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Politics Biden Calls for Healing in Appeal to Trump Voters Hamodia

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to…
Israel Report: Abbas to Demand Biden Return Embassy to Tel Aviv  Hamodia

An unnamed senior official in the office of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was quoted by Yisrael Hayom on Sunday as saying that the PA will demand that President-elect Joe…
Israel Netanyahu, Gantz Congratulate Biden on U.S. Election Win, Thanks Trump Hamodia

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after his election win saying he looked forward to working together with the new administration and strengthening the two countries'…
World Rouhani: Next U.S. Administration Should Make Up for Trump's Mistakes Hamodia

The next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump's mistakes, Iranian state media quoted President Hassan Rouhani as saying on Sunday after Democrat Joe Biden…
Community BD'E—Levayah of Hagaon Harav Dovid Feinstein, Zt"l Aryeh Stern

Israel

Knesset Study Finds: 37% of Migrant Workers in Israel Are IllegalYoni Weiss

The Subcommittee for Examining the Implications of Illegal Immigration for the Israeli Economy, chaired by MK May Golan, held its first meeting last Tuesday. The meeting focused on the effects…
207 New Coronavirus Cases in Israel; Street-Front Stores ReopenAryeh Stern

207 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Israel on Shabbos, with 2.6% of tests returning positive, according to a Sunday morning update by the Health Ministry. Out of…
Israel Begins to Export Agricultural Produce to UAEYoni Weiss

After receiving official approval from the United Arab Emirates authorities last month to export fresh agricultural produce from Israel, the first shipment of agricultural produce from Israel departed for the…

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Community

Former U.K. Chief Rabbi Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Z”l, 72Hamodia Staff

Former U.K. Chief Rabbi Jonathan (Yaakov Zvi) Sacks, z”l, British Orthodox Rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author passed away on Shabbos at the age of 72. He served as the Chief…
BD’E – Hagaon Harav Dovid Feinstein, Zt”lHamodia Staff
Brooklyn ‘Red Zone’ Dropping by 50%; Far Rockaway No Longer in Cluster ZoneHamodia Staff

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced late Friday afternoon that COVID-19 micro-cluster areas in New York State have been updated with a decrease in the zones and restrictions in the decreased…

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National

Eta Makes Landfall on Cuba as Guatemala Searches for VictimsHamodia

A strengthened Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Cuba early Sunday, and has its sights set on the southern tip of Florida, after leaving dozens dead and over 100 missing…
Trump Administration Advances $2.9B Drone Sale to UAEHamodia

The State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 billion,…

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World

Azerbaijan Announces Capture of Karabakh’s Second-Largest City, Armenia DeniesHamodia

Azeris celebrated on the streets of Baku after President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, but Armenian officials…
Lebanon’s Leader Challenges U.S. Sanctions Against Son-in-LawHamodia

Lebanon’s leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the…

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Regional

NYS Education Department Cancels January Regents ExamsHamodia

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the New York State Education Department has canceled the Regents exam that was scheduled for January 2021, and students will not have to make them…
NY Reports Nearly 3K New COVID Cases, Most Since MayHamodia

Nearly 3,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 in New York in one day, a milestone that illustrates the steady erosion of the progress the state made to get the virus…

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Politics

Fight for Senate Control Awaits in Georgia After Biden’s WinHamodia

Control of the Senate likely won’t be decided until a January runoff in Georgia, even after Democrat Joe Biden won the White House on Saturday. That post-election cliff-hanger will determine…
Experts: Trump to Biden Transition Could Be Rockier Than MostHamodia

U.S. law maps out clear instructions for an orderly transfer of power from one president to the next, but Joe Biden’s path is expected to be rockier than most of…

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Business

Dollar Slumps to Two-Month Low, Investors See More Weakness on U.S. ElectionHamodia

The dollar sank to its lowest level in over two months against against a basket of peer currencies on Friday, as vote counting for the contentious U.S. election dragged on…
Fed Signals Readiness to do More for Economy as Virus RagesHamodia

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero Thursday and signaled its readiness to do more if needed to support an economy under threat…

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Health, Science & Technology

FBI Warns Ransomware Assault Threatens U.S. Healthcare SystemHamodia

Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. health care system designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient…
AMD Buys Xilinx for $35B, Creating Silicon Valley Chip GiantHamodia

AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion in an all-stock deal that will combine the two Silicon Valley chip makers. The deal announced Tuesday puts AMD in a place it…

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