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Italy PM extends virus lockdown, says euro zone rescue plan inadequate
Italy has recorded almost 19,000 deaths from the virus since its outbreak came to light on Feb. 21, more than any other country.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:04:46 AM
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US offers $10 million for information on Hezbollah commander in Iraq
Announcing the reward, the U.S. State Department said Kawtharani had "taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups" formerly organized by Soleimani.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:27:36 AM
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XFL suspending operations
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:36:20 AM
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Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 days
Ebola causes fever, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea and spreads among humans through bodily fluids. The current outbreak has killed about two thirds of those it infected.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:49:39 AM
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MLB considering radical 2020 realignment plan
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 1:22:15 AM
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Tom Brady, celebrities to participate in charity poker tourney
Other celebrity participants will include Jason Bateman, Bryan Cranston, Jon Hamm, Tobey Maguire and Sarah Silverman, according to Affleck's Twitter feed.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 1:24:00 AM
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Jewish-American cartoonist legend Mort Drucker dead at age 91
Drucker was so talented George Lucas prevented the Star War’s legal defense team from suing MAD magazine when they released a parody of the film drawn by him.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
4/11/2020 6:15:05 PM
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Harvey Weinstein hit with third sexual assault case in Los Angeles
The onetime Hollywood mogul was newly charged with a single felony count of sexual battery.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 2:05:24 AM
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Volcanic region active after 800 years, previous eruption lasted 300 years
According to the Guardian, beginning on January 21, the peninsula region has suffered over 8,000 earthquakes due to magma shifting under the ground beneath the volcanic system.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
4/11/2020 3:50:53 AM
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US approves $168 billion of small business loans under coronavirus plan
By REUTERS \
4/12/2020 5:15:23 PM
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Panama registers 2,974 cases of coronavirus and 74 deaths
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 2:52:00 AM
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Mexico registers 3,844 cases of coronavirus and 233 deaths
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 3:21:22 AM
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Alabama Synagogue vandalized on Passover with neo-Nazi graffiti
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
4/11/2020 3:53:26 AM
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Dana White: UFC 249 off after ESPN pulls plug
The UFC had already postponed events scheduled for March 21 and 28 and April 11 due to the pandemic.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:00:37 AM
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Seattle nursing home faces wrongful death lawsuit over coronavirus death
It is believed to be the first wrongful death lawsuit against the company, whose facility in Kirkland was the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:27:56 AM
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Mainland China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, up from 42 a day earlier
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:30:03 AM
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US COVID-19 cases surpass half a million; Trump faces 'biggest decision'
New York City's public schools, which had been due to reopen on April 20 in a best-case scenario, will stay closed for the rest of the school year.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 6:49:15 PM
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Indiana Historical Society to start a coronavirus collection
The collection is meant to help future generations to comprehend how COVID-19 affected lives in our own time.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 7:11:40 PM
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Empty churches, food drives, Easter weekend in coronavirus-hit US starts
"Now is no time to back off," Fauci told CNN on Friday. "The virus will decide" when the country can begin to reopen.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:53:52 AM
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Trump orders US government to help Italy in coronavirus fight
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 9:25:41 PM
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New Zealand reports 2 coronavirus deaths, Australia has 56
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 9:25:28 PM
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Thailand reports 45 new coronavirus cases, two new deaths
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 7:59:31 AM
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US moves new missile defense systems to Ain Al-Assad airbase in Iraq
Patriot missiles and 2 other short-range defense systems have been put in place at Ain Al-Assad Airbase, which was hit as a retaliation for the killing of IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani in January.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF,REUTERS \
4/11/2020 11:49:35 AM
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What will happen to Las Vegas during the Coronavirus outbreak?
Those who thought that the land-based casino industry of Las Vegas would be immune were obviously wrong and today, The Strip is dark for the first time in many years.
By Leo Giosuè \
4/11/2020 2:08:32 PM
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5G: Dutch telecommunications towers damaged by 5G protestors
The Telegraaf reported that arsonists had left an anti-5G slogan spray-painted at the scene of one attack.
By REUTERS \
4/12/2020 2:04:11 PM
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Russia reports 1,667 new coronavirus cases in last day
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 11:33:47 AM
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Indonesia reports 330 new coronavirus cases, 21 deaths
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:12:17 PM
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US commander in Afghanistan, Taliban discuss violence reduction in Doha
The Taliban last week accused U.S. forces of supporting Afghan security operations in some parts of the country, and warned that such support could jeopardise the agreement.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:20:25 PM
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Spain's overnight coronavirus death toll at 510, lowest in 19 days
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 12:44:36 PM
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WHO looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again
South Korean officials on Friday reported that 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 1:16:51 PM
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Iran says total number of infected with coronavirus reaches 70,029
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 1:27:22 PM
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Netanyahu halts all flights to Israel after flight arrives from NJ
Passengers on the flight testified that they had to sign a paper declaring they will go into self-isolation upon landing in Israel, but the papers were never collected.
