Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in the village of Shihin in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on February 13, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Kawnat Haju | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose on Wednesday as Israel launched
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The exchange of fire over Israel’s northern border with Lebanon is some of the most serious yet – but the situation remains fundamentally the same. Hezbollah’s Iranian patrons do not want the militia to escalate the conflict to an all-out war. And its commanders want to avoid one too. Israel may be weighing a bigger
In this article UBER Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies speaks on a webcast during the company’s initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 10, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber‘s stock spiked more than 10% Wednesday morning
Polls have opened for two crunch by-elections taking place today in Kingswood and Wellingborough. Voters in the constituencies will have until 10pm to decide who they want to be their MP following the departures of Chris Skidmore and Peter Bone. The Kingswood by-election was triggered after Mr Skidmore, a former Tory minister, quit parliament in
The rate of inflation has remained at 4%, despite forecasters predicting a rise, official figures show. The consumer price index measure of inflation stood at 4% in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Money latest: Inflation rate holds – as surprise US data leads to market sell-off It’s the same as in December
Tesla has increased the price of the refreshed Model 3 Long Range in the US. It now pretty much costs the same as Model Y, if not cheaper in some cases. After launching the Model 3 refresh in Europe and Asia last summer, Tesla finally brought the new vehicle to North America last month. As
A car has crashed into an A&E department in Texas – killing one person and injuring five others. A child is in a life-threatening condition after the vehicle smashed into the lobby of the emergency room at St David’s North Austin Medical Centre shortly after 5.30pm on Tuesday. The driver received CPR but died at
A Gojek driver looks at a smartphone in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok agreed to invest $1.5 billion in a joint venture with Indonesia’s GoTo Group that it will control, part of a pact that lets the Chinese company restart its shopping app in its biggest online-retail market. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 13, 2024, 11:31 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions The attorney for former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald is seeking a December trial date for Fitzgerald’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the university, primarily because Fitzgerald wants to avoid sitting out
Associated Press Feb 13, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES — Former champion Diego Schwartzman was eliminated in the opening round of the Argentina Open on Tuesday, losing 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 to Daniel Elahi Galán of Colombia. Schwartzman, who is from Argentina, won the clay-court tournament in Buenos Aires in 2021 and
The horrible fatal crash of a Tesla employee using Full Self-Driving Beta has been reported in detail for the first time to highlight responsibility in those accidents. The Crash The Washington Post released a new report on the crash today, which happened back in 2022. Hans von Ohain, a recruiter at Tesla, and his friend
The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Angus Mordant | Reuters Oil futures edged slightly higher on Tuesday after falling flat in the previous session as crude prices struggle to break out amid uncertainty over the future course of the
Vladimir Putin’s ambassador to the UK says the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which Russian forces razed to the ground, is now “beautiful” and “rebuilt”. In a wide-ranging interview with Sky News’ Yalda Hakim, Andrei Kelin also said Moscow has “no interest in Poland, Latvia, Estonia or any other countries” after NATO warned of future Russian
Apple’s iMessage app and Microsoft’s Bing and Edge browsers won’t tough restrictions from the European Union. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple’s iMessage messaging service and Microsoft’s Bing and Edge search browsers should not be designated as “gatekeepers” under the European Union’s strict digital competition laws, the European Commission said Tuesday. It has
Global defence spending on everything from ammunition to nuclear weapons has jumped 9% to a record $2.2trn (£1.7trn) from a year earlier and will rise again in 2024 as the world enters “a more dangerous period”, new analysis has found. Russia – locked in a war with Ukraine – allocates more than 30% of annual
Housing minister Lee Rowley has insisted the government has “got to have targets” for building homes – despite ministers dropping the ambition. In its 2019 manifesto, the Conservative Party pledged to build 300,000 new houses each year by the mid-2020s if it got into power. But the figure has never been achieved, and in December
The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning has made its way overseas. Ford announced that the first F-150 Lightning pickup had been delivered in Norway, its first market outside North America. Ford delivers its first F-150 Lightning in Norway Ford’s electric pickup is going global. After seeing the overwhelming demand for capable EVs in Europe, Ford said
Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to extend a delay in his trial for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 US election, arguing he is immune from prosecution. The former president’s lawyers have filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to pause a ruling made by a three-judge panel of the federal
Associated Press Feb 12, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jeff Nelson and Ed Hickox are retiring as umpires and were replaced Monday on the major league staff by Ryan Wills and Clint Vondrak. Nelson, 58, made his big league debut in 1997, was added to the National League staff two
An effigy of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile device with the X and Twitter logos in the background in this photo illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. Securities and