Month April 2020
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday that he is stepping down from his position, a Channel 12 News report said. Litzman will head the Construction and Housing Ministry instead, reportedly due to the Gerrer… Continue Reading →
There are 15,298 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Motzei Shabbos, with 127 in serious condition, of whom 99 are ventilated. Israel recorded 199 fatalities due to the coronavirus as of Motzei Shabbos. A total of 6,400… Continue Reading →
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is either dead, brain dead or just fine, depending on which Asian media report you believe. The dictator underwent a stent procedure earlier this month that started a swirl of international speculation. Britain’s Express has also reported the news, citing… Continue Reading →
The Cabinet on Friday ordered a lockdown on several neighborhoods in Beit Shemesh and Netivot, where there has been a stark rise in the number of coronavirus infections in recent… Read more » The post Lockdowns Ordered on Hot-Spot Neighborhoods… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry on Motzoei Shabbos said that 199 people have passed away from coronavirus. One of those who passed away over Shabbos was an 86-year-old woman, who was a… Read more » The post Israel’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy. The bill is the latest effort… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he prepares to go on trial for corruption charges. The protesters… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Save a Family of 12 Yesomim. Seven who are single. Avrohom Yitzchok Cohen a noted Askon is the Bensonhurst community was niftar at the young age of 55 due to the Corona Virus. He was part of the closenit… Continue Reading →
The government on Friday afternoon approved lifting further restrictions on businesses as it continued to gradually reopen the economy. Stores that aren’t in shopping malls will be allowed to operate… Read more » The post Government Approves Reopening of Most… Continue Reading →
A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a… Read more » The post Train Possibly Belonging to Kim… Continue Reading →
As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandemic-wounded businesses reluctant… Read more » The post Global Death Toll From Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
R’ Tzvi Hirsch Porush, 58, a well-known figure of Rechov Shomrei Emunim neighborhood in Mea Shearim passed away in Shaarei Tzedek Hospital on Friday night. R’ Porush was sitting shiva for his wife, Baila, 52, a’h, who passed away from… Continue Reading →
Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas and barbershops reopened Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma with a green light from their Republican governors, who eased lockdown orders despite health experts’ warnings. Though limited… Continue Reading →
The French and Dutch governments announced at least 9 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in bailout money Friday to rescue Air France and KLM, which are fighting for survival as most of their planes are grounded by virus lockdowns around the… Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won’t approve a $10 billion loan for the U.S. Postal Service unless the agency raises charges for Amazon and other big shippers to four to five times current rates. “The… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – When Eddie Song leaves his Manhattan home, it can feel like heading into battle. The Korean American startup founder and avid rider dons his armored motorcycle jacket, motorcycle gloves, a skull face mask and a GoPro… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Friday that Congress’ next economic package provide billions for financially reeling state and local governments, foreshadowing a sharp partisan fight ahead in lawmakers’ continuing response to the coronavirus pandemic. “There will not… Continue Reading →
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus, despite warnings from doctors that more research… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — Amazon is studying its next moves in France after an appeals court upheld a ruling saying the company hadn’t done enough to protect workers from the coronavirus. Unions in France and beyond welcomed Friday’s ruling by the… Continue Reading →
The Knesset approved further rollbacks for Israeli businesses on Friday morning as well as a NIS b. relief package for small businesses and the self-employed. All stores located on the street (and not in malls) will be allowed to open,… Continue Reading →