Month December 2021

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will lead bilateral security talks in Geneva on Jan. 10, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on… Read more » The post Senior Officials to Lead Russia-U.S…. Continue Reading →

Within weeks, the Omicron variant has fueled thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among U.S. children, raising new concerns about how the many unvaccinated Americans under the age of 18 will… Read more » The post COVID-19 Hospitalization Surge Among U.S…. Continue Reading →

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel on Wednesday announced plans to privatize the Israel Post in full. The national postal service underwent partial privatization in 2020, leaving the government in control of… Read more » The post Communications Minister Plans to Privatize… Continue Reading →

Coronavirus infections set new one-day highs in six Canadian provinces Wednesday, prompting several provinces to impose more restrictions in hopes of containing the spread of the Omicron variant. The biggest… Read more » The post Six Provinces in Canada Report… Continue Reading →

China’s industrial and tech hub of Xian reported on Thursday more than 100 new cases of COVID-19, taking its tally of locally transmitted infections to the highest in any Chinese… Read more » The post Xian Battles Biggest COVID-19 Outbreak… Continue Reading →

Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg said Thursday a clandestine oil deal that would have turned a scuba divers’ paradise into a waypoint for Emirati oil headed for Western markets has effectively… Read more » The post Environment Minister Says UAE Oil… Continue Reading →

Iran said Thursday it launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it’s unclear if any of the objects entered orbit around the Earth. The… Read more » The post Iranian Media: Tehran Launches Rocket… Continue Reading →

The Health Ministry on Thursday morning reported that nearly 4,000 new coronavirus cases had been diagnosed the previous day. With 3,947 out of 135,885 tests conducted on Wednesday returning positive,… Read more » The post Nearly 4,000 New COVID Cases… Continue Reading →

A fire damaged the front doors and exterior of Australia’s Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately clear, although a group of protesters… Read more » The post Fire Damages Front Doors of… Continue Reading →

A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson Inc’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine was 84% effective at preventing hospitalization in South African healthcare workers who became infected as the omicron variant spread,… Read more » The post S. African Study: J&J Booster… Continue Reading →

North Korea on Thursday urged its 1.2 million troops to unite behind leader Kim Jong Un and defend him with their lives, as the country celebrated the 10th anniversary of… Read more » The post North Korea Calls for Troops’… Continue Reading →

Defense Minister Benny Gantz defended on Wednesday his decision to host Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in his home in Rosh Ha’Ayin a day earlier, saying that as “only someone… Read more » The post Report: Gantz Failed to Convince… Continue Reading →

Israel on Monday began trials of a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in what is believed to be the first study of its kind. The trial began at Sheba Medical Center, outside Tel Aviv, with 150 medical personnel who received… Continue Reading →

Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that cases of the flu are increasing throughout the country. There are currently 1,894 people hospitalized with the flu, including 124 pregnant women and new mothers, and 605 children. The ministry stated that most… Continue Reading →

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia and Belarus will hold joint war games early next year. Putin welcomed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s proposal to hold another round of military drills, saying that they could be held in February… Continue Reading →

In the wake of the advancement of the giyur reform plan and after Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana announced the dismissal of the head of the Giyur Authority, Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Lau threatened to paralyze the giyur system. Kahana… Continue Reading →

Years of reports and condemnations of alleged Chinese human rights abuses of the Muslim population in its Xinjiang province bore fruit as President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan… Read more » The post A Presumption of Forced Labor… Continue Reading →

Since the early 1990s, there have been efforts on the part of a number of communities to prevent Orthodox Jews from establishing homes and shuls in their environs, hiding their… Read more » The post Governor Hochul’s Principled Move appeared… Continue Reading →

In February, with the images of the violent insurrection in Washington still fresh in the minds of Americans, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took the unprecedented step of signing a memo directing commanding officers across the military to institute… Continue Reading →