Month January 2020

President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which was finally unveiled on Tuesday, holds a promise that no one will be evacuated from their home. However, as a result, 15 Israeli yishuvim will be swallowed up in a future Palestinian… Continue Reading →

The Health Ministry continued on Wednesday to examine its options in preventing the spread of coronavirus to Israel. Officials said they are considering a kind of voluntary quarantine policy: asking… Read more » The post Health Ministry Mulls Voluntary Quarantine… Continue Reading →

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today hosted a press conference in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the latest on the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Flanked by Senate Democratic Leader… Continue Reading →

British Airways halted all flights to China and American Airlines suspended Los Angeles flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing as efforts to contain a new virus intensifies. The coronavirus has now infected more people in China than were sickened… Continue Reading →

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union grudgingly let go of the United Kingdom with a final vote Wednesday at the EU’s parliament that ended the Brexit divorce battle and set the scene for tough trade negotiations in the year ahead…. Continue Reading →

It was a quiet winter morning this month when 42-year-old Eyal Zuckerman returned from shul feeling ill. He was a generally healthy man and had no major reason for concern. He laid down in bed, and asked his 12-year-old son… Continue Reading →

The truck accident occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike near exit 8, and the truck fire near Newark airport. Information on injuries was not immediately available. Photo credit: Jim Battagliese. View this post on Instagram Truck fire on the NJTPK. A… Continue Reading →

Reut Schwartz, 27, a mother of three, was killed in a devastating car accident on Wednesday morning between her car and a truck on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley. “We tended to a young woman this morning, a mother… Continue Reading →

The Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to disqualify the Mishpat Tzedek (Fair Trial) party headed by Rabin assassin Yigal Amir’s wife, Larissa Trimbobler-Amir, from running in the upcoming elections. MK Itzik Shmuli (Labor) submitted the petition for the party’s… Continue Reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant didn’t have a long-recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to the ground, but it is not clear whether it would have averted the foggy-weather crash, investigators… Continue Reading →

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday at its first policy meeting of the year, with officials pointing to continued moderate U.S. economic growth and a “strong” job… Read more » The post Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Offers… Continue Reading →

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in the mainland and more than a dozen other countries. Some details on cases confirmed as of midday Wednesday in Beijing: — China: 5,974 cases on the… Continue Reading →

Congressman Max Rose, Member of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, hosted Staten Island resident and longtime New York City Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn, a Holocaust survivor, to… Read more » The post Congressman Max Rose Hosts Staten… Continue Reading →

Criminal justice reformers in New York were riding high last spring after the legislature passed an overhaul that eliminated cash bail for most nonviolent crimes. But now, a backlash over… Read more » The post Bail Uproar May Dim Appetite… Continue Reading →

Hundreds of thousands continue to rely on YWN for their news each day – using the website, WhatsApp Status, WhatsApp Groups, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other means. Now, as YWN continues in our 16th year, we present a new platform… Continue Reading →

When President Donald Trump signed a revamped trade agreement with Mexico and Canada into law Wednesday, he kept a campaign pledge to improve upon a deal that he had long… Read more » The post ANALYSIS: What Trump’s North American… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats. The Fed sketched a mostly positive picture of the U.S. economy in… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) — World health officials, back from a visit to Beijing, expressed great concern Wednesday that a dangerous new virus is spreading between people outside of China, even as the number of illnesses continue to grow dramatically inside that… Continue Reading →

Stocks moved higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate policy update. The central bank was widely expected to leave its short-term… Read more » The post Stocks Rise as Investors Focus… Continue Reading →

Britain’s departure from the European Union was backed by European lawmakers Wednesday, after a debate that mixed warm words of love with hard-headed warnings to the country not to seek… Read more » The post Brexit Deal Cleared by EU… Continue Reading →

Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation, and their identity and the extent of the data they obtained is not clear.… Read more » The post Leaked Report Shows United Nations… Continue Reading →