Month November 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden is taking the first formal preparations for his Jan. 20 inauguration, unveiling the inaugural committee that will lead arrangements for the day he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris assume their posts. Biden is naming… Continue Reading →
The first two vaccines against the novel coronavirus could be available to Americans before the end of December, Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday, after Moderna Inc became the… Read more » The post Health Secretary: Two Coronavirus Vaccines… Continue Reading →
DUBAI (VINnews) — Mota Frank, one of the well-known Mashpi’im (influential people) among Breslav chasidim, is visiting Dubai at present and shared a number of his colorful experiences on social media. Frank utilized a Dubai hot air balloon to pray… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the country’s… Continue Reading →
President Jair Bolsonaro suffered big losses in Brazil’s just-completed municipal elections, with only five mayoral candidates he supported winning their races and none of them in the most important cities. The president’s worst rebuff came in his hometown of Rio… Continue Reading →
Small businesses in the Garden State are going belly-up at a rapid clip due to coronavirus closures. According to a Harvard study, 31% of New Jersey businesses shut down as of November 9th, higher than the national average. The New… Continue Reading →
Ethiopia’s announcement that it has completed its military offensive in its defiant Tigray region “does not mean the conflict is finished,” the U.N. refugee chief said Sunday, adding he is very concerned about the fate of nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com One of the byproducts of COVID-19 is that there are now greater tzedakah needs than before. There are many organizations in Eretz Yisroel and throughout New York that have been hit hard, and are… Continue Reading →
Moderna said it will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday based on full results from a late-stage study showing its vaccine was 94.1%… Read more » The post Moderna to Seek U.S., EU… Continue Reading →
Russia plans to begin mass trials of its second coronavirus vaccine, EpiVacCorona, on people aged over 18 on Monday, the RIA news agency cited the consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as… Read more » The post Russia Begins Mass Trials of… Continue Reading →
If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word… Read more » The post Merriam-Webster’s Top Word of 2020… Continue Reading →
During Monday’s meeting of the Science and Technology Committee on the various coronavirus vaccines, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) Director-General Professor Shmuel Shapira said, “We have the ability to… Read more » The post Head of Biological Research Institute:… Continue Reading →
The Coronavirus Cabinet is expected to convene this week and decide on the closures that will be enforced soon, due to Chanukah and, lehavdil, the Christian end of the Gregorian… Read more » The post Health Ministry Ponders: A Lockdown… Continue Reading →
Britain and the European Union cautioned each other on Monday that time was running out for a Brexit trade deal as negotiators sparred over state aid, enforcement and fishing in… Read more » The post Time Is Running Out for… Continue Reading →
U.S.-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel that were scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed until further notice, a Lebanese security source and an Israeli official said on Monday. Longtime foes… Read more » The post Officials: Israel-Lebanon Maritime Border Talks… Continue Reading →
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Sunday, sending a column of ash as high as 4,000 meters (13,120 feet) into the sky and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.… Read more » The post Volcano in Eastern Indonesia Erupts,… Continue Reading →
There were two incidents of muggins in Crown Heights Sunday night, including one robbery. The first was a Jewish man who was held up at gunpoint and robbed of his… Read more » The post Two Muggings Reported in Crown… Continue Reading →
Israel over the past 24 hours recorded a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus patients needing mechanical ventilation, health officials said Monday morning. The Health Ministry said 263 patients… Read more » The post A Sharp Rise in Ventilated… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is to travel to Egypt in the coming weeks and will meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Ma’ariv reported Monday, quoting diplomatic sources. Officials from both… Read more » The post Diplomatic Sources: Netanyahu Preparing for… Continue Reading →
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday directed state agencies to prepare emergency response assets as a weather system is expected to bring thunderstorms, high winds and Lake Effect snow to… Read more » The post Cuomo Directs State Agencies to… Continue Reading →