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Coronavirus death toll passes 275,000 worldwide

Follow all the latest developments regarding Covid-19, around the world and at home, as they happen.




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Covid-19 will lead to profound, long-lasting changes

It is almost ten weeks since the coronavirus emergency erupted here, following confirmation of the first case of Covid-19 in Ireland. Our world has changed in the most unexpected ways.




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Return to work to see temperature tests, handshake ban

Safety measures including no-handshake policies, temperature testing, intensive cleaning, and contact logs to facilitate contact tracing are set to be introduced for businesses re-opening shortly, under a new protocol for employers and workers on dealing with Covid-19.




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Fall in number of people in ICU with Covid-19 - Harris

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said the number of people in intensive care in Irish hospitals with confirmed cases of Covid-19 has fallen further.




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Reflections on Jewish life in South Africa


I remember my childhood as a kind of idyllic dream where we Jews lived in big houses on large plots surrounded by magnificent gardens.




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Do we worship Hashem or Halacha?


At the end of the day, as last week’s Torah portion proclaims, Hashem holds most dear the principle in which he packages His halachot and mitzvot: “And you shall live by them.”




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Preschool teachers: We will not return to work


Preschool and daycare organizations announced that they would not be returning to work until the government properly allocate funds and preparatory instructions.




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Seniors with COVID-19 show unusual symptoms, doctors say


COVID-19 is typically signaled by three symptoms: fever, an insistent cough and shortness of breath.




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The novel coronavirus could last 2 years, 2nd wave could be worse - report


The report cited findings that suggest that even past severe influenza pandemic viruses, such as the Spanish Flu, were less infectious than the novel coronavirus




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Eli Cohen, the spy who was larger than life


Many of the mysteries surrounding the super-spy have been revealed over the years, others we might never learn, but Cohen’s courage and fate have returned to public consciousness lately.




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Yes, Israel has done well - Editor's Notes


Tell Israelis to enter bomb shelters, they know how. Tell them to stop their car on the side of the road when an air raid siren goes off and to duck into a ditch, they can do it.




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Israelis venture out into a post-coronavirus world


As we begin to enjoy the old-time routines anew, there are some elements that would be a real shame to give up.




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Where will people fly after the coronavirus crisis is over?


Pandemic has tilted the scale in favor of domestic travel, experts say




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How will coronavirus change air travel forever?


In a matter of months, the coronavirus reset the clock on a decades-long aviation boom that’s been one of the great cultural and economic phenomena of the postwar world.




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New tech brings testimonies to Life 75 years after end of World War II


Specially updated edition of acclaimed book ‘Witness’ uses embedded barcodes connecting to video testimony of 75 Holocaust survivors, rescuers or WWII liberators.




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Where Biden would break from Trump on Israel


Biden has made no secret of his opposition to the Trump peace plan.





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Free Youtube show perfectly captures American Jewish life


Set in 1954, “Liberty Heights” is the fourth and final installment of Levinson’s “Baltimore movies,” which began with “Diner” in 1982 and includes both “Tin Men” (1987) and “Avalon” (1990).




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At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19


Among the French Jews who contracted the virus and recovered was Joel Mergui, the president of the Consistoire group that provides religious services for Orthodox Jews.




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How the coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities around the world


What’s clear is that the Jewish rate of death is exponentially higher in the Diaspora compared to Israel and that the virus is devastating the Jewish world.




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Paris man suspected of spitting on influential Jewish intellectual


Spitting on people is illegal and violates France’s emergency measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Nevada woman charged with stalking after calling neighbors ‘Jewish pigs’


The charges came after police were called December 3 and told that she was damaging a Jewish neighbors apartment and defacing it with antisemitic symbols and graffiti.




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NYC sanitizes subway system, police and social workers remove homeless


"This is a daunting challenge," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a daily briefing last week. "The entire public transport system in downstate New York will be disinfected every 24 hours."




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5-year-old in New York died from rare COVID-related complications


'This is every parents' nightmare, right, that your child may actually be affected by this virus,' said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.




