NEW YORK (VINnews) — An Egyptian man is divorcing his wife just one month after their wedding after he saw her without makeup. The man said he was shocked to see his barefaced wife the morning after their wedding, the Gulf Times said, quoting local media reports. He filed a lawsuit at the family court. […]

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting midnight Sunday to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country. The move prohibits unvaccinated individuals older than age 12 from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, grocery shopping, going for a walk — or […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — After 20 years of intensive activities and three years of construction, the Vienna monument to the Holocaust was inaugurated last week, containing the names of all the 65,000 Jews from Austria who were murdered during the Holocaust. The Wall of Names is the brainchild of Kurt Yakov Tutter, a Holocaust survivor of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Anti-religious secularists in the new town of Charish have been inciting repeatedly against chareidim living in their neighborhood who are attempting to establish a community and open a synagogue in the neighborhood, which was originally slated for chareidim. The secularists have been demonstrating in the neighborhood and disrupting services in a tent […]

VIENNA (AP) — Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday. Starting Monday, unvaccinated people in the regions of Upper Austria and Salzburg will only be allowed to leave home for specific necessary reasons, […]

NEW YORK (VINnew) — Eating an ‘anti-inflammatory’ diet of fruit, vegetables, tea and coffee could cut the chances of getting dementia by a third, according to a Greek study reported by The Daily Mail. Tea, coffee, fruit, vegetables and legumes such as lentils and chickpeas, all contain healthy plant compounds which can combat age-related inflammation […]

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine country are soaring. Austria has taken a series of measures in recent weeks in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 and encourage more people to get vaccinated. On Monday, new […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eli Siegel, general manager of the Baltimore-based Market Maven supermarket, is a former volunteer firefighter and EMT. On Tuesday, Siegel’s skill and expertise enabled him to save the life of a customer who had fallen unconscious in his store, according to a report by the Baltimore Jewish Times. Siegel was sitting […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Taliban held a grandiose military parade for its fledgling “Islamic Emirate Army” in the city of Kandahar on Monday. The parade featured numerous armored vehicles and helicopters seized from the retreating US army after the hasty August withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden administration. The parade featured the armored vehicles […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Michael Bloomberg will spend $120 million in an effort to reduce the soaring numbers of deaths from drug overdoses, he announced today at a healthcare summit he organized. The pledge more than doubles the $50-million philanthropic commitment he made toward the same goal in 2018. Bloomberg’s pledge follows a preliminary finding […]