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Britain, France, Germany say UN sanctions relief for Iran to continue
In a letter, three European parties to the nuclear deal and long-time US allies said any decision or action taken to reimpose UN sanctions "would be incapable of legal effect."
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 12:36:00 AM
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France tells Lebanese politicians to form a government without delay
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 1:00:34 AM
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Nearly one in 1,500 in Japan is a centenarian
Far more Japanese women are reaching the age of 100 as women represent 88% of all centenarians in the country.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 1:21:14 AM
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Volcanic Caribbean island of Dominica shaken by explosion of steam and gas
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 1:21:19 AM
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Brazil registers 858 new coronavirus deaths on Friday
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 1:29:21 AM
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Missile launch or storm repairs? Activity fuels speculation of N.Korea
A Seoul-based website that reports on North Korea, cited a single unnamed source near the shipyard as saying the site "is bustling with activity to prepare for the ballistic missile launch."
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 1:42:52 AM
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California's wildfire death toll rises
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 2:00:18 AM
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Gaza to run out of coronavirus equipment in weeks - PA Health Ministry
"Drug supplies...required for the services provided to COVID-19 patients will only last for a month at the latest."
By LEON SVERDLOV \
9/19/2020 7:15:34 AM
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After US claims, France says no evidence of Hezbollah explosives stores
"To our knowledge, there is nothing tangible to confirm such an allegation in France today," foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll told reporters in response to Sales' allegations.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 2:18:46 AM
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US sends armored vehicles to Syria as carrier enters Persian Gulf
According to journalist Chad Garland the Bradleys are from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored out of Fort Bliss, Texas.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/19/2020 2:31:54 AM
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first Jewish woman on Supreme Court, dies at 87
“I am a judge, born, raised and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice, for peace and for enlightenment runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition."
By SARAH WILDMAN/JTA,CELIA JEAN \
9/20/2020 8:51:09 PM
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Russia’s Lavrov sketches out post-Western world order
"It is time to stop applying Western metrics to our actions and stop trying to be liked by the West at any cost."
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/21/2020 7:28:02 PM
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Trump expected to put forth nominee who McConnell says will receive a vote
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 4:10:50 AM
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Death of Ruth Bader-Ginsburg raises stakes in battle for Senate control
For liberals who considered Ginsburg a heroine, the grief they have expressed over her death was tinged with fear over what happens next.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 10:13:29 PM
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Kuwait, Qatar: Guessing game of who will sign deal with Israel continues
The latest details related to Kuwait, according to posts on social media and Arabic media.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/20/2020 8:00:29 PM
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In shadow of China war games, Taiwan bids farewell to 'Mr Democracy'
Lee's memorial service took place in the shadow of Chinese war games, as did his election as Taiwan's first democratic leader in 1996. China claims the island as its own territory.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 5:39:05 AM
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Fires and floods hurl climate change to fore of US election - analysis
"What's very clear is that the record-setting extreme events of the past couple of months have captured the entire nation's morbid fascination," said Anthony Leiserowitz.
By REUTERS \
10/5/2020 2:00:56 PM
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 2,297 to 270,070
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 6:12:06 AM
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Adelsons pledge up to $50 million in final Trump campaign push - report
Both campaigns and their allies are focused on getting out the Jewish vote, particularly in Florida, in what is expected to be a tight race.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
10/5/2020 2:00:32 PM
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Why Orthodox Jews are going to synagogue while everyone else is on Zoom
This year’s High Holidays have cast new light on the primary difference between Orthodox and non-Orthodox congregations across the country: their approach to halacha, Jewish law.
By SHIRA HANAU/JTA \
9/19/2020 7:22:08 AM
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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 30.35 million, death toll at 947,400
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 7:29:28 AM
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Anne Frank-themed blush featured in Hong Kong cosmetics line
The product was removed from the catalog this week following complaints.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/19/2020 7:37:06 AM
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Iran increasing arrogance as it thinks it defeated US sanctions
Overall it is the symbolism that is important to Iran, its belief that a growing alliance with Russia and China could upend US policy globally.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/19/2020 7:39:19 AM
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Germany pledges extra $26 million for Jewish security
The announcement comes nearly a year after a violent attack on the synagogue in Halle, on Yom Kippur, which left two passersby dead.
By TOBY AXELROD/JTA \
9/19/2020 8:10:12 AM
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‘Who by fire?’ isn’t just a metaphor this year - analysis
This Rosh Hashanah we are wide awake, and now must each ask ourselves what we will do to put us on a collective path of blessing.
By RABBI JENNIE ROSENN/JTA \
9/27/2020 11:07:45 AM
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Fox show calls out Newt Gingrich for his George Soros rhetoric
Fox News guests and hosts have, like Gingrich, blamed Soros for the unrest and violence accompanying protests this summer.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
9/19/2020 8:19:40 AM
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Jewish comedian helps rabbis nail High Holy Day services
Alex Edelman, a 31-year-old comedian, has been coaching rabbis about how to add humor and levity to their online High Holy Days programming.
