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By Timour Azhari, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops…
As Hong Kong braces for a potential No 8 typhoon warning over the weekend, the local forecaster has taken to using artificial intelligence to analyse global weather data over the past four decades to better predict the paths of tropical cyclones. In an exclusive tour of the Hong Kong Observatory’s “war room”, or central forecasting…
Trump sues Wall Street Journal over Epstein story – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Friday filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s publisher and its leader, Rupert Murdoch, after the paper published a story on what it called a “bawdy” birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that the paper alleged was…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has lodged “stern representations” to the Philippines over recent “negative moves” concerning Taiwan, as well as maritime and security issues, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said on Friday. Department of Asian Affairs Director-General Liu Jinsong conveyed the “stern … Source link
Body camera video shows the moment stampede broke out after Beyoncé concert Body camera video from officers inside a MARTA station shows the sudden change from calm to chaos when a stampede broke out. MARTA police say nine people were injured after the final Atlanta show of Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour on Monday night. One…
Trump signs GENIUS Act, first federal law regulating crypto – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump held a signing ceremony at the White House on Friday after Congress passed the GENIUS Act, a landmark federal law that will regulate cryptocurrency. Specifically, the GENIUS Act will set government guidelines for the cryptocurrency known as stablecoin….
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Chinese embassy in Ottawa criticized duties slapped by Canada this week on Chinese imported steel, saying on Friday they violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and disrupted the global trade order. The embassy statement, in response to questions from … Source link
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate ‘s implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ruled Friday. The order by Nashville Chancellor Russell Perkins comes ahead of the Aug. 5 execution of Byron Black. Black’s attorneys have said…
Hong Kong is on alert as Tropical Storm Wipha draws closer, with heavy rain and gusty winds expected to batter the city over the weekend. A steering committee headed by the city’s No 2 official, Eric Chan Kwok-ki, convened a meeting on Friday afternoon to step up preparations. The Emergency Transport Coordination Centre is also…
California’s construction industry hurt by ICE raids, builder says – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s immigration crackdown is causing labor shortages for California’s construction industry. The shortages come at a time when Los Angeles is trying to rebuild after January’s devastating wildfires. Carter Evans reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications…