JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In what is by far the worst civilian tragedy in Israel’s history, 44 people died and 150 were injured, 18 of them in serious condition after a mass of people trying to leave the precinct of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai were trampled to death. 38 of those killed were […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Anyone watching the live feed of the celebrations at Meron Thursday evening could not fail to be impressed by the fervor, the joy, the spirituality and the tremendous unity of the tens of thousands of participants. After the 2020 break in which only a few people were permitted to enter, the sight […]

MIAMI (AP) — A private school founded by an anti-vaccination activist in South Florida has warned teachers and staff against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it will not employ anyone who has received the shot. The Centner Academy in Miami sent a notice to parents on Monday informing them of a new policy for its […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. His task for the next 100 days will be to lay out the path back to normal. When he entered office, Biden moved swiftly to overcome problems […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — India broke a hapless record Monday with the most recorded COVID-19 cases in one day- nearly 360,000. The country is reeling under an unprecedented wave of infections, including a new Indian variant which may prove unresponsive to the current vaccines available. Hospitals are overflowing and the number of deaths is so […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) Egypt’s ‘most famous executioner’ died Sunday aged 75, according to local media. Hussein Qarrni Hussein al-Fiki, known by his nickname ‘Amshawi’, was born in 1947 in the city of Tanta and served in the Egyptian military until 1967. He then joined the prison service and worked for 15 years as a prison […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told United Nations members on Monday that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting the serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic. The virtual address, Harris’ second to a U.N. body since her inauguration, comes as the United States makes […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Feminist groups are outraged that a French mayor who was jailed for rape refuses to resign his position and continues to run his town from his prison cell, according to a report by The Guardian. Georges Tron, who once served in the French government as a junior minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — If anyone wants to understand the precarious nature of relations between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem, he need only perceive the events of the last week. All of the TikTok attacks, fireworks and missiles thrown at police, wanton beatings of Jews walking in Arab neighborhoods and missiles fired from the Gaza strip […]