GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’ explosive spread across the country and the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency recently met with Chinese officials to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An annual report by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) shows that Israel’s chareidi population has risen to 1.28 million, or 13.5 percent of the reported 2022 total national population of 9.45 million. Based on the 4% current growth rate within the chareidi community, the CBS projected that by 2030, it will […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A woman pushed a 3-year-old child onto the train tracks while she was waiting for a train in Portland, Oregon. Bystanders immediately picked the child up and she suffered light facial injuries and a severe headache. Footage of the horrific incident shows the child standing on the Gateway Transit Center MAX […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Yated Neeman newspaper issued a scathing criticism of National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after he ascended Temple Mount Tuesday morning. The newspaper charged Ben-Gvir with causing a provocation which could lead to the murder of Jews by bloodthirsty Arabs. In an article entitled “Superfluous and Dangerous Provocation”, the newspaper said that […]

CALIFORNIA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Elon Musk, who has blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci in the past, hinted that he is planning to release a new round of files linked to the Infectious Disease expert later this week. Musk posted on Sunday, “Hope you’re having a great day 1 2023! One thing’s for sure, it […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An IDF soldier was tragically killed early Tuesday morning after a bullet was accidentally discharged at the Anatot military base northeast of Jerusalem. Initial investigations indicate that another soldier was playing with his weapon and accidentally shot his friend. IDF police have opened a criminal investigation. The dead soldier was named as […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a surprising reversal of previous political agreements between Agudath Yisrael and the Likud, Meir Porush will be appointed as a minister, despite not appearing in the official swearing-in of the government last Thursday. Initially Porush was not expected to be a minister, as is the custom of UTJ for many years  […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Temple Mount early Tuesday morning, marking the tenth of Tevet at the site of the Temple destruction despite Hamas threats of a military escalation in such an event. Ben-Gvir was accompanied by a heavy police escort and no other Israelis were allowed to ascend at […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 46-year-old Israeli widow gave birth on Chanuka to a son who is the progeny of her husband despite him having died over four years ago. The woman, Sharon Alon Twitto, had been trying to conceive with her husband Sagi when he died suddenly in March 2018 of a heart attack. On […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On his first day as Israel’s new finance minister, Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich reversed the decision of his predecessor Avigdor Liberman and cancelled the unpopular taxes on sweet beverages and paper goods. Liberman had claimed that the goal of these taxes was to encourage better health as well as protect the […]