By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin GAZA (Reuters) – For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighbourhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute, after fleeing an Israeli demolition strike…
Leave it to phone scammers to innovate new ways to be as annoying — and scummy — as humanly possible. These cybercriminals are no longer content with just sending you the odd phishing text or two. As Wired reports, more and more of them are using so-called “SMS blasters” that basically act as a portable…
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at First South West in Somerset and Cornwall will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. The dispute is over pay as the RMT campaigns for the bus workers to move closer to its “modest goal” of £15 an…
A brief history of the Strictly scandals For all the cheerful smiles and dazzling routines, Strictly Come Dancing’s wholesome brand has been threatened by a string of allegations associated with the show in recent years. Catch up on all the allegations and events that have unfolded since 2023: Jacob Stolworthy20 September 2025 11:21 This year’s…
(Reuters) – Investors withdrew massive capital out of U.S. equity funds in the week to Sept. 17 as they turned cautious about the market’s lofty valuations following the recent rally through a policy rate cut by the Federal Reserve and rushed to lock in profits. According to LSEG Lipper data, investors pulled out a net…
“Suited to Lead: The Lives of Six Presidents Through Fashion,” is a virtual exhibit by the White House Historical Association featuring six presidents Theodore Roosevelt (clockwise from the far left), Jimmy Carter, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Harry S. Truman and John Quincy Adams. White House Historical Association hide caption toggle caption White House Historical Association…
China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is often described in terms of its booming economy, global finance, or engineering marvels. However, a new exhibition at the Guangdong Museum of Art shifts the lens, showing how art can capture the cultural heartbeat of this dynamic region. The “Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater…
Buy-now-pay-later platform Klarna went public on the US stock market last week, sending its stock surging to well above its expected range. The company’s CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, has thrown the entire company’s weight behind artificial intelligence, infamously boasting that the tech was doing the work of “700 full-time agents” last year — only to regret…
T-Mobile and its partner Vertical Bridge have made a federal case out of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors decision to nix the installation of a 100-foot cell tower on the edge of the 438-home San Joaquin River Club property. It is why on Tuesday the board is rehearing their previous denial of an…