Sunday, December 18, 2022

Jews in Ukraine are waging a 'war between darkness and light' during Hanukkah, rabbi says

UKRAINE-CRISIS/HANUKKAH

Jews in Ukraine lit a giant menorah on Sunday night to start the eight-day Hanukkah holiday as tens of thousands remained without electricity and Russia's nearly 10-month war produced new victims.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-menorah-hanukkah-jewish-1.6690373?cmp=rss

'Freak wave' kills three, injures 17 in South Africa, emergency responder says

South Africa Durban Beach Deaths

South Africa's coastal city of Durban has closed its North Beach after three people died when they were hit by a large wave, emergency officials said on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-africa-durban-wave-1.6690289?cmp=rss

North Korea launches 2 missiles into waters between Japan, Korean peninsula

Koreas Tensions

North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles on Sunday toward its eastern waters, its first weapons test in a month and coming two days after it claimed to have performed a key test needed to build a more mobile, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-ballistic-missile-launch-1.6690129?cmp=rss