator following her rabbinical ordination.
The London School of Jewish Studies revoked the h...
Experts: Remains Near Auschwitz Probably Post-War German
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish experts say human remains uncovered this month near the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz date to after World War II, and most probably belong...
Ukraine Honors 2 Tiny Sects With Jewish Roots As ‘Indigenous Peoples,’ And Putin Is Furious
UKRAINE (JNS) - Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine.
The few hundred Karaites who remain in Ukraine t...
Scotch Whisky Makers Welcome Suspension Of Costly US Tariffs
LONDON (AP) — Scotch whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland's main exports following the resolution o...
First Crisis For Fledgling Bennett Government Could Expose Its Frailties Or Even Topple It
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Bennett-Lapid government has hardly warmed the Knesset's chairs when it is faced with what could be an existential threat which could tear it apart. This ...
Facebook Post: I’m Ultra-Orthodox, Chassidic, Chareidi And I’m Normal – Not As The Media Depicts Me
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The following Facebook post, authored by Rabbi Doniel Katz, has been going viral recently. It is written thoughtfully by a person concerned about the image of...
Lod Imam Arrested For Incitement To Violence After Sharing Gory Scene Of Murder Of Police Officers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After weeks in which the imam at Lod's central mosque has been under suspicion for apparent incitement to violence during the riots which broke out in the tow...
Profile Of The ‘New’ Terrorist: Dr. Mai Afane
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Terrorism in Israel is unfortunately not news but part and parcel of life. Not a day goes by without some nationalistically-motivated attack, whether stones t...
New Footage Shows Last Moments Of Ill-Fated Cable Car Tragedy In Which 5 Israelis Died
NEW YORK (VINnews) — New footage released by Italian television company Tg3 shows the last moments of the cable car journey which ended in tragedy last month after the cable car fa...
IAF Takes Part In Joint, Two-Week Exercise With US, Italian, British Air Forces
ITALY (JNS) - A large-scale joint combat drill underway in Italy, involving F-35 squadrons from Israel, Italy, the United States and Britain, represents a major learning opport...
COVID-19 Cases Delay Long-Awaited Royal Caribbean Cruise
MIAMI (AP) — Royal Caribbean International is postponing for nearly a month one of the highly anticipated first sailings from the U.S. since the pandemic began because eight crew m...
Ukraine Uncovers Ring Behind $500 Million Hacking Operation
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian police say they have uncovered a ring of computer hackers responsible for cyberattacks that targeted universities in the United States and firms South Korea...
N Korea’s Kim Looks Much Thinner, Causing Health Speculation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has long been a source of morbid fascination in rival South Korea, which sits in the shadow of Kim's 1.2-mil...
Putin Says No Hostility In Meeting With Biden
GENEVA — Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the tone of the talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday as “constructive” and said there was no hostility during th...
Coca Cola Stock Drops $4B After Prominent Soccer Player Removes Coke During Press Conference
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Portuguese winger Christiano Ronaldo is a world famous soccer superstar, with many considering him to be the best player in the world. Thus, even small gestur...
Face To Face: Biden, Putin Meet For Long-Anticipated Summit
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have opened their face-to-face talks Wednesday at a lush lakeside Swiss mansion, a highly anticipated summit at a...