The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries — mostly in Europe […]
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works. But are AI chatbots — in this case, widely commercialized products made by OpenAI and its business partner […]
Iran’s navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said, a
Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday sought dismissal of charges, including bribery, as his lawyers told a judge that New York federal prosecutors are making claims that are “outrageously false” and “distort reality.” The New Jersey Democrat and his wife pleaded not guilty after they were charged last fall with accepting bribes of gold bars, cash […]
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A smiling and joking Alexei Navalny appeared in court Wednesday via video link from the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence, the first time the Russian
Ukraine has shown the world that Russia’s military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help
The International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday morning began deliberations regarding the case brought by South Africa that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza. The 15 judges
Americans of various racial backgrounds largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024, but recent polling shows that views among racial groups diverge on some high-profile topics, including racism and immigration. About 7 in 10 U.S. adults across racial backgrounds — including white, Black, Hispanic and Asian […]
False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum
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Donald Trump won’t make his own closing argument after all in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge’s insistence that the former president stick to “relevant” matters and “not deliver a campaign speech.” Judge Arthur Engoron nixed Trump’s unusual plan on Wednesday, a day ahead of closing arguments. […]
New York building officials have issued emergency work orders to stabilize Lubavitch headquarters and its neighboring structures in Crown Heights after an illicit underground tunnel was discovered earlier this week. An investigation by the city’s Department of Buildings uncovered a tunnel that was 60-foot-long, 8-foot-wide and 5-foot-high located underneath the global headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch. It […]
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has reported a significant surge in antisemitic incidents in the United States, coinciding with the onset of the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7. According
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to social media, tweeting in Hebrew about the “Zionist entity” and its alleged “crimes,” that the “crimes of the Zionist entity will remain
The IDF says it has concluded its operations in the southern Gaza town of Khuza’a, located on the outskirts of Khan Younis. Over the course of the military campaign, carried out by the 5th Reserve Brigade, a large number of Hamas operatives were killed and Hamas infrastructure targeted and destroyed. The IDF launched this operation […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Before you stop reading – these 500 words can save one of the 50,000 lives that are lost each year. And it will also give you a Torah Mitzvah. The Gemorah in Kesuvos (21a) talks about an “inesh delo maalei” – a bad person. The Gemorah’s reference is to a forger, […]
Former U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will join a South African delegation for this week’s hearings at the International Court of Justice, where the country accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the war in Gaza, the South African government said Tuesday. South Africa brought the case against Israel last month, accusing it of […]
Nearly 21 million children in the U.S. and its territories are expected to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program, the United States Department of Agriculture
By Chaim Weber Needless to say, hiring a hitman is one of the worst things someone can do. The Gemara in Kiddushin (43a) says that for causing murder (gram retzichah), one is liable in the hands of Heaven. The Rambam (Rotzeach U’shmiras Hanefesh 2:2) adds that for hiring someone to kill someone else, one is […]
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