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
4/11/2020 6:38:00 PM
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UK PM making very good progress in COVID-19 recovery, office says
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:44:26 PM
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Brazilian TV anchor: COVID-19 patients should be in 'concentration camps'
The polemic drew media attention and the anchor’s name became a top trending topic on Twitter.
By MARCUS GILBAN/JTA \
4/11/2020 6:39:53 PM
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Germany imposes four-year travel ban on senior Palestinian terrorist
The EU and the US both classify the PFLP as a foreign terrorist organization. Barakat is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, according to the Israeli government.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
4/11/2020 5:46:34 PM
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Air France in talks with French government over emergency funding
The airline has asked for an immediate state cash injection to meet its needs for the next four to five months, the paper said, with air travel paralyzed by the coronavirus shutdown.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 4:47:23 PM
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Congressional Republicans push for coronavirus business relief
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 5:05:21 PM
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UK coronavirus death toll nears 10,000, minister says Johnson must rest
Downing Street said Johnson "continues to make very good progress," but interior minister Priti Patel said it was vital he took time to fully recover.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 8:46:04 PM
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New York City schools to remain closed until September
De Blasio had ordered public schools shut beginning March 16 to curb the spread of the disease, with an initial goal of reopening by April 20.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 5:29:44 PM
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Israeli national anthem joins balcony trend in Spain
The young man in the viral video decided to play "Hatikvah", his empty street seen below him.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 5:09:31 PM
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Mohammed Shtayyeh: Israel limiting our control over coronavirus
Second Palestinian dies in pandemic
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
4/11/2020 8:18:13 PM
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Hamas: We haven’t received a ‘real response’ from Israel on prisoner swap
The source told the Palestinian daily Al-Quds that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was engaged in “media equivocation” and has not actually moved towards reaching a prisoner exchange agreement.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
4/11/2020 6:06:43 PM
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 strikes central California
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 6:20:18 PM
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Iran renews coronavirus warning as 'low risk' activities re-start
"Easing restrictions does not mean ignoring health protocols ... social distancing and other health protocols should be respected seriously by people," Rouhani was quoted saying.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 8:30:08 PM
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US coronavirus deaths highest in world exceeding Italy
The United States has seen its highest death tolls to date in the epidemic with roughly 2,000 deaths a day reported for the last four days in a row.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 8:18:46 PM
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Which workplaces will be first to open once coronavirus crisis cools?
The Finance Ministry prioritizes hi-tech firms and, only later down the line, gives precedent to clothing stores and restaurants.
By MAARIV ONLINE,TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
4/11/2020 8:53:17 PM
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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases push higher
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 7:29:59 PM
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The US will give you $10 million to find a Hezbollah commander in Iraq
The US Treasury had already sanctioned Kawtharani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist since 2013 but the new reward represents acknowledgment of his increased role.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
4/11/2020 7:39:21 PM
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Will someone please save the Jewish Chronicle? - opinion
According to its statement, the weekly newspaper ‘will not be able to survive the impact of the current coronavirus epidemic in its current form’. In truth, its problems predate the pandemic.
By DAVID ISAACSON \
4/11/2020 7:45:47 PM
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As celebrities shelter at home, paparazzi hustle to find new angles
With their usual hunting grounds all but barren, and with stars Instagramming their own quarantines, paparazzi have been left struggling to capture what few glimpses they can.
By JOSH ROTTENBERG \
4/11/2020 8:16:59 PM
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Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises to 1,101
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 9:24:36 PM
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llis Marsalis – a pianist who nobly upheld jazz standards
Marsalis, who died April 1 at age 85 of complications of the coronavirus, told me that I should “keep up the good work” so that others “may recognize you as a significant model of jazz criticism.”
By HOWARD REICH \
4/11/2020 8:27:11 PM
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US CDC reports 492,416 coronavirus cases, 18,559 deaths
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 9:24:46 PM
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France's coronavirus death toll rises by 635 to 13,832
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 9:16:34 PM
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Druze commander to light IDF torch during Independence Day ceremony
Col. Hisham Ibrahim commands the 406th Armored Brigade
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
4/11/2020 8:43:32 PM
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Coronavirus's next biggest casualty could be the news industry
Almost overnight, the community paper's advertising business collapsed as the pandemic emptied movie theaters, music clubs, concert halls and arts venues.
