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Swedish PM defends COVID strategy from criticism over death toll
More than 5,800 Swedes have died of COVID-19, a much higher death rate than in neighboring Norway, Denmark and Finland.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 12:34:06 AM
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US closes lanes, adds checks at Mexico border to contain coronavirus
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 1:16:38 AM
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Travelers from France to UK must self certify not having COVID symptoms
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 1:50:20 AM
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Two storms head for US Gulf in rare hurricane season event
The last time two cyclones were in the US Gulf of Mexico was in 2002, when Tropical Storm Fay and Tropical Depression Edouard overlapped for about 18 hours, according to the NHC.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 2:28:21 AM
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German antisemitism chief to ‘Post’: UN weapons embargo on Iran is needed
Germany’s government abstained in the United Nations Security Council vote last week to extend the UN embargo against selling weapons to Iran’s regime, against the antisemitism commissioner’s opinion
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
8/23/2020 6:40:40 PM
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Kremlin critic Navalny driven out of hospital in Siberia - Reuters witness
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 3:06:33 AM
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Pilgrims intent on visiting Uman despite coronavirus restrictions
Despite these restrictions, many are still planning on arriving at the grave – even in several unorthodox methods.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 9:50:59 AM
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Sderot mayor to Netanyahu, Gantz: Wake up, we're at war
"Residents of Sderot and the Gaza border communities are being pounded with rockets and are running to the shelters," Davidi said, asking "what 'peace in exchange for peace' are they talking about?"
By LEON SVERDLOV \
8/22/2020 10:55:55 AM
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‘Free Palestine’ graffiti sprayed on Austrian synagogue
The graffiti, which included another slogan, “our country and our language are red lines,” were discovered Wednesday at the city’s only synagogue
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
8/22/2020 3:46:37 AM
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Japanese municipality holds benefit to commemorate savior of Jews
The benefit, which began this week in Japan’s Gifu district, will continue until Sept. 10 and its proceeds will go toward commemorating Chiune Sugihara’s actions in Japan.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
8/22/2020 4:43:12 AM
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Gravely ill Kremlin critic Navalny on flight from Russia lands in Germany
Navalny, a long-time opponent of President Vladimir Putin and a campaigner against corruption, collapsed on a plane on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 10:11:35 AM
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More than 30 headstones damaged at South African Jewish cemetery
The vandalism at the Oudtshoorn Jewish cemetery, located about 200 miles east of Cape Town, is the first major incident of its kind there.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
8/27/2020 1:53:06 PM
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Weizmann Institute to offer program to mitigate damage caused by COVID-19
The program is meant to help fund the postdoc research of those who are found eligible, with a total fund of two million dollars.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 10:34:32 AM
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Israeli, UAE law firms to collaborate on framework for business ties
The presentations will largely focus on taxation, banking, the structure of the legal system and business opportunities in their respective countries.
By CODY LEVINE \
8/22/2020 8:40:51 AM
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IDF tells Palestinians near Gaza border to leave area in fear of attack
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 8:55:59 AM
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Gaza will respond if Israel carries out targeted assassinations - report
By MAARIV ONLINE \
8/22/2020 9:24:25 AM
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Incendiary balloon lands in Netiv HaAsara, causes fire
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 9:22:34 AM
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Ukraine reports daily record 2,328 coronavirus cases
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 9:43:13 AM
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Virtual Democratic convention had numerous 'Jewish moments'
The mainstage conversation addressed antisemitism explicitly.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
8/22/2020 10:00:56 AM
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How is the Buenos Aires Jewish community coping with COVID-19?
Here’s how some other local Jewish institutions are faring as the pandemic drags on.
By JTA STAFF \
8/22/2020 10:16:10 AM
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17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of involvement in Eilat rape
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 10:29:45 AM
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Several Bedouins lose citizenship despite family in IDF, birth in Israel
Among some of the complainants are Bedouins who have apparently been in Israel as citizens for 20, 30 and 40 years, with a history of paying taxes, and with parents who completed IDF service.
