Month January 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday said the Taliban’s refusal to meet commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan is raising questions about whether all U.S. troops will be able to leave by May as required under the peace agreement…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top national security aide to former President Barack Obama is expected to be tapped as U.S. envoy for Iran this week, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The appointment of the aide, Rob Malley,… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed a new visa scheme that offers qualifying Hong Kong citizens a route to British citizenship – a program launched in response to China’s… Read more » The post UK PM Johnson ‘Immensely Proud’… Continue Reading →
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders raised more than $1 million in the first four days of her bid for Arkansas governor, her campaign said Thursday. Sanders announced on Monday she was running for… Continue Reading →
Interior Minister Arye Deri ordered the closure of Israel’s border crossings with Egypt and Jordan on Thursday in an effort to prevent further virus variants from entering Israel. The order, which went into effect on Thursday at 6 a.m. and… Continue Reading →
Special to VinNews President Biden on Thursday signed a series of directives easing aborting pregnancies and killing fetuses. Attempting to avoid the true nature of what he has signed, he described it simply as, “reversing the damage done by former… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Senate has approved legislation to ensure that PPP loans that are forgiven by the Federal Government are exempt from New Jersey’s gross income tax. “As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the small business community… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for an Arizona man who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns is offering to have his client testify at former… Continue Reading →
My father is imprisoned in a foreign country for no injustice in his palm. Please save him. I miss him. I want him back home. Dear friend It happened suddenly on a clear day, Yaakov, who lived with his family… Continue Reading →
The Senate is hurtling toward a shotgun impeachment trial that will accomplish almost nothing by design and likely leave everyone with a bitter aftertaste. Democratic voters will be furious that… Read more » The post Some Urge Senate to Hit… Continue Reading →
Two yeshivah bochurim were stabbed during a violent confrontation by fringe youth in Yeshivas Knesses HaGedolah – Rav Hillel in Modiin Illit on Wednesday evening. The fight reportedly began due to the presence of a “pirate” wedding hall in the… Continue Reading →
Dedicated bike lanes are coming to the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges, New York City Mayor Bill de Blaiso will announce in his State of the City address Thursday night. De… Read more » The post Bike Lanes Coming to Brooklyn,… Continue Reading →
Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not as… Read more » The post Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Works, But… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a very tough week for Israeli chareidim in which the media attacked the entire community repeatedly as a minority of chareidim continued to open schools and to clash with police, it is heartwarming to note the… Continue Reading →
In a small room lined with religious texts, a Jewish rabbi demonstrates how knives are sharpened and inspected before they are put to use slitting the throats of chickens, geese and other poultry at a kosher slaughterhouse in Hungary. A… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 07:45Mincha: 13:45Maariv: 20:30 Rabbi Meir BabadBrother
Republicans chafed openly Thursday over Democrats’ go-it-alone strategy on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, warning they might come to regret it, even as Democrats formalized plans to… Read more » The post Senate Democrats and White House… Continue Reading →
A number of parents spoke at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, in which they thanked the Board for working to keep schools open and stressed the importance of their children receiving in-person instruction. The School District has been in a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Data released by Israel’s Ministry of Health and one of its top health-care provides indicate that the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer is proving to be highly effective in providing immunity from the virus. According to the Ministry of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK(JTA) – Even if you never pay attention to stock market news, you have probably gotten the sense that something unusual is happening right now, and it has to do with something called GameStop. The video game store sits… Continue Reading →
China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that its armed forces were acting in… Read more » The post China Warns Taiwan That Independence… Continue Reading →