Author: Justin M. Larson
Hamas released hostages and agreed to abide by a cease-fire, but persuading it to lay down its arms is another matter. Source link
Three police officers have been killed and at least 15 other people injured in an apparently deliberate gas explosion at a farmhouse in northern Italy.The blast was triggered as police and firefighters went into the house near Verona to carry out an eviction order for two brothers and a sister in their late 50s and mid-60s. The three victims who died were members of the Carabinieri military police. A man and a woman were arrested at the scene and another man who fled after the explosion was located soon after. All three have been taken to hospital. The blast could…
The roughly 230-mile Ha Giang Loop, six hours north of Hanoi, thrills riders with breathtaking views, cultural wonders, and plenty of twists and turns. Source link
Tadashi Yanai champions the U.S. market as vital for Uniqlo’s growth, but remains deeply concerned about rising American protectionism. Source link
In an aerial view, a container ship arrives at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025 in Oakland, California. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese imports in response to China’s announcement of new export controls on rare earths. China controls an estimated 70% of the global supply of rare earths minerals.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesShares of U.S. rare earth miners rallied in premarket trade on Tuesday, extending sharp gains from the previous session after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened China with 100% tariffs over Beijing’s strict…
Breakfast meats vary in protein, fat, sodium, and sugar content. They also differ in how they are made and the ingredients they contain. You can eat all types of meat in moderation. Opt for whole cuts of meat or those that are less processed and contain fewer additives. Chicken breast without skin is high in protein and lower in saturated fat than turkey and beef. It’s packed with B vitamins that help your body produce energy. 3 ounces (oz) or 85 grams (g) of cooked chicken breast has: Calories: 128 kcalProtein: 25.9 gTotal fat: 2.6 gSaturated fat: 2.2 gCarbohydrates: 0…
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been on trial for corruption since 2020, battling charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate but related cases. Source link
European fixed income markets offer a range of trading opportunities for investors, with the region’s collateralized loan obligation space now emerging as a key alpha-generating play, according to BlackRock . “If there’s one area where I think real value is, or the best relative value, it’s in a somewhat niche area, which is in the CLO credit markets,” James Turner, co-head of global fixed income in EMEA, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Monday. A collateralized loan obligation, or CLO, consists of a pool of corporate loans of varying credit worthiness bundled together and sliced into a series of tranches. Each…
The president’s bellicose vow of steep new tariffs, followed quickly by a more conciliatory message, pointed to an internal tug of war over his approach. Source link
Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty ImagesGoogle will invest $10 billion into building new data centers in southern India, according to local officials, marking one of its largest investments in the South Asian nation as tech giants scramble to meet the exploding demand for AI. Minister for Human Resources Development of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Nara Lokesh, announced Monday that Google and his government will sign a memorandum for a 1 gigawatt project in the state with an investment of $10 billion. The deal — to be signed Tuesday — comes after “a year of intense discussions and relentless effort,”…
Venezuela announced on Monday it would close its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.In a statement, the Venezuelan government did not comment on Machado’s prize, saying that the closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service.Norway’s foreign ministry confirmed that Caracas had closed its embassy in Oslo without providing a reason.The Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded her the prize on Friday in recognition of what it called “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela”, while Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro referred to the 58-year-old laureate…
SpaceX has successfully launched its latest Starship rocket on a test flight, which took it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites.Starship is the largest rocket system ever constructed and has failed in six out of 10 of its previous tests, including exploding so dramatically that multiple flights had to be grounded as the debris rained down. Monday night’s launch in Texas was the 11th test for the spacecraft Elon Musk envisages ferrying humans to Mars in the not-so-distant future.By the mid-2030s, the billionaire hopes to establish a human colony on the red planet. Image: This was Starship’s 11th…
LG Electronics India is seeking a valuation of up to 774 billion rupees ($8.71 billion) in its long-delayed initial public offering, tapping into a bustling IPO market with one of India’s largest offerings so far this year.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLG Electronics India’s shares surged 50% on their market debut Tuesday, after the company’s initial public offering saw the strongest demand for an Indian IPO since 2008, led by institutional investors.Its shares opened at 1,710 rupees. The IPO was priced at the top end of the 1,080 rupee to 1,140 rupee apiece band, fetching 116 billion rupees ($1.3 billion), and was oversubscribed…
