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The price of oil has jumped 5% after US President Joe Biden said the US was discussing possible strikes by Israel on Iran’s oil industry. Asked on a visit if he would support Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities, Biden said: “We’re discussing that.” Iran is the seventh largest oil producer in the world, exporting around…
A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a key filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s updated election interference case against former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Tanya Chutkan unsealed Smith’s 165-page filing, in which Smith argues that Trump is not immune from prosecution for his alleged criminal scheme to overturn…
Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest got off to a delayed start because a female participant known as Bear 402, was killed by a male during a livestreamed fight. Cameras set up in the park to capture footage of the bears recorded the killing on Monday. The contest, which is in its tenth year, celebrates…
Lowell Police Department is warning the community of a new type of package delivery scam that is targeting their residents. Several reports have come in that residents receive packages from unknown senders that they did not order, often from FedEx, UPS, or other package delivery companies. Opening the package reveals a note telling residents to…
Text size The Israeli military on Thursday told residents of 25 villages across southern Lebanon to evacuate, the latest in a series of calls to relocate issued by the army as it targets Hezbollah positions. “The IDF (Israeli army) does not intend to harm you, and for your own safety, you must evacuate your homes…
Fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants continues inside southern Lebanon as Israel decides how to retaliate against Hezbollah ally Iran for its missile attack on Tuesday. Israel is planning a “significant” retribution against Iran for launching at least 180 ballistic missiles into Israel. Its reprisal could widen armed conflict across several Middle Eastern nations….
Oct 03, 2024 02:57 PM IST Hamas govt chief in Gaza ‘eliminated’ in airstrike, says Israeli military The Israeli military announced Thursday that it had “eliminated” Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza, along with two senior security officials, during airstrikes carried out three months ago. Israeli soldiers stand guard at the…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh. There was no immediate…
Warren Buffett finally did it. After making a monster investment in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) many years ago and watching it appreciate by multiples of his cost basis, the legendary investor is trimming Berkshire Hathaway‘s (NYSE: BRK.B) stake. According to filings with the SEC, Buffett has sold approximately half of Berkshire’s stake in Apple, raising around $80…
Joe Biden has said the US would not back an Israeli retaliatory strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, after Tehran launched a massive ballistic missile attack in response to the assassinations of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and Hamas’s chief, Ismail Haniyeh. Biden said: ‘We’ll be discussing with the Israelis what they’re going to do, but…