By CODY LEVINE \
8/22/2020 11:26:10 AM
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Gulf Arab states welcome truce announcement in Libya -UAE news agency
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 10:56:12 AM
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Dolphins seen playing off the coast near Haifa
The pod was seen playing and swimming next to the boat of Oren Solomon, who took videos and pictures of the Dolphins early Saturday morning.
By CODY LEVINE \
8/22/2020 1:44:22 PM
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UN nuclear chief Grossi to visit Iran 'this week', Iranian envoy says
The statement said Grossi would meet "high-level Iranian authorities."
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 1:33:06 PM
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Two men in their 30s injured by gunfire in Rahat
By MAARIV ONLINE \
8/22/2020 1:12:22 PM
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Fire crews, IDF forces seek to contain blazes in South
By MAARIV ONLINE \
8/22/2020 1:23:17 PM
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Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 1:23:18 PM
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Mossad chief Yossi Cohen met with Sudanese officials - report
The report of a meeting comes amid numerous reports of high-level discussions between Israeli and Sudanese officials.
By CODY LEVINE \
8/22/2020 3:02:39 PM
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Police arrest 2 more suspects in gang-rape of 16-year-old in Eilat
The number of suspects being detained in suspicion of involvement in the alleged incident now stands on 11.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
8/23/2020 9:23:54 PM
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Police neutralize explosive device in a town near the Gaza Strip
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 3:12:18 PM
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West African mediators arrive in Mali seeking reversal of coup
The presidents of Ivory Coast and Guinea are among those pushing for a tough response.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 6:04:11 PM
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Mysterious seeds from China arrive in Israel, Agriculture Ministry warns
The ministry stressed that the importing of seeds or other agricultural produce into Israel without prior approval is prohibited by law because it can jeopardize local nature or carry diseases.
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
8/22/2020 3:59:35 PM
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Lukashenko must leave sooner or later, opposition leader says
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 4:01:54 PM
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China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells
China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the coroanvirus pandemic.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 5:13:28 PM
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Zandberg to Blue and White: Support no confidence vote, avoid elections
"It's not too late," Tamar Zandberg said. "Instead of dragging Israel into a fourth round of elections in less than two years, we can establish a different government in Israel."
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
8/22/2020 4:39:24 PM
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Ex-Cleveland Clinic resident makes antisemitic posts, has license revoked
“hahha ewww.. ill purposely give all the yahood [Jews] the wrong meds…,” Kollab tweeted in January 2012.
By RACHEL WOLF,MARCY OSTER/JTA \
8/22/2020 5:14:48 PM
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Man who threatened Jews for not complying with restrictions pleads guilty
Anthony Lodespoto, 43, was arrested on March and was originally charged with making second-degree terroristic threats amid a state of emergency, which came into effect in the US on March 1, 2020.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
8/22/2020 5:50:23 PM
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Yasser Arafat's widow apologizes to UAE over insults, burning of flags
Erekat also says symbols of the UAE should not be harmed, but other Palestinians outraged at apology
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
8/22/2020 5:43:12 PM
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Lukashenko says he will close Belarus factories that are seeing protests
In the biggest challenge to Lukashenko's 26 years in power, people have taken to the streets in many Belarusian towns, including in its capital Minsk.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 5:42:17 PM
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Anti-Netanyahu protesters will not be allowed to hold parade - police
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 5:46:56 PM
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Belarus opposition leader to meet No. 2 US diplomat on Monday
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 5:58:19 PM
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Questions persist over Hezbollah's alleged involvement in Beirut Blast
A Cypriot businessman with possible ties to Hezbollah affiliated bank could be the owner of the ship that brought the ammonium nitrate that caused the Beirut Blast.
