Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a memorial ceremony at Babi Yar, where thousands of Jews were massacred in 1941 by the Nazis, on Monday.
Netanyahu is the first head of state to visit Ukraine since Zelensky, who is Jewish and a former actor, was elected president of the eastern European nation. He is also, according to Israeli reports, the only Israeli leader to visit Ukraine over the past two decades.

The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war.
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With a heavy heart, YWN regrets to report that the body of HaRav Dovid Hakohen Traube Z”L who went missing on Sunday afternoon in Greenwood Lake, has been found.
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Atlanta – Voters who prefer hand-marked paper ballots are challenging the validity of the new voting system chosen by Georgia election officials. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger last month announced the selection of a system that includes touchscreen voting machines that print a paper summary of voters’ selections. A petition signed by more than [...]

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petira of R’ Dovid Traube, a 38-year-old father of seven from Monsey, NY, whose body was found in Greenwood Lake in Orange County, NJ, a short while ago.
R’ Traube had gone missing after attempting to rescue his ten-year-old son who had fallen into the lake during a boating outing yesterday.
The child, who was wearing a life jacket, was brought to land, as was the rest of the family, but R’ Dovid went missing.
Hatzolah and Chaveirim joined police and fire rescue units in conducting a search.

Louisiana – Four Louisiana men say they’ll plead guilty to charges that they tried to bribe a Mississippi sheriff with $2,000 in casino chips, seeking lucrative jail contracts. Michael LeBlanc Sr. of Baton Rouge, Michael LeBlanc Jr. of Prairieville, Tawasky Ventroy of Opelousas and Jacque Jones of LaPlace have filed notices this month in federal [...]

President thanks Israel for backing Ukraine's territorial integrity after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, though Jerusalem issues no such statement of support

Investigation finds servicemen did not intervene when gunman opened fire; four troops suspended from duties

Tokyo – Japan’s exports fell for the eighth straight month in July as worries continued about President Donald Trump’s trade policies denting Asian economic growth. Ministry of Finance data released Monday showed exports and imports fell in July, compared to the same month a year ago. Exports fell 1.6%, while imports slid 1.2%, resulting in [...]