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Shunning virus lockdown, Belarus stages crowded Victory Day parade


Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has called fears over the coronavirus a "psychosis" and variously suggested drinking vodka, visiting saunas or playing ice hockey to beat the disease.




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Friedman to 'Post': We need to strengthen Israel-US ties with peace plan


Diplomatic Affairs: Marking two years since the move of the embassy to Jerusalem, David Friedman talks about annexation, the peace process and rapprochement in the Gulf.




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Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife and Pence aide, diagnosed coronavirus


News of Miller’s positive test delayed Pence’s scheduled departure Friday to Des Moines, Iowa, for more than an hour, and several staffers who had been in contact with her left the plane.




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A personal story about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky


Bill gave Monica a book of Walt Whitman poems he bought when he was in Martha’s Vineyard with Hillary. Do you give poems to someone you don’t care about?




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The tools that prepare Israel for the future war


How multidimensional joint operations, lessons from past wars and new technologies have transformed Israel’s army, navy and air force.




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Using Israeli technology to live in a water-stressed world


“Today we live in a water-stressed world. It’s not just Africa and India that are suffering from a shortage of water – it is all over the world.”






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Health Ministry reports 35 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths in 24 hrs


No new deaths were reported on Saturday morning, marking the first full day Israel has gone without a COVID-19 related death in over a month.



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Tovia Singer: Gospel channel targets vulnerable Jews in attempt to convert


While Singer said there is “nothing new about Evangelical fundamentalist Christians seeking to convert Jews to Christianity,” he noted that the method that GOD TV is using is “completely novel.”





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How did Israel crack the coronavirus code and what's next?


Israeli doctors and scientists look back at how the country has handled COVID-19 and predict what might happen next




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Man who drowned in Sea of Galilee tests positive for coronavirus


The man, who drowned on Friday in the Sea of Galilee, tested positive for coronavirus soon after and was moved in critical condition to the coronavirus care unit in the hospital.





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Chamber of Commerce wants suspension of golden passports until improved IIP is launched

The Malta Chamber of Commerce has pledged its support to government in the formulation of a new Iindividual Investor Programme to ensure the new scheme is compatible with good governance




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Why Maltese-licensed casinos are so popular overseas

In many markets, the MGA license is most respected by players and many new regulatory frameworks are modelled after it




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Updated | Malta vetoes Irini spending after withdrawing from EU naval mission

Maltese government to inform EC it will no longer provide boarding team to Operation Irini, which is attempting to stop Turkish weapons to Libyan GNA




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Schembri overshadowed by Muscat’s new economic role: ‘I consult with many people’

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri downplays Joseph Muscat's role in drawing up Malta's post-COVID strategy, insisting the government is consulting with several parties




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[WATCH] Child takes hunter’s shotgun in Miżieb hide, proving lax controls on illegalities

BirdLife video of illegal hunting in Malta sent to European Commission




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[WATCH] 3 new COVID-19 cases, no dates yet for opening of childcare facilities

Overnight testing recorded three new cases of coronavirus from 1,137 swab tests and six more people have recovered.




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Fake healthcare worker who robbed elderly women is jailed again

Police say Natalie Bonello pretended to be a care worker in order to gain access to elderly women’s homes, from which she then proceeded to steal jewellery




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TVM obliged to relay differing views, Adrian Delia tells public broadcaster’s top officials

Opposition leader Adrian Delia meets PBS top officials




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[WATCH] Brikkuni’s Fomm Ir-Riħ’s got ‘Seoul’

Rock band Brikkuni’s video release for Fomm ir-Riħ stuns with Franco Rizzo’s photography from the heart of Seoul 




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One new case of coronavirus in Malta

Malta has 58 active cases of COVID-19




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Cyclist grievously injured after collision with car in Hamrun

The 39 year old man was taken to hospital, where he was certified as suffering from grievous injuries 




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How Iran’s Syria project ground to a halt over six months


This has not been a good year for Iran in Syria.