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Archive for January, 2021
Israeli soldier shoots dead Palestinian after attempted stabbing, army says
Luxembourg minister tells her Jewish family’s refugee story to students
“It is not because you ran away that you are a poor person.” “Some of [the refugees] had normal lives: a job, a family. They didn’t want to run. They had to.” It was in these words that Luxembourg’s Integration Minister Corinne Cahen spoke to high school students from around the world, explaining to them the […]
WATCH: Massive blob of sea foam engulfs Irish town
A huge mass of sea foam covered parts of Ireland’s east coast. Bad weather and high winds blew an especially large mass of it into the town of Bray, located south of Dublin. Footage from the scene circulating online shows the town’s seafront entirely covered with the wobbly blob on Saturday afternoon. [embedded content] A […]
WHO team visits Wuhan market to probe origins of first virus outbreak
WUHAN, China — A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited a market in Wuhan on Sunday where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago. Members of the group arrived at Huanan seafood market — which has been sealed since January last year — driving into its barricaded premises as guards quickly blocked others […]
Water, electricity projects worth $1.13b put into operation
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani, on Sunday, inaugurated 13 major water and electricity projects valued at 47.76 trillion rials (about $1.13 billion) in Kordestan and North Khorasan provinces through video conference. Inaugurated in the 19th week of the Energy Ministry’s A-B-Iran program, 12 of the mentioned projects were put into operation in Kordestan province, while […]
Over third of Israelis received first COVID vaccine dose
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Trump, Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner. Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates. Nominations, which […]
Over 3 million receive 1st vaccine shot, but COVID outbreak still raging
Israel has administered a first vaccine dose to over 3 million of its 9.3 million citizens, the Health Ministry reported Sunday, as the country’s inoculation campaign continues to lead the world in vaccinations per capita, even while it struggles to contain a third outbreak of the virus despite a weeks-long national lockdown. According to figures […]
Israel to transfer 5,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinian medical staff in West Bank
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Over $47m of development projects inaugurated at Mehrabad Airport
TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated 12 development projects worth 2 trillion rials (about $47.6 million) at Mehrabad International Airport on Sunday, in a ceremony held on the occasion of Imam Khomeini’s arrival in Tehran in 1979. As reported by IRNA, the inaugurated projects include the installation of a new […]
The Real Dangers of Lifting Sanctions on Iran
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: www.sajed.ir via Wikimedia Commons. In 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the US was withdrawing from the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal with the Islamic regime in Iran and reintroducing strict sanctions on the regime. Now that Trump has left the scene and Joe Biden has been installed in the […]
HELMUT LOTTI AND OTHER FAMOUS BELGIANS
. Famous Belgians include: Rose Bertram (above), a Belgian model. Tintin [embedded content]… Michael Junior – singer Prince Aymeric, Prince Nicolas and Princess Louise of Belgium. Prince Laurent and Princess Claire of Belgium visit Queen Paola. [embedded content]… Helmut Lotti. [embedded content]… Princess Eléonore, Princess Elisabeth, Prince Emmanuel and Prince Gabriel, the children of King Philippe, 56, and […]
Turkey’s Democracy Is Wasting Away
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 20, 2020. Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS. Turkey’s Islamist leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has not lost a single election, be it presidential, parliamentary, municipal, or referendum, since he came to power in 2002. His […]
Stop the ‘Nazi’ Comparisons on the Left and the Right
Robert Keith Packer see wearing a ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt during the Capitol Hill riot of Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Screenshot. “No Soup For You!” If you are a Seinfeld fan, this line will transport you back to 1995, the year that the sitcom’s famous “Soup Nazi” episode aired. Its debut sparked such a comedic craze […]
Remembering Rabbi Louis Jacobs
A Torah scroll. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Any Anglo Jew from the 1960s will be familiar with the “Jacobs Affair” that divided the Jewish community more than any other religious debate in its history. There were other conflicts: between Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Reform and Traditional. But none as bitter or as lasting as this. I was […]
The DIY Detox – FREE 7-Day Online Event
No matter how hard you try, you’re still bound to accumulate toxins in your body. Many people are suffering from chronic symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, bloating or food intolerances and can’t quite get back to normal despite “doing the right things.” Toxins may be the culprit. Learn how to avoid toxins and detoxify them […]
Alexei Navalny: Hundreds arrested in 50 Russian cities as thousands protest
Russian police arrested more than 1,600 people in protests across 35 cities in Russia by supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Protests are taking place in multiple Russian cities, from Siberia and Russia’s far east to St Petersberg and the capital, Moscow, in the biggest show of public dissent in Russia in years. “My […]
Out of Europe, Britain looks to the Pacific for new trade partners
It may be on the other side of the world, but that’s not stopping the U.K. from applying to join a trade partnership in and around the Pacific Ocean. A year after it formally left the European Union, the British government said Saturday that it wants to join the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for […]