For most of human history, no one paid all that much attention to the 17 rare earth elements. An obscure suite of elements that sit in their own corner of the periodic table, they were mostly renowned among chemists and geologists for being tricky and fiddly – incredibly hard to refine, but with chemical facets that made them, well… interesting. Not so much for a single thing they did by themselves, but for what they did in conjunction with other elements.Added to alloys, rare earths can make them stronger, more ductile, more heat-resistant, and so on. Think of them as…
A pile of foreign trade containers at a terminal of Shanghai Port in China on May 18, 2025. Recently, benefiting from the tariff adjustments between China and the United States, the average daily booking volume of container shipping from China to the United States has nearly tripled compared to a week ago. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesChina has added five U.S. subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to its sanction list over their alleged involvement in Washington’s probe into the Chinese shipping industry, the latest move by Beijing amid renewed conflicts with the U.S.The sanctioned subsidiaries include…
There seem to be plenty of colds going around at the moment – so here’s a possible aid you might not have considered: peppermints.Newly published research from scientists at Cardiff University says sucking on them can increase alertness in people who are ill with the common cold. They monitored 81 students over 10 weeks, during which time 17 developed a mild illness.Six of them were given peppermints, six were given butterscotch, and five were not given any sweets at all.Of the 64 who remained healthy, 21 sucked peppermint, 22 were given placebo sweets, and 21 did not eat any. All…
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Thousands of homes fitted with insulation under a flagship government scheme now need major remedial work, or risk damp and mould, the public spending watchdog has warned.A damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said “clear failures” in the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme to tackle fuel poverty and pollution had led to low quality installations and even potential fraud. It blamed incompetent subcontractors and weak monitoring and government oversight for the issues, which in extreme cases could cause fires.Fuel poverty campaigners warned the system had “let cowboys through the front door”, saying it must be fixed to bring…
China poses a “highly sophisticated and capable” cyber threat, the UK’s cyber agency has warned – as it revealed a 50% jump in significant attacks in Britain by criminals and hostile states.The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s verdict on the threat posed by Chinese cyber spies comes as Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure over the sudden collapse of a trial against two British men accused of espionage on behalf of Beijing. The Crown Prosecution Service said the case was derailed because the government would not deliver evidence to show China had been a threat to Britain’s national security…
An aerial view of Singapore’s Marina Bay Street Circuit on Sept. 17, 2024.Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty ImagesSingapore’s economy expanded faster than expected in the third quarter, even as the country’s central bank warned that growth is likely to slow in 2026.Gross domestic product rose 2.9% year on year in the three months through September, the Singapore Department of Statistics said Tuesday.That beat economists’ forecasts for a 1.9% increase, though it marked a slowdown from a revised 4.5% expansion in the second quarter.On a seasonally adjusted, quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy expanded by 1.3%, easing slightly from 1.5% in the…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – JUNE 08: Aerial view of skyscrapers standing at the Lujiazui Financial District at sunrise on June 8, 2022 in Shanghai, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Tuesday, breaking ranks with gains on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump softened his stance on China.Following a slew of tit-for-tat trade restrictions and heated exchanges, Trump said “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine!” in a Truth Social post Monday.China has slapped fees on U.S. ships for docking at its ports, in retaliation for similar charges imposed by Washington…
The document from a summit in Egypt left many questions unanswered. Source link
While Europe isn’t directly impacted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats , it could have a knock-on effect on European exports if the dollar continues to weaken. With the euro strong in comparison, Gerry Fowler, who head up UBS ‘ U.S. and European equity and derivative strategy team, expects European exports to feel the effects. “Europe is going through what our economists call the J curves, which is a couple of quarters of roughly zero GDP growth, but the reality is, if you think about the nature of GDP being consumption, investment, government spending and net exports, nearly…
The Palestinian leader was recently denied a U.S. visa, preventing him from going to the United Nations last month to witness the recognition of a Palestinian state by several nations. Source link
