Month July 2020
Britain is watching coronavirus cases in Germany and France closely and continuously reviewing the situation in popular holiday destinations, a junior health minister said on Monday when asked about widening… Read more » The post Germany and France ‘Under Review’… Continue Reading →
Is the country heading to yet another election campaign? A senior political figure who spoke with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu understood from him that he was interested in going to… Read more » The post Senior Likud Official: Netanyahu Is… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry said Monday morning that 1,039 people were diagnosed with coronavirus on Sunday. The number of tests dropped to 12,119, and the rate of positive tests was 9.2%.… Read more » The post 1,039 New Cases Diagnosed; Only… Continue Reading →
New York’s quest to keep voters safe from COVID-19 by letting them vote by mail in the June primary has led to big delays in tabulating results, concerns about disenfranchisement… Read more » The post NY Mail-In Voting Deluge Fuels… Continue Reading →
The price of gold surged to a record above $1,934 per ounce on Monday as investors moved money into an asset seen as a safe haven amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese… Read more » The post Uncertainty Pushes Gold Price to… Continue Reading →
Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., satellite photographs released Monday show, likely signalling the Islamic… Read more » The post Iran Moves Mock Aircraft Carrier… Continue Reading →
21% of respondents or about 1.2 million Israelis said they or one of their family members have reduced their weekly food consumption over the financial crisis triggered by the pandemic,… Read more » The post Report: 21% of Israelis Have… Continue Reading →
Major Asian stock markets declined and gold surged to a record price Monday amid U.S.-China tensions and concern a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic might be weakening. Shanghai, Tokyo and… Read more » The post Gold Surges, Asian Stocks Mixed… Continue Reading →
Hong Kong on Monday announced further restrictions to curb a surge in coronavirus cases, including a ban on gatherings of more than two people, a total bar on restaurant dining… Read more » The post Hong Kong Extends Virus Restrictions… Continue Reading →
The deputy leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iran-backed movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last… Read more » The post As Tensions Mount, Hezbollah Says… Continue Reading →
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch human rights board found the national airline KLM guilty of discriminating against a woman who was moved from her seat because an Orthodox Jewish man wouldn’t sit near her. The Human Rights College, a watchdog… Continue Reading →
Social media has become the target of a dueling attack ad campaign being waged online by the sitting president and his election rival. They’re shooting the messenger while giving it lots of money. President Donald Trump has bought hundreds of… Continue Reading →
A protest in Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when a small group of demonstrators wearing helmets and goggles and carrying large signs that doubled as shields set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a… Continue Reading →
A protest in Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when a small group of demonstrators wearing helmets and goggles and carrying large signs that doubled as shields set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a… Continue Reading →
The American flag has been taken down at a U.S. consulate in southwestern China, according to state media, as officials vacate the premises under order of the Chinese government. State broadcaster CCTV said on its social media account that the… Continue Reading →
With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position as his reelection bid against Democrat… Continue Reading →
The IDF’s new “ghost” unit completed several weeks of training on Thursday. The multidimensional combat unit was formed by IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi in January as part of the IDF’s multi-year Momentum program designed to face the multiple… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) – Jewish groups in Philadelphia have called for the firing of the head of the local NAACP, Rodney Muhammad, who posted a known anti-Semitic meme on his public Facebook page. The meme, known as “the Happy Merchant,” is… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – Rapper Jay Electronica appeared to call Jews anti-Semites in a series of tweets railing against Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who recently spoke with Nick Cannon about comments made on the TV star’s online show. “Rabbi Abraham Cooper is a… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records, a news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of officers. ProPublica posted the database Sunday, explaining… Continue Reading →