Watching this video you will reminisce events of this past year which has been one of the most tumultuous and unpredictable of our lives. Every aspect of life, from personal,
American security contractor Erik Prince, a close ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, violated the U.N. arms embargo against Libya along with three United Arab Emirates-based companies and their
The Department of Defense’s inspector general announced Friday that it was reviewing the Trump administration’s last-minute decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama. The decision on Jan. 13, one week before Trump left office, blindsided Colorado officials and raised questions of political retaliation. Trump had hinted at a Colorado Springs rally in […]
The Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 is 99.2% effective in preventing serious complications of the coronavirus and 98.9% effective in preventing death, according to new data released by Israel’s Health Ministry
Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden’s plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma and neighboring states into an unusual deep freeze that left millions shivering in homes that lost heat and […]
President Joe Biden toured a state-of-the art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday as extreme winter weather across broad swaths of the U.S. handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback, delaying
Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers promised Friday to immunize the world’s neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money, and precious vaccine doses, to a U.N.-backed vaccine distribution effort. But the leaders, under pressure over their vaccination campaigns at home, were unwilling to say exactly how much vaccine they were willing to […]
The major U.S. stock indexes edged mostly higher in late-afternoon trading Friday, on track to recover some ground after three straight days of losses. The S&P 500 was flat as
Southern cities slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures have created a shortage
The U.S. government on Friday released 25 asylum-seekers into the country with notices to appear in court, ending their long waits in Mexico and marking a milestone in unraveling a
World leaders welcomed the United States’ official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions. And even as Biden noted the country’s first day back in the climate pact, the […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first news conference as Pentagon chief, said Friday that progress toward peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks. He said, right now, “clearly the violence is too high.” He refused, however, to say when the U.S. will decide if […]
During HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein’s sicha on Wednesday night, he spoke about Purim, strongly condemning any leitzanus, emphasizing that the kedusha of Purim, which is greater than Yom Kippur, makes
The woman who crossed into Syria and was detained by Syrian officials landed in Israel in the early hours of Thursday morning on a flight from Moscow. The woman is expected to be interrogated by the Shin Bet. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office announced early Friday that it had completed a Russian-mediated prisoner swap to […]
The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface.
A heartbroken father with a 16-year-old daughter ill with cancer visited the home of Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievesky several months ago seeking a bracha. The father asked HaRav Chaim what
The gas ozone, known as an atmospheric gas that blocks harmful UV rays, can disinfect surfaces contaminated by the coronavirus, according to a recent study by researchers at Tel Aviv
Hundreds of volunteers took part Saturday in a cleanup operation of the Israeli shoreline as investigations are underway to determine the cause of an oil spill that threatens the beach and wildlife. Israeli media reported that several volunteers were hospitalized after inhaling fumes. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority urged people to stay away from the […]
The Biden administration says it’s ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, in a sharp repudiation of former President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” that sought to isolate the Islamic Republic. The administration also took two steps at the United Nations aimed at restoring […]
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