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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday that it could halt Israeli airlines' flights to Dubai in the next few days due to a dispute over security ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals on Monday sought to finalize a unity coalition that would unseat the veteran leader, as…

Article content “There’s a lot more that unites than separates,” the source said. Bennett, a former defense minister, and Lapid, a former finance minister, both want to invest in education and health, and to head off any lingering economic malaise arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. However the new coalition will likely mean a stalemate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with marked policy differences between the coalition partners. Bennett has favored Israel annexing parts of the occup...

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) - While politicians hail digital health passes as the solution to aviations COVID-19 crisis, airline bosses are still having sleepless nights about clogged up airports as they worry how to deal with the millions who have already been vaccinated. More than 220 million people have been fully vaccinated against the disease, according to Our World in Data. Almost a billion have had at least one dose. (https://bit.ly/32HJtHQ) But many were given shots before the developme...

While politicians hail digital health passes as the solution to aviation’s COVID-19 crisis, airline bosses are still having sleepless nights about clogged up…

Pfizer COVID-19 shot effective for people with chronic diseases- Israel study Reuters 5 hrs ago By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, April 22 (Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective at preventing symptomatic and severe disease in people with some chronic illnesses, like diabetes and heart disease, the biggest real-world study showed on Thursday. The analysis of almost 1.2 million people by Israels largest healthcare provider will offer further hope for countries ...

15 Min Read BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Union’s political leadership, diplomats for the 27 member states were desperate. The EU had paid billions of euros toward shots to curb a pandemic that was killing thousands of Europeans every day. Now vaccine-makers had cut back deliveries, and the EU was trapped in a public fight. “This is a catastrophe,” French ambassador Philippe Leglise-Costa told the Jan. 27 meeting, acco...

  In a joint press release from the local municipalities on Friday, recreational activities like indoor swimming, arenas and other service are set to make a limited comeback as a part of a phased reopening plan. ‘We’ll start on the 18th, not every facility will be open immediately. We have a seven to 10 day plan,” said Steve Scheer, the Manager of Recreational Facilities for the City of Waterloo.  According to Scheer this is due in part to getting staff, many of whom are part-time ca...

With Tuesday marking the return to the red zone for Waterloo Region, and as businesses are getting ready to partially reopen, recreational activities will be ramping up again as well.

Countdown to catastrophe: Inside Europes fight for COVID shots Reuters 2/5/2021 By Francesco Guarascio and John Chalmers © Reuters/YVES HERMAN FILE PHOTO: A view shows a meeting room in Europa, the new European Council building in Brussels By Francesco Guarascio and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Unions political leadership, diplomats for the 27 member states were desperate. The EU had pai...