Month March 2020
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Canada’s government on Thursday said President Donald Trump should not deploy troops along the U.S.-Canada border, calling it unnecessary because of the coronavirus outbreak and warning it would damage relations… Read more » The post Canada Calls Trump Plan to… Continue Reading →
The Shin Bet security service said on Thursday that its digital tracking program has located some 500 people were exposed to coronavirus and subsequently tested positive. “Without quickly finding them… Read more » The post Shin Bet Tracks 500 Cases,… Continue Reading →
The IDF said it shot down a drone sent by Hezbollah across the Lebanese border into Israeli airspace on Thursday morning. The small drone was retrieved, the military added. The… Read more » The post IDF Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone… Continue Reading →
The IDF said it shot down a drone sent by Hezbollah across the Lebanese border into Israeli airspace on Thursday morning. The small drone was retrieved, the military added. The… Read more » The post IDF Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone… Continue Reading →
Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge in weekly applications was a stunning reflection of… Continue Reading →
Unfortunately, the negative ripple effects of the Coronavirus pandemic escalate by the hour. In addition to the fast rising numbers in our communities who are in serious medical condition R”l, the financial repercussions are catastrophic. Layoffs and business downturns are… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a rollercoaster week in Israeli politics, Israel has gone from being a parliament without a government and governed by the judiciary to a government independent of it’s parliament- in just 24 mad hours. On Wednesday evening,… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] We’re in uniquely challenging circumstances right now. The world is in a dark place, yet we see Klal Yisroel coming together and davening for those in need of refuah. Pesach this year will be unlike any other, and many… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to ease nationwide guidelines meant to… Read more » The post Trump Says Feds Developing New… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Foreign Ministry acknowledged on Thursday that families of diplomats in Russia and several other countries were being evacuated due to the coronavirus pandemic. “There is an approval for the… Read more » The post Diplomats’ Families Evacuated from Russia… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York once again saw a spike in the number of deaths and hospitalizations related to the coronavirus, a bleak trend for the epicenter of the U.S.’s outbreak of the fast-spreading virus. There are now more… Continue Reading →
An international aid group said Wednesday that closures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic are preventing the group from reaching 300,000 people in conflict zones across the Middle East, as… Read more » The post Pandemic Locks Aid Group Out… Continue Reading →
Ocean County will open its coronavirus drive thru testing site at Ocean County College at 9 a.m. Monday, March 30 to Ocean County residents that must be registered to be tested and must have a doctor’s prescription for the test…. Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Lipa Freidrich Z”L of Monsey. He was 39. The Niftar was a perfectly healthy young man with no prior medical condition. He tested positive for COVID-19 three days ago and… Continue Reading →
Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country,… Read more » The post U.S. Indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on… Continue Reading →
Bikur Cholim of Lakewood is usually prepared for crisis before crisis hits. But THIS crisis we are in now is putting us in a position we have never experienced before. And it is NOT enough. They are standing at the… Continue Reading →
The $2 trillion “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act,” which was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate has been designed to cover various sectors of American society, including families,… Read more » The post What is Included in Stimulus… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — U.S. Army leaders said Thursday that two field hospitals are on their way to New York City and will be able to begin treating patients at the Javits Center on Monday. The Army combat units from Fort Hood,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it’s governors and local officials who will decide when to begin reopening their economies after shuttering them to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Constitution largely… Continue Reading →