Should the 2021 Tokyo Olympics play on in a pandemic?
The Olympic torch was making its way across Japan last week to herald the upcoming Tokyo Games, scheduled to start in late July after being...
Amid Rockets and Violence, Israel Is Trying to Sell Itself as a Holiday Destination to Muslim Visitors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As violence flares within Israel and on a day in which Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City killed at least 42...
Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Gather at UN Headquarters in New York
US01:22 GMT 17.05.2021Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e5/05/11/1082913368_0:209:2907:1845_1200x675_80_0_0_b6dcf3c62b8d5cd45ae5eb642374261f.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/us/202105171082913398-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-gather-at-un-headquarters-in-new-york/UNITED NATIONS, (Sputnik) - Dozens of people have gathered at the UN headquarters in New York City, calling on the...
Israel’s Canadian supporters rally, more pro-Palestinian demonstrations held as violence continues in Gaza
A prominent Canadian Jewish advocacy group hosted a virtual event in solidarity with Israel on Sunday, and pro-Palestinian demonstrations continued in Canadian cities, amid ongoing...
AT&T in advanced talks to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery
Combined images of AT&T CEO John Stankey (L)and john stankey WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.ReutersAT&T is in advanced talks to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery in a...
Israeli strikes kill 42, topple buildings in Gaza City
At one point, a rescuer shouted, “Can you hear me?” into a hole in the rubble. “Are you OK?” Minutes later, first responders pulled a...
Lockdowns and panic-buying in Taiwan as Covid cases rise | Taiwan
Taiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day’s record high of 180.The outbreak, which began about three weeks ago...
Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94
Yitzhak Arad, who as an orphaned teenage partisan fought the Germans and their collaborators during World War II, then went on to become an esteemed...
Israel Gaza conflict: Biden calls leaders amid escalating violence
The worst violence in years between Israel and the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip has seen dozens killed. It follows a month of spiralling...
Iran LGBTQ: A card exempted a gay man from serving in the military. It may have cost him his life
The 20-year-old Iranian had hoped to escape the country, where he felt stifled by the Iranian regime's restrictions on homosexuality, and had dreams of modeling...