The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, announced the investment Thursday at a White House briefing as part of a new “antiviral program for pandemics” to develop drugs to […]
By Yehudit Garmaise Judge D. Esther Paul, who lives in Bed-Stuy, is running for Kings County Surrogate’s Court Judge because she passionately wants to help those who
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Baz, an imam at Lod’s Great Mosque, was arrested on Thursday morning for alleged incitement to violence and murder against Jews and the state of Israel. Al-Baz, 63,
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since April despite widespread evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding steadily
Ra’am MK Saeed Alkharumi seems to have formed a habit of making threats. It began on Sunday morning when he threatened to oppose the new government due to his dissatisfaction with some parts of the coalition agreements regarding the Negev. Ultimately, Alkharumi absented himself from the vote rather than voting against the government. But his […]
Naftali Bennet is Israel’s first prime minister who wears a yarmulke. Along with all the weighty issues that have arisen in the wake of Israel’s new government, it seems like
The chief executive of CureVac said Thursday that interim results from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot are “sobering,” but the German company aims to finish a final analysis within weeks that will determine whether it will still seek regulatory approval. CureVac announced late Wednesday that the vaccine had shown an efficacy of 47% against […]
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A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe Thursday. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said
The U.K.’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread of the more contagious delta variant. Government figures showed another 11,007 cases were reported. That’s the highest daily number since Feb. 19, when 12,027 […]
A no-confidence motion against the Bennett-Lapid government was filed by United Torah Judaism and Shas on Wednesday. “For the first time in the history of Israel, a government has been
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Three Chinese astronauts arrived Thursday at China’s new space station at the start of a three-month mission, marking another milestone in the country’s ambitious space program. Their Shenzhou-12 craft connected with the space station module about six hours after taking off from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert. About three […]
The Bennett-Lapid government approved the members of the high-level security cabinet on Wednesday in a telephone vote. The political-security cabinet has the responsibility of approving military operations. The members of
Many efforts have been made to save the life of two-year-old Alta Fixsler of Manchester after a UK court ruled that she must be disconnected from life-support despite her parents’
Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance as the country prepares to vote on Friday for a new president and diplomats press on with efforts to get both the U.S. and Tehran to reenter the accord. The deal represents the signature accomplishment of the relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s eight years […]
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A man died after jumping in the East River near Brooklyn’s Domino Park to retrieve a volleyball, police said. Police got a 911 call about a man in the water near the park in the Williamsburg neighborhood at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Harbor unit officers brought the man to shore and tried to revive him, […]
Now that the government and premiership have changed hands, Defense Minister Benny Gantz has asked Israel’s new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, to alter government regulations so that the minutes of the coronavirus cabinet meetings, which currently remain confidential, could be published. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Gantz wrote on Wednesday that, “throughout the […]
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