Month June 2019
President Donald Trump began his most consequential overseas trip of the year on Thursday with a warm dinner with the prime minister of Australia, a friendly opening act before the… Read more » The post In Japan, Trump Begins Talks… Continue Reading →
The Israeli foreign ministry has invited Bahraini journalists to visit Israel, reciprocating the Gulf state’s hosting of Israeli reporters at the U.S.-led economic workshop this week, and friendly comments from… Read more » The post Foreign Ministry Invites Bahraini Journalists… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Airports Authority reported this week that for the past three weeks, there has been interference with Israel’s GPS airspace navigation system, causing delays in takeoffs and landings. Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) correspondent for transportation Eliav Betito reported on Thursday… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the $50 billion U.S. economic investment plan for the Palestinians, which has been castigated by the Palestinian leadership, is “a brilliant idea.” Speaking late Thursday at a conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of firefighters struggled Thursday to contain a wildfire in northeastern Spain that has spread over 13,590 acres and forced the evacuation of 53 residents. A Spanish military unit with… Read more » The post Wildfire Rages in Northeastern Spain,… Continue Reading →
House Democratic leaders pushed forward Thursday with new changes to an emergency spending bill for the southern border, but the Trump administration said their legislation was unacceptable, Senate GOP leaders… Read more » The post Moderates’ Rebellion Casts Doubt on… Continue Reading →
Miami – Julián Castro had a second chance at a first impression in the Democratic presidential debate. Now he has to figure out what to do with it. Castro, once seen as a rising figure in Democratic politics, was chosen… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained a hold on the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, and the question’s opponents say there’s no time to revisit the issue before next week’s scheduled start to… Continue Reading →
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cited an awkward encounter with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law in a Washington restaurant as an example of diplomacy being conducted behind his back when… Read more » The post Tillerson Says Kushner Conducted Foreign… Continue Reading →
Ford said it will cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by the end of next year to try to return the business to profit, part of a wave of cost reductions… Read more » The post Ford to Cut 12,000 Jobs… Continue Reading →
United Hatzalah first responders and ambulance team responded to a motor vehicle accident at the Holz Interchange on Kibbutz Galuyot Road in Tel Aviv on Thursday night. A Magen David Adom ambulance had been involved in an accident with a… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] It’s summer, and that means that the annual Tomchei Shabbos Summer Raffle Giveaway is here. The raffle, now in its 7th year is one of the most popular and anticipated raffles in Lakewood, due to the fact that one… Continue Reading →
Washington – The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to send President Donald Trump a bipartisan, Senate-drafted, $4.6 billion measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border, capping a Washington skirmish in which die-hard liberals came out on the… Continue Reading →
Police detectives on Wednesday afternoon responded to a report that chareidi protesters were blocking traffic, including public buses, at Kikar Shabbos. The police response was immediate, and upon their arrival, detectives detected one suspect who was damaging a bus and… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Palestinian health officials say a 20-year-old Palestinian man has been killed in a clash with Israeli police in east Jerusalem. Israeli police say they were operating in the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya late Thursday when the man fired… Continue Reading →
The far-left Meretz party changed leaders on Thursday night when former MK Nitzan Horowitz defeated the incumbent MK Tamar Zandberg. Horowitz won 56 percent of the voting party members versus… Read more » The post Meretz Picks New Leader appeared… Continue Reading →
The flu vaccine turned out to be a big disappointment again. The vaccine didn’t work against a flu bug that popped up halfway through the past flu season, dragging down… Read more » The post Vaccine No Match Against Flu… Continue Reading →
The young family from El Salvador appeared in this border city over the weekend with panic on their faces. They went to the downtown bridge that leads to Brownsville, Texas, where Xiomara Mejia, a migrant from Honduras, explained that the… Continue Reading →
In what could be the worst day of Gaza-launched arson against southern Israel since it started over a year ago, at least 30 fires were started by incendiary balloons on… Read more » The post 30 Terrorist Fires in South… Continue Reading →
London – Senior politicians in Britain’s Labour opposition expressed fury with their party on Thursday for readmitting a lawmaker who was suspended over comments he had made about anti-Semitism and demanded that leader Jeremy Corbyn intervene. Labour has been battling… Continue Reading →
Denver drivers using Google Maps and trying to avoid a traffic jam on the way to the city’s airport last weekend were sent on a detour that took them down… Read more » The post Denver Airport Drivers Get Stuck… Continue Reading →