Today: September 23, 2024
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Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza

Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
News|Political

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it has launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander
News|World

Ukrainian forces pull back from part of strategic eastern town

Ukraine's military said on Thursday its troops had pulled back from part of Chasiv Yar in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after Russia said its forces had

Ukrainian forces pull back from part of strategic eastern town
News|Political

Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S.

Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
Economy

Turkish central bank chief 'extremely determined' to curb inflation

Turkey's central bank is determined to combat soaring prices and will stick patiently to its tight policy stance, Governor Fatih Karahan told Reuters, as a

Turkish central bank chief 'extremely determined' to curb inflation
Business|Economy|Technology

China and EU held technical talks on impending EV tariffs

China and Europe held several rounds of technical talks over tariffs on Chinese electric cars that the European Commission is set to confirm on Thursday, China's commerce ministry

China and EU held technical talks on impending EV tariffs
Business|Economy

UK construction growth cools ahead of election, PMI shows

Growth in British construction activity slowed in June as house-building declined, according to a survey on Thursday that showed a slowdown in new orders as some firms took a wait-

UK construction growth cools ahead of election, PMI shows
Economy

Asian stocks draw robust foreign inflows on US rate outlook, tech rally

Foreign investors channelled massive money into Asian equities in June, after two months of selling, as easing U.S. price pressures raised hopes that the Federal Reserve

Asian stocks draw robust foreign inflows on US rate outlook, tech rally
Economy|News|Political

Can France count on an ECB rescue if vote upsets markets?

The European Central Bank has faced questions about whether it would shore up France's rattled bond market ever since President

Can France count on an ECB rescue if vote upsets markets?
Business|Technology

Tesla cars for first time on Chinese government purchase list

Tesla's best-selling Model Y was included in a list of electric and plug-in hybrid models that a local government in China can purchase as a service car, according to the official

Tesla cars for first time on Chinese government purchase list
Business|Health|Science

Roche to halt trial in latest setback for lung cancer immunotherapy

Roche will end a lung cancer trial testing its new immunotherapy after the drug did not show a benefit over established treatment Keytruda by Merck

Roche to halt trial in latest setback for lung cancer immunotherapy
Environment|News|World

Russia swelters in heat wave, Moscow breaks 1917 record for early July

Russians were braving some of the hottest weather seen in more than a century on Thursday with Moscow breaking a 1917 record and cities across the world's biggest country sizzling

Russia swelters in heat wave, Moscow breaks 1917 record for early July
News|Political|World

Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia's Parliament House to unfurl banners

Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners from the roof as a senator quit the government over its direction on the Gaza war

Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia's Parliament House to unfurl banners
Business|Economy

Stock market today: Japan's Nikkei 225 hits new record close, leading Asian shares higher

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 has surged to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia higher

Stock market today: Japan's Nikkei 225 hits new record close, leading Asian shares higher
Entertainment|Sports

In a ‘very surreal’ move, Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team

In a ‘very surreal’ move, Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team

In a ‘very surreal’ move, Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team
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Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained

Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained

Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained
News|Opinion|Sports|World

‘On the roadsides there were shot up cars where people had been killed’: Facing war, death and destruction ahead of Olympics

‘On the roadsides there were shot up cars where people had been killed’: Facing war, death and destruction ahead of Olympics

‘On the roadsides there were shot up cars where people had been killed’: Facing war, death and destruction ahead of Olympics
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Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border

With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline

Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border
Business|Technology

Volvo Cars' June sales rise on fully electric model boost

Volvo Cars' sales in June rose 8% to 71,514 cars from a year earlier, underpinned by strong performances in Europe and Latin America as well as for its new fully electric model

Volvo Cars' June sales rise on fully electric model boost
News|Political

Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club

China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin pressed their case on Thursday for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian

Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club
Business|Technology

Ericsson shares fall after another $1 billion Vonage impairment charge

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson has recorded another billion-dollar impairment charge for its acquisition of cloud communications firm Vonage in 2021,

Ericsson shares fall after another $1 billion Vonage impairment charge
Business|Economy

Japanese insurers, banks to sell Honda shares worth $3.3 billion, filing shows

Japanese financial groups including Tokio Marine, Sompo and two MS&AD units will sell Honda Motor shares worth 535 billion yen ($3.3 billion) to unwind cross-shareholdings, a

Japanese insurers, banks to sell Honda shares worth $3.3 billion, filing shows
Economy|News

European shares advance on rate optimism; UK election in focus

European shares rose on Thursday amid optimism around U.S. interest rate cuts following soft economic data, while London markets gained as

European shares advance on rate optimism; UK election in focus
Economy|Political|World

China's Xi urges regional security bloc to resist 'external interference'

China's President Xi Jinping told a regional economic, defence and security bloc that includes Russia and its latest member Belarus that member-nations must work together to resist

China's Xi urges regional security bloc to resist 'external interference'
Economy|Environment

China warns prolonged heatwave may damage rice, cotton crops

China's weather bureau warned on Thursday that a prolonged heatwave forecast in the country's eastern, central and southern regions in July may hit production of

China warns prolonged heatwave may damage rice, cotton crops

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