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
8/22/2020 6:19:00 PM
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Anti-Netanyahu protesters prepare for ninth executive week of protests
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 6:12:35 PM
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A third of Israel’s nurses are afraid to go to work due to coronavirus
“Israeli nurses are very disturbed by their personal risk and fear infection,” said bioethics and health law professor Daniel Sperling.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
8/22/2020 9:39:21 PM
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How big gatherings spread COVID-19: German scientists stage experiment
"I am extremely satisfied with the discipline displayed by the participants," Stefan Moritz, the head of the study, told a news conference after the concert.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 6:51:22 PM
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Hamas leader meets Turkey's Erdogan in Istanbul
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 6:54:26 PM
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Israeli singer Omer Adam has coronavirus
According to Ofer Menachem, Adam's public relations manager, the star was in a business meeting on August 12 with a person who later tested positive for the virus.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 8:24:04 PM
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Experimental coronavirus vaccines given to high-risk groups in China
No vaccine has yet passed final, large-scale trials to prove it is safe and effective enough to protect people from contracting the virus that has led to almost 800,000 deaths worldwide.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 7:01:21 PM
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Incendiary balloons spark 25 fires in southern Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 7:07:45 PM
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Projectile launched from Gaza at Israel lands in the strip
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 7:31:23 PM
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Incendiary balloons spark 35 fires in southern Israel
Experts from the Fire and Rescue Services determined after examining the sites that all 35 fires were caused by incendiary balloons.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
8/22/2020 7:37:51 PM
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Police arrest fourth suspect in Eilat gang-rape case
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 7:33:23 PM
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Kushner, Berkowitz expected to visit Israel, Gulf States in September
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 7:52:14 PM
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Trump says without proof that FDA 'deep state' slowing COVID trials
In a Twitter post, Trump said the deep state "or whoever" at the FDA was making it very difficult for drug companies to enroll people in clinical trials to test vaccines.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 9:03:07 PM
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Rare 'Damascus Crowns' to remain in Israel's National Library
The Damascus Crowns were promised to be given back to rabbi Hamra, who would place them in the future, in a Syria Jewry cultural center.
By DANIEL NISINMAN \
8/22/2020 11:10:53 PM
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Dijon, France: One of the most beautiful countries in the world
A short train ride away from Paris – about an hour-and-a-half by train – Dijon is an important rail link on the railways of France.
BEN G. FRANK \
8/22/2020 8:19:42 PM
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Police deny anti-Netanyahu protesters right to march, barricade protests
The protesters who attended the march began by the Chords Bridge by the entrance to Jerusalem and moved all the way to Paris Square at the corner of Balfour Street.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
8/23/2020 5:30:50 PM
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Coronavirus: 1,492 people diagnosed with virus in the last day
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 8:28:35 PM
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Israeli experts struggle with one of the country’s most aggressive pest
The plant has a notorious reputation of being an aggressive invader that does not respond to pesticides and has serious negative effects on the environment, agriculture and human health.
By YAEL MOR,ZAVIT/SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS AGENCY \
8/22/2020 8:33:15 PM
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Israeli archives censorship regulations and oral history
The organizational culture of government ministries and security bodies that were involved in crafting Israel’s foreign policy was lacking for many years.
By ELDAD BEN AHARON,EITAY MACK \
8/22/2020 8:46:25 PM
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French government condemns vandalism at site of Nazi massacre
The word "martyr" on the memorial was crossed out, with "menteur" or "liar" daubed next to it.
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 8:50:21 PM
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Anti-Netanyahu protestors confront police
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 8:58:57 PM
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Pompeo to visit Israel, UAE this week to talk peace, Iran, China
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 9:05:29 PM
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A journalist who moved from Israel to the UAE shares her experience
I moved to the UAE from Israel about nine months ago. As you can probably guess, this means that I am neither an Emirati nor an Israeli.
By ARADHANA SHARMA \
8/22/2020 8:57:35 PM
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Kadri Cakrani - An unknown Albanian hero of the Holocaust
He served as a commandant-general of the town of Berat, and in 1943, he called for help as he tried to protect the Jews in his area.
