Month June 2019
Japan – World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to… Continue Reading →
As the $30 million battle continues in court, the Lakewood School District this morning sent out a notice indicating it could soon cease operations. The letter to parents and staff reads: ”Good Morning, Due to the unknown fiscal situation of… Continue Reading →
Australia’s prime minister said on Friday he remained concerned for an Australian student who is uncontactable in North Korea and has been offered international support to find him. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the plight of Alek Sigley had been… Continue Reading →
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Osaka, Japan – For many he’s an international pariah, but you wouldn’t know it by the lavish reception Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received at the G-20 summit this week. He beamed as he stood front and center,… Continue Reading →
First it was the city’s announcement that it would operate its newly renovated indoor pool on Shabbos, leading to a call by rabbonim not to pay for pool membership, to boycott the pool. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Earlier this week, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced plans for toll and fare hikes to balance their checkbooks. Once again, we are reminded of the agency’s insensitivity to commuters. In response to these proposals, Assemblywoman… Continue Reading →
Paris – Henriette Cohen, France’s oldest survivor of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz concentration camp, has died. She was 101. Cohen stayed silent about the horrors she lived through at the death camp in Poland for four decades before finding the strength… Continue Reading →
Vienna – World powers warned Iran to respect the terms of their nuclear deal in talks on Friday that Tehran said were the “last chance” to save the pact, as Washington vowed to choke off all sales of Iranian oil…. Continue Reading →
Tara O’Sullivan may have only been on the job with the Sacramento Police Department for a few months when she was shot while responding to a domestic violence call last week, but law enforcement officials from across California mourned her… Continue Reading →
Osaka, Japan – With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia’s Vladimir Putin “Don’t meddle in the election” in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Russia extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign…. Continue Reading →
The weekly Shiur delivered by Reb Yisroel Meir Shapiro.
Paul Manafort, the imprisoned former chairman of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, pleaded not guilty Thursday to New York state mortgage fraud charges that could keep him locked up even if Trump pardons him for federal crimes uncovered during the… Continue Reading →
A Texas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge two weeks after shooting the unarmed driver of a truck that had been reported stolen as the vehicle swerved past his police SUV in a Dallas parking lot. Read… Continue Reading →
The Americans want to safeguard their technological riches, restore balance to their top trading relationship and force a sharp-elbowed rival to play by the rules and keep its word. The Chinese want the Trump administration to drop its tariffs so… Continue Reading →
Asian stocks sank Friday as investors waited for a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping that they hope will produce a truce in spiraling U.S.-China trade tensions. Benchmarks… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Sink Ahead of… Continue Reading →
Government offices are quite upset over the decision by the government earlier this week to slash the state budget – and at the Foreign Ministry, workers have decided that the… Read more » The post Report: Foreign Ministry Workers to… Continue Reading →
Iran said Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal was the “last chance” to save the accord after the U.S. withdrawal last year and warned… Read more » The post Iran: Vienna Meeting Is ‘Last… Continue Reading →
After fierce rioting by Arabs in the Issawiya neighborhood of Yerushalayim, an Arab was killed when police faced off against the rioters, prompting further riots. The Arab who was killed,… Read more » The post Arab Rioter Killed in Yerushalayim… Continue Reading →
Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of the Zhviller Rebbe, shlita, of Yerushalayim, who was taken to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital on Thursday night. At the… Read more » The post Tefillos Requested as Zhviller Rebbe… Continue Reading →
The majority of Israelis do not want new elections, a poll by i24 News and Yisrael Hayom shows. A full 62% of those who responded in a representative poll of… Read more » The post Poll: Solid Majority Do Not… Continue Reading →