Month: April 2021
Enjoying unemployment benefits, young Israelis choose not to go back to work
Even as the economy almost fully reopens with the virus waning, low-paid workers are opting to stay home; demand for restaurant staff surges, Employment Service says
Read MoreIn further blow to Netanyahu, key panel set to form Knesset committees
Likud whip concedes Arrangement Committee will approve temporary committees and tap 4 deputy Knesset speakers, solidifying anti-Netanyahu parties’ control
Read MoreWATCH: Kevin McCarthy squirms as Chris Wallace grills him about Trump’s seditious behavior on Jan. 6
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday disputed allegations that President Donald Trump reached out to him to coordinate an alibi after the Capitol was attacked by Trump-supporting insurrectionists on Jan. 6. Fox News host Chris Wallace confronted McCarthy
Read MoreWhitmer link emerges in new case of alleged extremism
DETROIT — A New York man charged in a series of acts of threatening violence searched online for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the location of gun stores in the days leading up to the U.S. Capitol insurrection, according to federal
Read MoreSeventeen arrested in another night of clashes in Jerusalem
Clashes in Jerusalem – Israeli security forces arrest a man during clashes in the Old City of Jerusalem. Militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket towards Israel for the second evening in a row on Saturday, in the
Read MoreU.S. racing to send aid to India as COVID-19 cases soar
By Andrea Shalal WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and will race additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on
Read MoreAt least 20 dead as fire engulfs Covid-19 hospital in Baghdad
Aftermath of fire at Covid-19 hospital in Baghdad – Iraqi Security forces stand guard outside Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, where a fire broke out early Sunday. According to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, 82 people died and some 110 others were injured
Read MoreUK to send ventilators to India as country faces oxygen crisis amid record COVID surge
Ventilators are among more than 600 pieces of life-saving medical equipment being sent from the UK to India as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreProtesters mass in France, Israel, UK to demand justice for Sarah Halimi
In Paris, thousands demonstrate against court decision that Jewish woman’s killer was too stoned to be held criminally responsible
Read MoreIsrael sees just 38 new COVID cases, the lowest daily tally in a year
Fatalities, infection rates continue steady decline since pandemic’s peak in January, as country reaps benefits of vaccination drive
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