By ELIZABETH J. VRATO \
8/22/2020 9:10:20 PM
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Israel needs an insurance policy for pandemics
Among the major victims of the pandemic is the economy, as many businesses have been forced to close either by government edict or lack of customers.
By MICHAEL HUMPHRIES \
8/22/2020 9:19:35 PM
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Likud, Blue and White back compromise to avoid elections
Gantz warned that elections would cause a civil war. He said he was willing to make personal sacrifices to prevent such a scenario.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
8/22/2020 11:08:54 PM
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Hundreds protest in face of violence against women following Eilat rape
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 9:29:16 PM
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Erdogan tests Iraq’s sovereignty in latest round of airstrikes
A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq killed two high-ranking Iraqi security officials on Tuesday.
By MAYA CARLIN \
8/22/2020 9:26:29 PM
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The rise of totalitarianism in America
The difference between democracy and dictatorship dawned on me in eleventh grade.
By IRINA EREMIA-BRAGIN \
8/22/2020 9:35:59 PM
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Prof. Ruth Gavison: A legal giant and a born mensch
Prof. Gavison, or “Rutie” as she insisted, was a brilliant legal scholar whose reach and dimension I could only sense, since her incisive scholarship was well beyond the scope of my comprehension.
By JOEL H. GOLOVENSKY \
8/22/2020 9:41:42 PM
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Sudan's Hamdok says government ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 9:42:02 PM
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350,000 Israelis did not receive 'Check for Every Citizen' grant
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 9:49:13 PM
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The Jewish state: Zionism’s success, not its failure
Today, the old romanticized image of Israel, shaped more by Exodus the film than by Exodus, the biblical book, no longer gets much of a hearing.
By DONNA ROBINSON DIVINE \
8/22/2020 9:47:20 PM
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Police arrest seven protesters in Jerusalem
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
8/22/2020 9:54:15 PM
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Israeli public is right to express outrage over Eilat rape
The police have set up a special investigation team to probe the severe allegations, which came to light after the teenager returned to her home in Ashkelon and decided to file an official complaint.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
8/23/2020 8:12:08 AM
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UNSC members decry ‘illegal’ US triggering of snapback sanctions on Iran
“We urge the US not to act arbitrarily against the world's will. Otherwise, it will meet further opposition,” the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry tweeted on Friday.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,OMRI NAHMIAS \
8/22/2020 10:59:42 PM
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Liberman: Netanyahu and Gantz are 'acting like children'
By AMIR BENDER/MAARIV \
8/22/2020 10:13:00 PM
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Despite compromise, cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday cancelled
By AMIR BENDER/MAARIV \
8/22/2020 10:18:44 PM
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Pompeo to visit Israel, UAE this week following peace deal
A US peace team is expected to travel to the region in September to discuss additional deals.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,OMRI NAHMIAS \
8/23/2020 1:53:46 AM
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Saudi-led coalition downs drone, ballistic missile launched by Houthis
By REUTERS \
8/22/2020 10:47:45 PM
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After Beirut blast, global relief efforts rally to rebuild port
The blast at the city’s port left at least 171 people dead, thousands injured and more than 300,000 temporarily homeless.
By ROHAMA BRUK / THE MEDIA LINE \
8/22/2020 11:23:54 PM
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Switzerland may ban terrorist organization Hezbollah
A full ban of Hezbollah’s activities in Switzerland would mean that the Lebanese organization’s symbols would be banned and its bank accounts and assets seized and frozen within Swiss territory
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
8/23/2020 3:40:00 PM
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Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon
The drone was captured by Hezbollah terrorists.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
8/23/2020 5:20:34 PM
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Coronavirus: Global death toll crosses 800,000 – tally
Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, which equates to 246 people per hour, or one person every 15 seconds.
By REUTERS \
8/23/2020 1:34:12 AM