Friday, March 29, 2024

World

Fire Burns Makeshift Homes In Shadow Of Seoul’s Skyscrapers

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire destroyed about 60 makeshift homes in a densely packed neighborhood surrounded by some of the wealthiest streets of South Korea’s ultramodern capit...

Protests Move Into Peru’s Capital, Met By Tear Gas And Smoke

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters demanding the ouster of President Dina Boluarte poured into Peru’s capital, clashing with police who fired tear gas. Many came from remote...

Bar-Ilan Hosts Int’l Confab To Honor Jonathan Sacks’s Ideas

JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Rabbi Sacks Legacy and Bar-Ilan University hosted a three-day international conference focusing on the views of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on counteri...

Rio Holocaust Memorial Remembers Jewish Victims – And Others

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Thursday opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by t...

China Accuses ‘Some Western Media’ Of COVID-19 Coverage Bias

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused “some Western media” of bias, smears and political manipulation in their coverage of China’s abrupt ending of its strict “zero-COVID” polic...

Nepal Crash: Airport Had No Instrument Landing System

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NEW DELHI (AP) — The newly opened airport in Nepal where a Yeti Airlines plane was attempting to land when it crashed over the weekend, killing all 72 on board, did not have a func...

Bangkok’s New Passenger Train Terminal Starts Operations

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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand ushered in a new age of train travel on Thursday as Southeast Asia’s biggest railway station officially began operations. The government says the huge, mode...

Netanyahu: US A ‘Trusted Partner’ In Promoting Security, Advancing Peace

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the highest-level Biden administration official ...

Orthodox Pilgrimage To The Grave Of Kabbalah Rabbi Buried In Istanbul Picks Up After COVID Slump

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ISTANBUL (JTA) — Dozens of Orthodox Jews gathered on a hill overlooking the Bosphorus Strait. Above them, guarding the hilltop, stood a Turkish military base, and below sat the ...

Ben-Gvir: Maher Younis Should Be Shipped Off To Syria

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday expressed satisfaction with police efforts to prevent any major celebrations for Maher Younis, who ...

Poland Reviews Security After Divers Found Near Key Port

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister said Thursday that the country was reviewing the supervision of its gas and oil installations and other strategic locations after a we...

Israel’s Attorney General Calls On Netanyahu To Fire Deri

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demanded on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fire coalition partner Aryeh Deri of the Shas Party from his gover...

Israeli And PA Envoys Hurl Accusations At Security Council

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UNITED NATIONS (JNS) - The Israeli and Palestinian Authority ambassadors to the United Nations slung barbs at each other in a fiery debate on Wednesday at the U.N. Security Council...

Chief Rabbi Lau: Cell-Cultured Meat Is Parev, But Shouldn’t Be Eaten Or Marketed With Dairy Products

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) —  In a groundbreaking ruling, Israel's Chief Rabbi David Lau stated that the cell-cultured meat produced by Israeli food tech company Aleph Farms is pareve. Ho...

Ben-Gvir Orders Police To Prevent Celebrations As Murderer Of Soldier Released From Jail After 40 Years

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mahir Younes, one of the terrorists involved in the murder of IDF soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980, was released from prison Thursday morning after 40 years b...

Israeli Media Pundit Amit Segal: Deri Cannot Be Minister In Current Knesset, Could Be ‘Alternate PM’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of Wednesday's bombshell decision by Israel's High Court to disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in the government, Deri’s tenure as i...

US Set To Drop Charges That NYPD Officer Spied For China

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NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping charges against a New York City police officer and military veteran who was accused of helping the Chinese government keep tabs on Tibetans...

Fugitive’s Arrest Like A ‘Quake,’ But Mafia Very Resilient

ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro's long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he'd boast of enough murders to fill a cemetery — greatly burnished his credentials among his p...

Israel Deports Italian Activist Arrested In West Bank Raid

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel deported an Italian activist to Italy after security forces detained her during a raid in the West Bank, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, accusing her of h...

World’s Oldest Known Person, French Nun, Dies At 118

PARIS (AP) — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France ...