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The Loneliness Epidemic: Communities Seek Ways to Bring Americans Together

It’s been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation. The “bowling alone” phenomenon. By any name, it refers to Americans’ growing social disconnection by many measures. Americans are less likely to join civic groups, unions and religious groups than in recent generations. They have fewer friends, are less trusting of each other and less likely […]

Lufthansa Projects 6% Long-Haul Passenger Growth in 2026

Lufthansa is projecting 6% supply growth for its passenger airlines on its long-haul routes in 2026, said CEO Carsten Spohr, adding it expects the delivery of a new widebody plane every other week to help bolster growth.

US Announces $10 Billion Package Of Arms Sales To Taiwan, Angering China

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by the Republican president, who made scant mention of […]

Senior Dati Leumi Rabbanim Complain to Katz: “IDF Is Persuading Religious Girls to Enlist”

Senior Dati Leumi Rabbanim appealed to Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, demanding full implementation of the existing policy that the IDF does not actively persuade religious girls to enlist in the IDF, Arutz Sheva reported. The Rabbanim explained that there has been ongoing outreach to religious girls that creates the impression that IDF officials are acting […]

Trump Signs Order to Reclassify Marijuana, Opening Door to Expanded Medical Research

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, […]

Outrage in Belgium as Federal Police Withdraw from Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter

Outrage in Belgium Over Withdrawal of Federal Police Patrols from Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter A decision by Belgium’s Interior Minister Bernard Quintin to end federal police patrols in Antwerp’s Jewish neighborhood has sparked backlash among Jewish community leaders and local officials. The move ends a deployment of federal officers that had been in place for more […]

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