Month June 2019
Convicted felon Paul Manafort will remain in federal custody, a U.S. Justice Department official said on Tuesday, citing concerns about the “health and personal safety” of President Donald Trump’s former… Read more » The post Justice Department Keeps Manafort in… Continue Reading →
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, today sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg questioning misleading anti-vaccine content that remains widely available on the social media platform… Continue Reading →
Shai (Shomron-Yehuda) police on Tuesday morning report that in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Istiya in Shomron, tires of a number of vehicles were slashed and graffiti stating “stones=murder” and “enough rock-throwing” was painted in the area. Read more… Continue Reading →
California public health officials would have more oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a legislative compromise announced Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom and… Read more » The post California Governor, Lawmaker Alter Proposed… Continue Reading →
Washington – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday he had withdrawn from consideration to head the U.S. military as reports of domestic violence in his family surfaced, stoking uncertainty about the leadership of the Pentagon as tensions with… Continue Reading →
Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Tuesday as traders cheered news that the leaders of the U.S. and China will meet face to face next week to discuss their long-running… Read more » The post Stocks Rise After Trump Says… Continue Reading →
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Iran is not seeking to wage war against any nation, the country’s president said Tuesday while at the same time stressing that Iranians will withstand mounting U.S. pressure and emerge victorious. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Cambridge, England – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mocks Jews At British University To Audience Laughter
Cambridge, England – An audience filled with students at Cambridge University laughed as Malaysia’s prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, unleashed a stream of anti-Semitic statements. Mohamad spoke Sunday evening at the Cambridge Union, known as the world’s oldest debating society, at… Continue Reading →
China and the United States are rekindling trade talks ahead of a meeting next week between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, cheering financial markets with hope that an escalating… Read more » The post U.S., China Rekindle Trade Talks… Continue Reading →
Local council leaders in Yehudah and Shomron have petitioned the Finance and Transportation ministries to bar McDonald’s from a tender to open a branch at Ben Gurion Airport, The Jerusalem… Read more » The post Yehudah and Shomron Leaders Opposing… Continue Reading →
Heidelberg, Germany – Addressing an audience in Heidelberg on Monday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he feared anti-Semitism had become socially acceptable in mainstream German society. “Looking away, ignoring it, saying nothing and doing nothing when Jewish citizens are insulted,… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a conference on the Middle East held at the University of North Carolina after a legislator raised complaints that participants were biased against… Read more » The post U.S. Education Department to Investigate… Continue Reading →
New York – Amazon’s fleet of jets is getting bigger. The online shopping giant said Tuesday that it will lease 15 more Boeing 737s as it seeks to grow its delivery business and get packages to shoppers’ doorsteps faster. Amazon… Continue Reading →
Sirens warning of incoming rockets were sounded in an Israeli town near the Lebanese border on Tuesday in what the Israel military said was a false alarm. The alert took… Read more » The post False Alarm Near Lebanese Border… Continue Reading →
A former general who served as Israel’s chief liaison officer to the Palestinians will attend next week’s U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy in Bahrain in a private capacity, a… Read more » The post Israeli Ex-General to Attend Bahrain… Continue Reading →
More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how… Continue Reading →
Queens, NY – It was a first responder’s worst nightmare: the discovery early on Tuesday of a dead infant. The find drew police and rescue personnel who spent hours poring over a grassy area near a park in New York’s… Continue Reading →
On May 29, 2019, an international traveler who has been confirmed to have had measles — a highly contagious disease — arrived in Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport from Tokyo, Japan. The individual was infectious while at the… Continue Reading →
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to head the U.S. military, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, stoking uncertainty about the leadership of the Pentagon at a… Read more » The post Patrick Shanahan Withdraws From Consideration… Continue Reading →