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A memorial ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin turned into a political slugfest on Monday, as Rabin family members and politicians traded accusations…
American officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children connected with a U.S.-based charity group who were abducted over the…
The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday he hoped EU and Iranian diplomats would meet soon to try and revive nuclear talks but declined to confirm reports…
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is set to depart for Moscow at the end of the week for an introductory meeting with Russian President Vladmir Putin, will ask to keep…
Alta Fixsler, the two-year-old, brain-damaged child at the center of a legal battle between her parents and the U.K. National Health Service, was removed Monday evening from the machines that…
Israel
Israel’s Tax Authority will continue its efforts to rid the country of the scourge of fictitious invoices, which accounts for a large chunk of the black economy, despite failing to…
Health Ministry cybersecurity chief Reuven Eliyahu said on Monday morning that the attack on Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera was likely carried out by Chinese hackers, not terrorists. “This is…
An Israeli man diving at the Carmel beach over the weekend discovered an ancient sword and other artifacts buried in sand beneath the water. The diver, Shlomi Katzin, had noticed…
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Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Harav Yehudah Goldberg, zt’’l, a magid shiur at Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni in Riverdale. Rav Yehuda was the son of Reb Yitzchok…
Ari Epstein, the CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, has been appointed the Honorary Consul of the new Hungarian consulate in Antwerp. Epstein was appointed by Hungarian Ambassador to…
National
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line…
Hundreds of people were ordered to report for jury duty Monday in Georgia for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three…
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Russia’s total number of coronavirus infections has topped 8 million, more than 5% of the population, and the daily infection toll hit a new record. The national coronavirus task force…
Russia’s foreign minister said Monday that the country is suspending its mission to NATO. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week’s expulsion by…
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