By JESSICA GUYNN AND MICHAEL BRAGA \
4/11/2020 8:51:02 PM
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Grapevine April 12, 2020: A time to remember
THE NUMBER 77 is also a grim reminder that Holocaust survivors who can testify to that most traumatic chapter not only in Jewish history but in human history, are fading from our presence.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
4/11/2020 8:59:36 PM
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Netanyahu asked to meet with Gantz, negotiation team - Likud
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 9:03:44 PM
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Netanyahu, Smotrich agree to halt additional commercial flights
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 9:14:26 PM
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Public health and the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel
Moreover, the lack of exposure to general media outlets and to the Internet limits the access to Health Ministry instructions on the coronavirus.
By ARIEL FINKELSTEIN \
4/12/2020 10:48:02 AM
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Eight babies born through surrogates in Georgia brought to Israel
Like Israel, Georgia has a two-week required quarantine for people arriving from abroad, and theirs is enforced by police.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/11/2020 10:52:09 PM
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29-year-old COVID-19 patient treated with Israel's new ‘passive vaccine’
Hospital says young man is in serious but stable condition
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
4/12/2020 10:44:43 AM
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Using Passover as an opportunity to teach about antisemitism
n our isolation this year, as we approach smaller, modified and Zoom-projected Seders, this is an opportunity to tell the story of antisemitism.
By CHARLES O. KAUFMAN \
4/11/2020 9:29:55 PM
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How can we teach antisemitism more efficiently?
All that is required is for one Jewish organization that values the truth more than political correctness to hire some experts to turn this and a number of other items into a usable package.
By MANFRED GERSTENFELD \
4/11/2020 9:38:43 PM
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2.4 million doses of experimental coronavirus drug land in Israel
Netanyahu thanked Modi for making an exception in his country’s no-export rule.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
4/11/2020 9:40:43 PM
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Coronavirus: 10,743 Israelis sick, 175 in serious condition
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 9:41:22 PM
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Nixon goes to China, Trump spends trillions to save America
Nixon went to China, and Trump’s economic plan would make a socialist proud. Could Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decide to become an Anwar Sadat? Crazy things are happening.
ERIC R. MANDEL \
4/11/2020 9:48:03 PM
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Likud, Blue and White pressuring each other ahead of Monday deadline
Gantz submits request for two week extension to his mandate to form gov't
By JEREMY SHARON \
4/11/2020 10:08:28 PM
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UN envoys: ‘Guns of war’ must be silenced so world can combat COVID-19
"At a time like this, partisanship and narrow interests must yield to the greater cause and the good of the people,” the envoys said in a statement.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
4/11/2020 10:27:09 PM
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How to sleep when you can't stop thinking about coronavirus
It pains us to say this, but the experts agreed that loading up on news about the coronavirus before bed is not a good thing.
By STACY BURLAND \
4/12/2020 1:13:25 PM
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Does everyone over 60 need to take the same coronavirus precautions?
What about disease-free adults in their 60s and 70s? Do they need to worry about going to a restaurant or a friend’s house for dinner? Are all outside activities ill-advised?
By JUDITH GRAHAM \
4/11/2020 10:14:39 PM
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A disconnected leadership - comment
Rivlin, Netanyahu and Litzman's claims are sad attempts at justifying something that cannot be justified.
By YAAKOV KATZ \
4/11/2020 10:51:16 PM
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How does the coronavirus affect the heart?
There are two dominant cardiac issues related to COVID-19: heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
By MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/TNS \
4/12/2020 10:59:12 AM
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel - analysis
The crisis in Bnei Brak will be recorded in epidemiology textbooks.
By SHUKI SHEMER \
4/11/2020 10:28:31 PM
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Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen out of solitary confinement
Prior to the transfer, Cohen had been housed in a minimum-security camp at the facility, which is about 70 miles (110 km) northwest of New York City.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 10:34:33 PM
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Israelis returning from abroad must stay in coronavirus hotels - gov't
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
4/11/2020 10:47:58 PM
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Two men with loaded firearms arrested at Dutch airport
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 11:15:41 PM
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Ahead of Easter, pope urges Christians to be 'messengers of life'
In countries around the world Catholics followed the papal service or Masses said by priests in their own empty churches and broadcast on television or over the internet.
By REUTERS \
4/11/2020 11:45:46 PM