Month March 2020
LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. The 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland, his… Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both major political parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the… Continue Reading →
In line with the new directives of the Health Ministry that forbid gatherings of even ten people inside buildings, the Chief Rabbis Rishon LeTzion Harav Yitzchak Yosef and Harav David… Read more » The post Israel’s Chief Rabbis Call to… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County health officials backtracked Tuesday on their announcement that a child died from coronavirus, saying it’s possible the death was caused by something else. During their daily briefing, the county health department said the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As the coronavirus continues to spread unabated in Israel, there have been four fatalities from the virus in the space of just 36 hours, sparking concern that the lockdown enforced over the last week has not been… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making a baseless claim of surging suicides if the U.S. economy remains mostly shut due to the spread of the coronavirus. There’s no evidence that suicides will rise dramatically, let alone surpass potential… Continue Reading →
Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self-isolating in Scotland. Charles, eldest son of Queen… Read more » The post Britain’s Prince Charles Tests Positive… Continue Reading →
The death toll in France from coronavirus is much higher than the daily government tally, which only accounts for those dying in hospitals, a senior French health official said on… Read more » The post Hospitals Chief: French Coronavirus Death… Continue Reading →
Israeli officials approved new restrictions to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the early hours of Wednesday morning after hours of deliberations. These restrictions are set to come into effect Wednesday… Read more » The post Officials Agree to New Restrictions,… Continue Reading →
In the midst of the doom and gloom of coronavirus, there was a bright spot in the news Wednesday: The Kinneret needs less than half a meter of water in… Read more » The post Good News: Kinneret Almost Full… Continue Reading →
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish media reports said Wednesday. The private DHA news agency… Read more » The post Turkish Prosecutors File Indictment Over… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman (a joint VINNEWS and 5TJT.com project) Many of us are painfully missing the fact that we should not be davening with a minyan anymore. So here is, perhaps, an innovative way of doing it Rav Aharon… Continue Reading →
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein officially resigned his position Wednesday, after being given a deadline by the High Court to call the Knesset into session and open the position up to… Read more » The post Knesset Speaker Edelstein Announces Sudden… Continue Reading →
Senators and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the negotiators said on Wednesday. The… Read more » The post Congress, Negotiators Reach Deal on… Continue Reading →
Blue and White head Benny Gantz has backed off from the idea of a minority government backed by the Joint Arab List, and is prepared to join an emergency government… Read more » The post Report: Gantz Prepared to Serve… Continue Reading →
Shares leaped in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House reached a deal on injecting… Read more » The post Asian Shares Jump After Dow’s… Continue Reading →
The founder of Ezer Mizion, the pillar of chessed, Rav Chananya Chollak, was diagnosed with the coronavirus on Tuesday as well as another senior figure in the chessed organization. It is currently unknown how he contracted the virus. Rav Chollak… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry on Wednesday morning said that five people have now succumbed to the coronavirus in Israel. Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer announced the death of a 76-year-old… Read more » The post Israeli Fatalities Rise to Five;… Continue Reading →
Nati Hadad, an Israeli who was sentenced to a four-year prison sentence in Thailand in 2018 will be transferred to Israel to serve the remainder of his sentence, President Reuven Rivlin’s office stated on Tuesday. Hadad was arrested and imprisoned… Continue Reading →
With numerous Ministers in home isolation and following the guidelines set forth by the Health Ministry, the government will conduct a meeting tonight via conference call in order to ratify a series of new restrictions due to the continuing spread… Continue Reading →