Month June 2020
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved on Sunday a bill to decriminalize the use of cannabis. Housing Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) and Yerushalayim Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz (Jewish Home)… Read more » The post Ministers Approve Decriminalizing the Use… Continue Reading →
Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia‘s president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as… Read more » The post Putin Says He May Seek… Continue Reading →
There are 20,686 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Sunday morning, an increase of 53 new cases since midnight on Motzei Shabbos. The number of active cases has risen to 4,716, with 43 patients in serious condition,… Continue Reading →
A number of leaders from Yehudah and Shomron gathered in Yerushalayim on Sunday outside the Prime Minister’s Office and called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to move forward with the declaration… Read more » The post Yesha Leaders to Netanyahu: Declare… Continue Reading →
Of the hundreds of questions and comments that pour into our phone lines daily, this is the most common one: “Are subscriptions going on sale soon?” You asked for it– and here it is: The Circle’s Annual Summer Flash Sale!… Continue Reading →
Sara Schenirer is excited to announce new and exciting degree options for Fall 2020 offered through their college partners. Long considered the premier choice for students seeking a quality and affordable degree, Sara Schenirer is proud to introduce two new… Continue Reading →
British police on Sunday were seeking the motive of a 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing three people to death in a daylight attack in a park. Detectives said they were… Read more » The post U.K. Police Seek Motive in… Continue Reading →
Spain said on Saturday it would allow in British tourists from Sunday without requiring them to spend two weeks in quarantine, opening up to one of its largest tourism markets… Read more » The post Spain to Allow Britons to… Continue Reading →
China’s top lawmaking body has announced a three-day session for the end of this month, a move that raises the possibility of the enactment of a national security law for… Read more » The post China May Enact Hong Kong… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Saturday told thousands of cheering supporters he had asked U.S. officials to slow down testing for the novel coronavirus, calling it a “double-edged sword” that led… Read more » The post Trump Urges Slowdown in COVID-19… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that if the Israel public “does not stick to wearing facemasks and social distancing, we will need to bring back full closure” at the opening… Read more » The post Netanyahu: If Public Won’t Wear… Continue Reading →
One man is dead and 11 people suffered nonlife-threatening wounds in a shooting in Minneapolis, police there said early Sunday. Minneapolis police had first said 10 people had been shot… Read more » The post One Man Dead, 11 People… Continue Reading →
The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) in Ness Ziona claimed that it has made further progress toward a coronavirus vaccine, and hopes to have a finished vaccine in a… Read more » The post Israeli Lab Reports Progress in… Continue Reading →
North Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea, saying it is not bound to any inter-Korean agreements, state media said on Sunday.… Read more » The post N. Korea Vows to Send… Continue Reading →
Although the Alternate Side of the Street Parking Rules had been scheduled to go back into effect on Sunday, June 21, Mayor de Blasio decided to continue with the suspension… Read more » The post Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (Newsmax) – The son of Muhammad Ali said his father would not agree with Black Lives Matter, referring to the cause as “racist” and its members as “devils,” according to the New York Post. Speaking on the fourth… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and 114 other Democrats have signed onto a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz to express opposition to Israel possibly applying sovereignty to the… Continue Reading →
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of COVID-19. Trump told supporters at his campaign rally that the U.S. has tested… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Apple’s Friday decision to close stores in four states with surging coronavirus cases highlights a question that other businesses may soon face: Stay open or prepare for more shutdowns? Apple, like many other major U.S. retailers,… Continue Reading →
Derrek Jones rolled out of his tent Friday morning at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest – or CHOP – to find a yoga class for people of color underway in… Read more » The post Police Enter Cop-Free Zone in… Continue Reading →