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Vice President Mike Pence announced today that Ambassador Dr.Debbie Birx will serve as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, and will also join the Task Force led by Health and…
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s lead over Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the polls has evaporated in recent days, as his public image has taken one hit after…
In an all-party resolution, the Austrian parliament on Thursday voted to call on the government to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. All five parties represented in…
President Donald Trump's administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic production of protective masks and clothing to combat the…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on the global economy. Bond…
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El Al Airlines is preparing to lay off 1,000 employees due to rapidly mounting losses in the coronavirus crisis, Globes reported on Thursday evening. CEO Gonen Usishkin has ordered the…
Close to a third of Israelis say they are resigned to an inconclusive outcome in next week’s election and an unavoidable fourth round, according to a poll released on Thursday.…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rebuffed critics of the government’s far-reaching precautionary measures in the coronavirus epidemic, amid a daily expanding list of quarantines and travel bans. “As soon as…
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Worshippers who came to visit the grave of the Yid Hakudosh of Peshischa and that of his disciple Rebbe Reb’ Bunim zy’a in the town of Peshischa, Poland, were horrified…
On Motzoei Shabbos Parashas Yisro, Chicago Community Kollel/Kollel Zichron Shneur held its annual function, “Ruach v’Regesh — A Signature Event Celebrating 38 Years of the Kollel.” The focus of the…
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A Korean Air flight attendant who worked on flights between Seoul and Los Angeles subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus, South Korea’s disease control agency and sources said on Thursday.…
The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper…
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Heathrow Airport’s plans to increase capacity of Europe’s biggest travel hub by over 50% were stalled Thursday when a British court said the government failed to consider its commitment to…
Lebanon’s president Thursday inaugurated the Mediterranean country’s first offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas, calling it a “historic day” for the cash-strapped country. Michel Aoun spoke aboard the drill…
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