Times Of Israel
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 08:48:34 +00001 killed at Iran water shortage protests in restive drought-hit province
Khuzestan governor says 'opportunists and rioters' shot protestor; province is main oil-producing region; has large Sunni Arab minority which complains of marginalization
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 08:22:44 +0000Experts warn Europe floods show need to curb emissions, adapt urban planning
Scientists can’t yet say for sure whether climate change caused the deadly flooding, but insist that it certainly exacerbates the extreme weather
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 07:31:11 +0000Man shot dead in southern Bedouin town of Hura; 15-year-old boy lightly hurt
Fatality named as 25-year-old Saleh al-Sayyid; his nephew was in vehicle with him; woman shot and seriously injured in Abu Snan, police question her ex-husband
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 06:36:26 +0000Jewish man beaten, robbed on his way to synagogue in Brooklyn
NYPD's Hate Crimes Division investigating attack by 2 masked assailants
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:51:50 +0000Top immunologist: Douse Israel’s Delta ‘fire’ before it needs lake-full of water
Cyrille Cohen talks Delta dynamics and booster shots, raises concerns and sounds warning alarm while also suggesting variant may further immunize some people for uncertain future
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:36:30 +0000‘Catastrophic’: Europe reels from worst floods in years as death toll passes 150
Hundreds still missing in Germany, Belgium as rescuers work to find survivors; threat not yet over, with swollen Meuse river looking 'very dangerous' for nearby town
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 04:45:28 +00001st case of COVID-19 diagnosed in Tokyo Olympic Village, 6 days ahead of games
Individual, reportedly a foreign national, is removed from area where thousands of athletes and officials are set to reside; organizers try to reassure competitors of safety
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 03:27:20 +0000Biden invites Iraqi prime minister to White House
Al-Kadhimi is second Middle Eastern leader slated to visit Washington this month after Jordan's King Abdullah; Bennett also expected for talks, but no date set yet
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 02:56:05 +0000UK pushes ahead with plan to end virus limits even as new daily cases top 50,000
Most social distancing and mask regulations to be lifted Monday in a move experts have called 'reckless;' government hopes vaccine rollout will keep serious cases low
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 02:03:00 +0000Israeli pop sensation Noa Kirel making a splash with first English hit
'Please don't suck' racks up more than 3 million views in first two days on YouTube; catchy, upbeat song hailed as 'instantly memorable'
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 01:05:31 +0000How Israel became a global judo powerhouse and Olympic favorite
A combination of rare Olympic success in 1992, combined with an infusion of judo masters from the former Soviet Union, helped spark a national love affair with the sport
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:12:52 +0000US teachers’ unions increasingly debate Israel, and in some places back boycotts
With Jews spearheading initiatives on both sides of the issue, votes across America on whether to support the anti-Israel BDS movement ensnare prominent Jewish labor leaders
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 23:28:51 +0000Rabbi Yoel Kahn, scholar who preserved Lubavitcher rebbe’s words, dies at 91
Kahn led a team of oral scribes who would memorize and transcribe Torah sermons given by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:55:58 +0000Judge says all options open as families debate future of Surfside collapse site
Families grapple with difficult decisions of personal and financial loss, with some wanting to rebuild while others say site, where so many died, needs to become a memorial
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:05:47 +0000Biden says social media misinformation on COVID is ‘killing people’
Officials say false posts by anti-vaxxers causing 'pandemic of the unvaccinated,' urge Facebook to clean up its act; it says accusations not supported by facts