Jordan doubts Israel can destroy Hamas as Gaza war rages
Jordan’s foreign minister voiced doubt on Saturday that Israel could reach its goal of obliterating Hamas with its heavy bombardment and invasion of the Gaza Strip long dominated by ...
ChatGPT maker OpenAI ousts CEO Sam Altman
The board of the company behind ChatGPT on Friday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – to many, the human face of generative AI – sending shock waves across the tech industry.
OpenAI’...
President Erdogan suggests Germany’s close support for Israel tied to holocaust guilt
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday suggested that Germany supported Israel in the Gaza war out of guilt over the Holocaust and drew a contrast with Turkey, which he said ...
White House blasts Musk’s ‘hideous’ antisemitic lie, advertisers pause on X
The White House condemned Elon Musk’s endorsement of what it called a “hideous” antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, while major U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co DIS.N, ...
US State Dept OKs potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles to Japan -Pentagon
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles and related equipment to Japan in a deal valued at $2.35 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The ...
US, Ukraine announce military industry conference next month
Ukraine and the United States will hold a military industry conference in Washington on Dec. 6 and 7, Ukrainian and U.S. officials said on Friday.
Kyiv is ramping up efforts to ...
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care at home
Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has entered hospice care at home, Carter Center said in a statement on Friday.
“She and ...
Greeks march to commemorate 1973 student uprising
Thousands of Greeks marched peacefully through the streets of Athens on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the then- military ...
Finland blocks border crossings to stop migrants it says were sent by Russia
Finland will erect barriers at four crossings on its border with Russia from midnight, officials said on Friday, in a bid to stem an increase in migrants that Helsinki says ...
Joseph Boakai on brink of Liberian presidency as vote count nears completion
Liberia opposition leader Joseph Boakai was on course to become president after preliminary election results announced on Friday gave him a slim lead over incumbent George Weah with nearly all ...
Five nations seek war crimes probe in Palestinian territories
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday said he had received a joint request from five countries to investigate the situation in the Palestinian territories.
Prosecutor Karim Kahn ...
Seeking jets and trade deals, Turkey’s Erdogan visits awkward ally Germany
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, with both hoping to find common ground on trade, migration and defence despite views ...
Israeli hostage families near Jerusalem in march of solidarity and protest
The families of Israeli hostages and thousands of supporters marched towards Jerusalem on Friday, ramping up pressure on the government to secure their release nearly six weeks after Hamas militants ...
Kremlin hopes Putin runs for another term as president
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Friday that he hoped President Vladimir Putin would run in the March election for another term as Russian president, a ...
One migrant dead, 18 rescued off Greek island – coastguard
Greece’s coastguard rescued 18 migrants and recovered the body of one dead woman on Friday after their boat capsized off an island in the Aegean Sea.
Coastguard vessels and a ...
UK retail sales slide again in October in new blow for economy
British retail sales volumes fell unexpectedly in October as stretched consumers stayed at home, official data showed on Friday, in a new warning sign for the economy.
Retail sales volumes ...
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines region
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled the southern Mindanao region of the Philippines on Friday, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake struck off the shore of the Mindanao region, ...
Ukraine establishes ‘several bridgeheads’ on eastern bank of Dnipro – military
Ukrainian troops have conducted a “series of successful operations” on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro in the Russian-occupied part of Kherson region and established several bridgeheads, Kyiv’s ...
Israeli PM admits attempts to minimise civilian casualties “not successful”
Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the U.N. voiced concern no aid would be delivered ...
UK house prices post first annual drop since 2012
British house prices fell in annual terms in September for the first time since 2012 and rents rose sharply last month, official data showed earlier this week, underlining the weak state ...
EU asks Amazon to clarify its measures to protect customers
The European Commission this week said it had given Amazon (AMZN.O) until Dec. 6 to provide more information on measures the online retailer takes to protect customers against illegal products.
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Finland to close four Russia border crossings to stop asylum seekers
Finland will close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia on Saturday to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri ...
UK approves potential beta thalassaemia cure
Health authorities in the United Kingdom have approved a drug which aims to cure beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease.
The drug is called Casgevy and utilises a gene-editing tool ...
British man cannot be extradited to US over fake cryptocurrency scheme, court rules
A British man wanted in the US on money laundering and wire fraud charges linked to the fake cryptocurrency OneCoin on Thursday won his battle against extradition, with London’s ...