Month April 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush says the Republican Party he served as president has become “isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist” and says he’s especially concerned about anti-immigration rhetoric. “It’s a beautiful country we have and yet… Continue Reading →
With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with… Continue Reading →
With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with… Continue Reading →
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won,… Read more » The post Walter Mondale, Carter’s Vice President,… Continue Reading →
Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council and Cabinet that annuls the 1958… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota dropped to their knees and set off on a protest march over a fatal police shooting — only to change direction when they learned it was a white carjacker who… Continue Reading →
Members of the global chemical weapons watchdog considered a proposal on Tuesday to strip Syria of its rights at the Hague-based agency in response to findings that government forces repeatedly… Read more » The post Chemical Weapons Watchdog Weighs Measures… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police scuffled with protesters in an Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv for a second night late Monday after the assault of a rabbi over the weekend. The protesters, including Arabs and Jews, say Jewish… Continue Reading →
India, the country currently being hit hardest by the pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising… Read more » The post India Suffers Worst Day for… Continue Reading →
Dozens of police officers raided Mea Shearim overnight Monday at 3 a.m., with a list of ten wanted suspects at ten different addresses, for alleged offenses committed at violent protests against the Jerusalem light rail on Bar Ilan, including the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The forlorn figure of Miki Zohar, the Likud whip who chairs the key Arrangements Committee in the Knesset, demonstrated Monday the precarious position of the ruling party and its leader Binyamin Netanyahu. The Likud suffered defeat in… Continue Reading →
Perspective is everything. Sometimes when something goes a little wrong, it highlights how right it usually goes. The news has reported on COVID-19 vaccine side effects because it is newsworthy. Like a lot of “hot” news topics, all the attention… Continue Reading →
Perspective is everything. Sometimes when something goes a little wrong, it highlights how right it usually goes. The news has reported on COVID-19 vaccine side effects because it is newsworthy. Like a lot of “hot” news topics, all the attention… Continue Reading →
Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the… Read more » The post Iran Says 60% Enrichment Meant… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the right-wing bloc suffered a major blow on Monday evening when in a surprise move, the Islamist Ra’am party voted against the Likud proposal on the Knesset’s Arrangements Committee, ceding control of the powerful committee… Continue Reading →
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N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, died Tuesday of wounds suffered on the battlefield during a fight against rebels, the military announced on national television and… Continue Reading →
Chad‘s President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, the army said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the… Read more » The post Chad President Idriss Deby Dies… Continue Reading →
More than 20 Russian warships took part in military exercises in the Black Sea, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a statement from Russia’s Black Sea fleet. Russia… Read more » The post More Than 20 Russian Warships… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, together with the Ministers of Health, Internal Affairs, Internal Security, Transportation, as well as the Commissioner of Police and the coronavirus commissioner, concluded the outline for… Read more » The post Initial Outline for Meron on… Continue Reading →
Experts at the European Medicines Agency are preparing to present Tuesday the conclusions of their investigation into possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and very rare cases… Read more » The post EU Regulator Prepares to Issue… Continue Reading →