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Early last week, Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned a senior United Nations official to its office in Jerusalem and presented him with a startling allegation: Twelve of his agency’s workers had taken part in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, transporting weapons, raiding Israeli villages, and participating in the kidnapping of a soldier and a civilian.
An aerial view of the tents where Palestinians are trying to survive in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on January 27. Ashraf Amra/Anadolu/Getty Images As several Western countries, like the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, announce a pause in funding for the main UN aid agency in Gaza, Palestinians living in . . .
Win McNamee/Getty Images The US Capitol Dome is seen on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023, in Washington, DC. Senate negotiators have agreed to empower the US to significantly restrict illegal migrant crossings at the southern border, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move aimed at ending the migrant surge that has overrun federal […]
John Keeble/Getty Images Citi says it will also shed 40,000 jobs after the spin off of the bank’s Mexican retail unit. New York CNN — Citigroup will lay off 20,000 employees over the next two years, CFO Mark Mason said Friday. The reduction comes after the company reported a $1.8 billion net loss for the […]
Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Tuesday as cooling U.S. inflation supported the view that the Federal Reserve could cut borrowing costs next year. The market expectations grew after U.S. data released on Friday showed that by some key measures inflation was now at or below the central bank’s 2% target. Monetary […]
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors focused on geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and optimism the U.S. Federal Reserve would soon start cutting interest rates, lifting global economic growth and fuel demand. Brent crude futures fell 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $79.13 a barrel by […]
A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a temporary order limiting the Biden administration’s authority to remove barbed wire erected by Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state’s effort to deter migrants from crossing into the United States. Texas has been sparring with the federal government on several fronts over border control […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers opened a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans moved to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It’s one in a series of redistricting sessions across the South after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Voting […]
According to Reuters, Unity Software will eliminate 265 jobs or 3.8% of its global workforce as part of a company “reset.” It will also end an agreement with Peter Jackson’s visual effects company Weta FX. From the report: Tuesday’s announcement includes termination of the professional services piece of an agreement Unity struck with movie director […]
Nov 29 (Reuters) – Hopes that an economic soft landing will lead the Federal Reserve to pull back on interest rates have ignited Wall Street’s appetite for stocks, despite concerns of slowing growth and the potential of an inflationary rebound in 2024. The S&P 500 is up about 9% in November, on track for its […]