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA \
9/19/2020 8:31:48 AM
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While Jewish newspapers struggle, Detroit's decides to go nonprofit
That model, its publisher and newly formed foundation hope, will allow the paper to stave off the financial pressures that have caused many papers to shutter or switch to digital only in recent years
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA \
9/19/2020 8:42:14 AM
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One Zoom employee saved High Holy Days streaming for 300 synagogues
“The ability to give back in other ways than monetary ways just means a lot."
By BEN HARRIS/JTA \
9/19/2020 8:56:29 AM
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Israeli director makes Jewish character in Holocaust film Roma instead
Noomi Rapace told him that she believes she has Roma ancestry and she was emotionally connected to their story. So they changed the Jewish character into a Roma one.
By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA \
9/19/2020 9:18:15 AM
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First Jewish Massachusetts chief Justice, Ralph Gants' memory lives on
Judges, lawyers, political figures and community leaders remembered Gants as a legal giant, passionate in his dedication to equal justice and steeped in compassion for people from all walks of life.
By PENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA \
9/19/2020 9:37:02 AM
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Hearing for Paris kosher store attack set for Yom Kippur
According to the report, the court’s administration is reluctant to change the date of the hearing because of concerns connected to the separation of church and state.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/19/2020 10:13:45 AM
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3 Holocaust monuments vandalized with swastikas in Ukraine and Russia
At the former concentration camp Bogdanovka, in southern Ukraine, a note with three swastikas was addressed to three prominent Jews.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
9/19/2020 10:01:39 AM
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QAnon is an old form of antisemitism in a new package, experts say
The way that QAnon ideas tend to propagate means that large numbers of people are encountering and absorbing antisemitic tropes all the time.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
9/19/2020 10:06:46 AM
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Director of film on voter oppression learns of Jewish role in activism
‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ director Liz Garbus on learning the Jewish tradition of activism from her famous father.
By CURT SCHLEIER/JTA \
9/19/2020 10:33:35 AM
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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes the California - Mexico border
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 10:46:07 AM
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Mourners honor Ginsburg on US Supreme Court steps with candles, flowers
Several hundred people clutching candles, flowers and signs quietly gathered on the steps of the US Supreme Court.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 6:48:43 PM
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Two killed, 14 injured in shooting in Rochester, New York
The two people killed were a man and woman in their late teens or early 20s, he said.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 2:25:22 PM
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India arrests 9 al Qaeda militants planning 'terrorist attacks'
"The group was planning to undertake terrorist attacks at vital installations in India with an aim to kill innocent people and strike terror in their minds."
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 12:00:57 PM
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Lebanon's army finds firework cache at devastated Beirut port
1,320 kgs of fireworks were found in 120 boxes in a warehouse during a search of the port.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 12:13:56 PM
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Kremlin critic Navalny, who was poisoned, seen walking in hospital photo
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 12:45:04 PM
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Iran's coronavirus death toll climbs above 24,000
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 12:58:45 PM
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Ukraine-Belarus border littered with trash as stuck Breslov Hassidim leave
"We asked the Belarusians not to let the pilgrims enter the Belarusian territory, they didn't listen, and not they will have to clean up."
By CELIA JEAN \
9/20/2020 3:38:20 PM
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Woman attacked by husband regains consciousness, shares new details
"She called me a few minutes before it all happened and screamed - 'I can't take this any longer, I'm leaving! He's hitting me, he won't let me leave, help!'"
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
9/20/2020 3:39:41 PM
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Dozens gather at Tel Aviv beach to protest against lockdown restriction
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 3:16:07 PM
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UK's Labour ties with Conservatives for first time since 2019 - poll
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 3:22:51 PM
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Iran media reveals 70% may oppose compulsory hijab laws
Iran’s regime polices women’s bodies and has been seen beating and harassing women who do not dress “modestly” enough for the male-dominated theocratic patriarchy that runs the country.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/21/2020 6:44:23 PM
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Three coronavirus patients die at Galilee Medical Center
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 4:35:44 PM
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Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist
Jawar and 22 other activists, including Oromo opposition leader Bekele Garba, face charges relating to the violation of anti-terrorism laws, telecom fraud laws and firearms laws, the AG's office said
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 3:42:05 PM
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Biggest Thai protest in years targets government and monarchy
Reuters reporters estimated there were at least 30,000 people in the latest demonstration. Organisers said there were more than 50,000, while police said there were 18,000.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 8:43:50 PM
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Iran’s IRGC commander vows revenge in message to Trump
Commander Salami says that the US is isolated and declining and that hundreds of Iranian missiles could target it if America strikes at Iran.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/21/2020 8:04:13 PM
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IDF troops arrest four suspects who crossed the Gaza border with a knife
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 4:38:12 PM
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Trump tries to renew Israeli-Lebanese talks on Mediterranean gas fields
Israel and Lebanon have a dispute over an 860 sq. km. area in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that includes several blocs rich in natural gas off the coasts of both countries.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/19/2020 4:43:09 PM
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WHO, UNICEF sign to ensure universal health coverage in shadow of COVID-19
In the fight against COVID-19, universal healthcare has been found to be key to a strong response.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
9/19/2020 5:09:18 PM
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Trump on choosing SCOTUS justice: 'We have this obligation, without delay'
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 5:16:07 PM
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‘Israel is bigger than Bibi and me’
"I still think it is wrong to have a prime minister with three indictments," Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz told The Jerusalem Post.
