Month June 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general said the state of Florida appears to have arranged for a group of South American migrants to be dropped off outside a Sacramento church. “While this is still under investigation, we can confirm… Continue Reading →
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the rail industry relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs, the Biden administration is handing out $570 million in grants to help eliminate many railroad crossings in 32 states. The grants announced Monday… Continue Reading →
A team of attorneys representing Donald Trump met with Justice Department officials for several hours Monday morning, just weeks after requesting the sit-down. Three of the former president’s lawyers—John Rowley, James Trusty, and Lindsey Halligan—were spotted by CBS News cameras… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unprecedented step which will infuriate Israel’s religious and conservative community, same-sex couples and single men whose infants are born via surrogate will be hospitalized in the maternity ward at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, according… Continue Reading →
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further hostility from Iran’s enemies and blaming recent anti-government protests on “thugs and villains.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks come amid an intensifying standoff… Continue Reading →
BANGKOK (AP) — The United States military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer,… Continue Reading →
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians. Yet, he stressed… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is in Manila, the Philippines, marking the first time in 56 years that an Israeli foreign minister has visited that nation’s capital. Cohen’s trip, during which he will also visit South Korea, comes… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a roadmap for cooperation for the next five years as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – More than 60 wounded veterans and their families from the United Kingdom visited Israel for the third Veterans Games last week, a friendly competition against their Israeli counterparts that included swimming, shooting and CrossFit events. Ex-servicemen and… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday…. Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Eddie KleinSon Will be getting up Friday Afternoon Mr. Etty GrossDaughter Will be getting from Shiva in Montreal on Friday Afternoon Mr. Shlomie KleinSon Will be sitting shiva at 1154 east 27th street starting Thursday from… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Egyptian terrorist who killed three Israeli soldiers on Saturday was identified on Monday as Mohamed Salah Ibrahim. Ibrahim, 22, was reportedly drafted into the Egyptian military last June and stationed along the Israel-Egypt border as a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog met on Monday morning with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose ChatGPT has quickly become an international sensation. Launched in November, ChatGPT is an artificially intelligent chatbot that can have human-like conversations, answer questions and assist people… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (JNS) – Iran is adhering to a “fraction” of its commitments outlined in a March 4 agreement, International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said on Monday. Addressing the U.N. watchdog’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Grossi expressed disappointment… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In order to comprehend the situation regarding the Israeli chief rabbinate elections, which are slated to take place this summer but will likely be postponed for half a year, one needs a profound understanding of the politics… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For nearly an entire month, the chareidi community in Israel has unanimously avoided consuming items from Angel’s bakery, the famous and most prominent bakery providing bread for the community. After Angel’s director Omer Bar-Lev chose to demonstrate… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – In its waning weeks, the Trump administration transferred Israel from the U.S. military’s European Command to its Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East. That decision responded to the Abraham Accords and Israel’s new, open… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced early Monday its forces had thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province of Donetsk, though it’s unclear if this was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. The ministry, in a… Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast-attack… Continue Reading →