Month May 2019
Russia‘s ambassador to the United States on Thursday said a U.S. allegation that Moscow may be conducting banned nuclear tests was a calculated attempt to undermine nuclear arms control, Russian… Read more » The post Russia: U.S. Nuclear Accusation Is… Continue Reading →
In his post-mortem to the failed attempts by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form a coalition, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, who headed the Likud’s coalition negotiating team, said it was… Read more » The post Likud Negotiator: Liberman Made ‘Absurd’… Continue Reading →
On the day after the Knesset’s decision to disperse itself, the result of the failure of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form a government, analysts and experts were pondering the… Read more » The post Chareidi MKs: Public Won’t Forgive… Continue Reading →
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday after another round of selling on Wall Street amid investor worries about a trade war. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 0.4% to 20,913.68. Australia’s… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Mostly Fall on… Continue Reading →
At 10:30 P.M., a tractor trailer travelling eastbound on Avenue K in the Midwood section of Brooklyn hit the elevated tracks of the Q train tracks between East 15th Street… Read more » The post Tractor Trailer Hits Train Overpass,… Continue Reading →
Rockland County Executive Ed Day made a surprise visit to an indoor children’s play center in Spring Valley, to show support for it’s Orthodox Jewish owner who reported harassment and threats following public comments he had made on vaccination. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Washington – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of any effort to move the USS John S. McCain that was stationed near the site of his recent speech in Japan. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday… Continue Reading →
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A new report says the White House wanted the U.S. Navy to keep a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain “out of sight” for President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Japan. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A U.S. intelligence official says Russia “probably” is not adhering to a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing. The statement was made Wednesday by the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Read more on Yeshiva World News
New York – Hillary Clinton has assailed President Donald Trump at a commencement speech, saying he ignored the special counsel’s findings on Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 election. The Democrat who lost to Trump addressed Hunter College graduates… Continue Reading →
New York – Robert Mueller spoke for only 10 minutes, and his statements yielded no new information on the Russia probe. But for much of the American media, the special counsel’s first public comments in two years warranted wall-to-wall coverage…. Continue Reading →
The fire in a residential building in Tzefas last Shabbos which R”L claimed the life of a 3-year-old and left 20 others injured was the result of children playing with fire. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Los Angeles – A transportation company is betting its sleek new hydrogen-powered electric flying vehicles will someday serve as taxis, cargo carriers and ambulances of the sky, but experts say they will have to clear a number of regulatory hurdles… Continue Reading →
The attached video was taken earlier this week at keter Judaica in Boro Park. The individual in the video is speaking a fluent Chassidish Yiddish – yet he is not even Jewish! Read more on Yeshiva World News
The United States and China are becoming strategic rivals. The mounting trade war is but the most visible manifestation of this new reality. But the competition goes well beyond trade.… Read more » The post China’s Power Is Booming. How… Continue Reading →
Most discussions about health care are about the patient. But lately, how the doctor feels has also made headlines — in both professional journals and the general media. To put… Read more » The post Physician Burnout: The Feel-Bad Factor… Continue Reading →
The residents of Moshav Mevo Modi’im on Tuesday established an action committee to fight for their basic rights for suitable housing after forty homes of the community’s fifty homes were destroyed by fire last weekend. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
Abu Dhabi – President Donald Trump’s national security adviser warned Iran on Wednesday that any attacks in the Persian Gulf will draw a “very strong response” from the U.S., taking a hard-line approach with Tehran after his boss only two… Continue Reading →
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Airlines Group: Boeing Jet Won’t Return Before August GENEVA (AP) – The global airline trade group says it expects the Boeing 737 Max jet will remain grounded at least through… Read more » The post Business Briefs – May 29,… Continue Reading →