Month January 2022
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three businessmen with ties to Hezbollah, saying their activity as financial facilitators for the Iran-backed group was exploiting Lebanon’s economic resources at… Read more » The post U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Hezbollah-Linked… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, in a deployment further beefing up Russian military assets near Ukraine amid Western fears of an invasion. Deputy Defense… Continue Reading →
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The purchase of three submarines from Germany will cost Israel twice the initially projected amount, Globes reported on Tuesday. Despite the huge cost overrun, the ministerial procurement committee has approved… Read more » The post German Subs to Cost Twice… Continue Reading →
Israeli hospitals on Monday rang alarm bells, warning of a dramatic overload of have COVID patients as the country a day earlier reported a dramatic leap in seriously ill patients, Ynet reports. Assuta Ashdod Medical Center on Sunday, in a… Continue Reading →
The United Nations on Tuesday raised the death toll from twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan the day before to 26, saying three villages of around 800 houses were flattened by… Read more » The post Afghan Quake Death Toll Reaches… Continue Reading →
Crews made railroad repairs in Los Angeles Monday after a train derailed near the location where thieves have been raiding cargo containers, leaving the tracks littered with emptied boxes of packaged good sent by retailers. It wasn’t immediately clear if… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say parcels mailed from overseas may have spread the omicron variant of the coronavirus in Beijing and elsewhere, despite doubts among overseas health experts that the virus can be transmitted via packaging. The State… Continue Reading →
Israel has offered security and intelligence support to the United Arab Emirates against further drone attacks after a deadly strike by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, according to a letter released… Read more » The post Israel Offers UAE Security, Intelligence… Continue Reading →
China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of the omicron coronavirus virus variant found in Beijing… Read more » The post China Urges Caution Opening Overseas… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy on Tuesday signed into law bills A-6132/S-4235 that will allow volunteer paramedics to operate within mobile intensive care units, providing a tremendous boost to Hatzolah’s paramedic response time. As previously reported on TLS, the bill was sponsored in… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba‘s cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, according to three people briefed on the matter, as… Read more » The post U.S. Examining Alibaba’s Cloud Unit… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy today signed legislation establishing the “New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program”. The program follows a successful three-year pilot program managed by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP) which expired in 2020. “With hate crimes… Continue Reading →
Multiple large Lakewood day camps are set to close, TLS has learned. Though not yet official, several camps with several hundred children each, are expecting be closing their doors. One camp owner tells TLS the reason for the closings are… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of… Read more » The post Blinken to Visit Ukraine as… Continue Reading →
Microsoft is buying the gaming company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, gaining access to blockbuster games like “Call of Duty” and ”Candy Crush.” The all-cash deal will let Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, accelerate mobile gaming and provide… Continue Reading →
The crowdfunding campaign for opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu is still going strong, surpassing the $1 million mark on Tuesday afternoon, two days after it was launched. On Tuesday, a surprising name appeared among the numerous donors: Shmulik Silman, the husband… Continue Reading →
The National Library of Israel (NLI) has acquired 90 singular pages from the earliest period of Hebrew printing. The pages come from the only known copy of a late 15th-century… Read more » The post National Library of Israel Acquires… Continue Reading →
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday morning that he would not run for governor of New York, ending months of speculation. He had filed paperwork with… Read more » The post De Blasio Won’t Run For… Continue Reading →
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — An armed man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue had spent time in area homeless shelters in the two weeks leading up to the attack, and was dropped off… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Moshe Weinberger is in Boca Raton and will be speaking at BRS. This event is being live streamed exclusively on Meaningful Minute’s website and app! CLICK HERE TO WATCH! The post Watch: Tonight @ 730PM Rav Moshe Weinberger in… Continue Reading →