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The Latest: AP poll: More Black Americans open to vaccine By The Associated Press Associated Press April 10, 2021 — 10:35am Text size Copy shortlink: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — More Black Americans say they are open to taking the coronavirus vaccine. A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Resea...
SA Jewish community lights candles in memory of Holocaust victims 2h ago Share South Africa’s Jewish community joined the rest of the world yesterday in remembering the 6 million European Jews who were killed during the Holocaust. Held virtually by the South African Board of Deputies because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) commemorations dispensed with a single keynote speaker in favour of testimonies from six survivors who each lit a candle of remembrance at the end. “The duty of all us survivors,” said Marian Turski, the international vice-chairman...
Reborn dolls are displayed at a doll show in Brentwood, England. These lifelike dolls are helping women heal Photographs by Karolina Jonderko Published 6:00 PM ET, Fri April 9, 2021 Reborn dolls are displayed at a doll show in Brentwood, England. The first time Karolina Jonderko held a reborn doll, she was amazed at how lifelike it was. It not only looked like a newborn baby, but it felt like one, too. It was as heavy as a baby should be. She had to support its neck like a baby. It even smelled like a baby. “My mind was blown, seriously,” said Jonderko, a photographer based in Poland. ...
Chilling tales of SA’s Holocaust survivors remembered Survivors are dwindling, with 11 from SA having died since the 2020 ceremony. The need to hear those who remain has become more essential. Students and teachers of Bar Ilan School visit an authentic German train, that transported Jews to extermination camps, on the Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Israeli city of Netanya on April 8, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) ...
By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read WARSAW, April 7 (Reuters) - Poland will extend its COVID-19 restrictions until April 18, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Wednesday, as the health system struggles to cope with a third wave of infections. Kindergartens, shopping centres, hotels, cinemas and theatres will remain closed under the restrictions. (Reporting by Alan Charlish, Anna Koper and Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Andrew Heavens)