Month April 2022
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space from California on Sunday. The NROL-85 satellite lifted off at 6:13 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage… Continue Reading →
Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover attempt with a “poison pill” — a financial device that companies have been wielding against unwelcome suitors for decades. WHAT ARE POISON PILLS SUPPOSED TO DO? The ingredients of each poison… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — Beibei sleeps beside thousands of strangers in rows of cots in a high-ceilinged exhibition center. The lights stay on all night, and the 30-year-old real estate saleswoman has yet to find a hot shower. Beibei and her… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Russian military has released what it claims are details of a recent Israeli air strike on targets in the Damascus region, Ynet reported on Sunday. The report attributed the release to a desire in Moscow to… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian fighters who were holed up in a massive steel plant in the last known pocket of resistance inside the shattered city of Mariupol ignored a surrender-or-die ultimatum from Russia on Sunday and held out against… Continue Reading →
CHISINAU, Moldova (JTA) — MacBook under his arm and sporting the latest AirPods, Shimshon Izakson looked as if — with a change of outfit — he could have just stepped out of a hipster cafe in a trendy neighborhood of… Continue Reading →
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) — In the dusty California desert, U.S. Army trainers are already using lessons learned from Russia’s war against Ukraine as they prepare soldiers for future fights against a major adversary such as Russia or China. The… Continue Reading →
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By: Sarah Einhorn of BeenThereDoneThatTrips.com for TLS. As an avid traveler and photojournalist I am constantly asked to share my favorite Chol Hamoed destinations. There are so many amazing places to visit in the greater New York and New Jersey… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That was a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average… Continue Reading →
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian troops in southern Ukraine have been carrying out torture and kidnappings, and he called on the world Sunday to respond. “Torture chambers are built there,” Zelenskyy said in an evening address… Continue Reading →
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Over Chol Hamoed, as our staff enjoys the Yom Tov, only urgent items and items related to the Chag will be published on the website and status and groups. Other tidbits, such as photos and videos, will be published on… Continue Reading →
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard their country’s newest orbital station in the longest crewed mission to date for China’s ambitious space program. The Shenzhou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of tensions caused by the spate of terror attacks prior to Ramadan as well as disturbances on Temple Mount last Friday, a number of terror incidents occurred in Jerusalem Sunday morning. Miraculously there were… Continue Reading →
HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the third mass shooting in the U.S. over the Easter… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Vice-President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff posted pictures of their Seder, including a wine from the Psagot winery in Binyamin, raising questions regarding Harris’s positions on Judea and Samaria. In the past Harris has… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s strained relations with Russia continued to deteriorate over the weekend after Foreign Minister Lapid condemned the Russian actions in Ukraine and called them “war crimes.” Lapid also supported a motion to suspend Russia from the UN’s… Continue Reading →
Twitter said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company for more than $43 billion and take it private. The move would allow… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s government, already shaken by the departure of coalition leader Idit Silman, was dealt another blow Sunday after the Arab Ra’am party announced that they were freezing their membership in the government until further notice. Despite this,… Continue Reading →