By GIL HOFFMAN,ANNA AHRONHEIM \
9/19/2020 5:19:06 PM
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First baby of Jewish new year 5781 born in Ziv Medical Center
Following him were another seven babies who were born later during the night between Friday and Saturday.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 5:39:50 PM
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Coronavirus cabinet to convene Tuesday, police issue 3,000 tickets
Nearly 700 patients in serious condition * 40 people died over the holiday
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
9/21/2020 12:35:55 AM
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Coronavirus drive-in testing center established in Julis
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 6:08:34 PM
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Trump to name SCOTUS successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'without delay'
Even before Ginsburg's death, Trump had made public a list of potential nominees.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 6:51:00 PM
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Indian PM extends Rosh Hashanah wishes to Netanayhu and Jewish community
Modi joins a row of prime ministers and officials from various countries who have sent Rosh Hashanah greetings to the Jewish world in the last couple of days.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/19/2020 6:18:15 PM
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Australian chain criticized for 'WWII evacuee' children's costume
While the official Smiffys site markets the costume as "wwii evacuee girl," at least one major site which sold the costume overseas had marketed it as an "Anne Frank costume."
By IDAN ZONSHINE \
9/19/2020 6:42:27 PM
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Belarus police detain hundreds of protesters in Minsk
In one location, dozens of female protesters could be seen encircled by men in green uniforms and black balaclavas outside a shopping mall as they shouted "Only cowards beat women!"
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 6:57:53 PM
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Married inmates may request to be incarcerated together, court rules
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 6:59:52 PM
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Rape, ethnic cleansing and looting: UN reveals Turkey's crimes in Syria
The abuses have been directed against women and children, and primarily target minorities such as Yazidis, Kurds and Christians.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/19/2020 10:04:37 PM
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Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court
Trump named Amy Coney Barrett of the Chicago-based 7th Circuit and Barbara Lagoa of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit as possible nominees for a lifetime appointment to the highest US court.
By REUTERS \
9/20/2020 3:58:22 PM
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Airstrikes on Taliban base kill at least 12 civilians, 40 fighters
Defense Ministry officials in Kabul, who said more than 40 Taliban fighters had been killed in the strikes, did not confirm any civilian casualties.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 10:02:03 PM
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Protesters hold Rosh Hashanah 'festive meal' near PM's Official Residence
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 8:32:45 PM
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Kremlin critic Navalny posts photo of himself walking
"Let me tell you how my recovery is going. It is already a clear path although a long one," Navalny wrote.
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 8:29:16 PM
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Police won't enforce capsule restriction during Sunday's Balfour protest
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 8:57:15 PM
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Rare finding supports idea of high literacy rates among biblical Jews
The finding, a complete inkwell dating to the end of the Second Temple period, was made at the Horvat Brachot excavation site in Gush Etzion.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/19/2020 9:24:08 PM
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TikTok says it already committed to government oversight of US data
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 9:15:02 PM
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Coronavirus cabinet to to discuss further restrictions on Monday
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/19/2020 9:29:55 PM
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US CDC reports 198,099 deaths from coronavirus
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 9:55:50 PM
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Head of Public Health Services: Protesters are harming the nation
Referring to the protest of nearly 200 people at Tel Aviv's Frishman Beach on Saturday afternoon, Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price voiced strong concern – and criticism.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
9/20/2020 1:47:44 AM
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Libya's NOC lifts force majeure on oil, except where fighters remain
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 10:26:22 PM
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Envelope of deadly poison addressed to White House intercepted
Ricin is found naturally in castor beans but it takes a deliberate act to convert it into a biological weapon.
By REUTERS \
9/20/2020 3:24:35 PM
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Iran's Zarif says world should oppose US sanctions or expect same
The Trump administration says that on Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored.
By REUTERS \
9/20/2020 1:30:40 AM
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Houthis launch projectile towards Jazan, five civilians injured -SPA
By REUTERS \
9/19/2020 11:37:31 PM
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Iran’s regime 'so hated, another revolt' may come after wrestler execution
150 Iranian political and civil rights activists issue statement to protest killing of Navid Afkari.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
9/20/2020 7:31:40 AM