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The Trump administration is planning an unprecedented five more federal executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, starting with a Texas street-gang member set to be put to death this week for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Iowa religious couple whose bodies he burned in the trunk of their car. Brandon Bernard was […]
The Senate fell short Wednesday in trying to halt the Trump administration’s proposed $23 billion arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, despite bipartisan objections to the package of F-35 fighter jets and drones stemming from a broader Middle East peace agreement. Senators argued the sale of the defense equipment, which Secretary of State Mike […]
Yosef the Musical is a magical show that brings the story of Yosef and his brothers to life in an epic musical enchantment. Music is by Gad Elbaz and Zvika
The Russian military on Wednesday conducted sweeping drills of its strategic nuclear forces that featured several practice missile launches. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the maneuvers included
Russia has signed an agreement with Sudan to establish a navy base in the African nation for at least a quarter-century, part of Moscow’s efforts to expand its global reach. The deal published Tuesday on the official portal of government documents allows Russia to simultaneously keep up to four navy ships, including nuclear-powered ones, in […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Tzvi Elimelech Eckstein ZT”L, a Rebbe for more than 50 years in Mirrer Yeshiva in Flatbush. He was 79. The
Lawyers for plaintiffs against Eliezer Berland, who is accused of exploitation and fraud, sent a letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Jerusalem District Attorney Danny Wittman, demanding that they
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaGaon HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz ZATZAL, longtime Posek in Chicago. He was 95. He served as the Rosh Bais Din of
The Pentagon’s initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine will be administered at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad, with health care workers, emergency service personnel and residents of military retirement homes getting top priority, officials said Wednesday. Next in line, once follow-on supplies of vaccine becomes available, will be military personnel who provide […]
The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday a Chinese coronavirus vaccine tested in the federation of sheikhdoms is 86% effective, in a statement that provided few details but marked the first
This year, due to Covid-19, there will be strict social distancing with the Festival in a parking lot that can hold thousands of cars. Yet, it will not be a
Israel is again aiming for the moon. SpaceIL, the nonprofit Israeli initiative whose spacecraft crashed as it tried to land on the moon last year, announced on Wednesday that it is launching another lunar mission with its Israeli government partners. The Beresheet 2 project will aim to send three spacecraft — an orbiter and two […]
A national train tour by Prince William and his wife Kate has received a frosty welcome from leaders in Wales and Scotland, with one Welsh official saying he would rather “no one was having unnecessary visits” during the coronavirus pandemic. William and Kate arrived in the Welsh capital of Cardiff on Tuesday for the final […]
For Mrs. Safal, things didn’t look like they could get any worse when her husband got into legal trouble with the Israeli government. But when he was kicked out of
Canada’s health regulator on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, days ahead of possible approval in the United States. Health Canada posted on it is website that the vaccine made by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech is authorized. The vaccine already has been approved by the United Kingdom and Bahrain and officials have said they […]
A woman whose son was killed in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand a year ago said that as she stood crying, wailing and calling out his name on a beach soon afterward, a stranger came up to her and held her. “To this day, I do not know who that lady was,” said Avey […]
A Singaporean woman who contracted the coronavirus in March while pregnant gave birth to a baby with coronavirus antibodies last month. “The pediatrician said my coronavirus antibodies are gone but
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are buying a $31 million waterfront estate on Indian Creek Island, an elite Miami area known as the “Billionaire’s Bunker,” JTA reported. The island has
Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month that’s relying initially on a Chinese vaccine that has not yet completed advanced trials to prove it is safe and effective. On Tuesday, King Mohammed VI instructed the government to make the […]
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