Tech investors were eyeing results from major companies as the last week of August unfolded. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and Ether prices experienced declines during the five day period, while Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Gemini platform received a boost with the rollout of two new features. OpenAI also made headlines — it is reportedly…
Even as mortgage interest rates were rising, home prices reached the highest level ever on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. On a three-month running average ended in June, prices nationally were 5.4% higher than they were in June 2023, according to data released Tuesday. Despite being…
Israel’s military said it killed three Hamas members, including a commander, as its offensive in the occupied West Bank entered its third day. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday it killed Wissam Khazem, whom it described as the Hamas leader in the city of Jenin, in an exchange of…
An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s travel plans through the war-torn Palestinian enclave, according to aid organization American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera). The victims were all local Palestinians involved with a transportation company contracted by Anera, according…
A deportation flight bound for Afghanistan carrying 28 Afghan nationals left Germany on Friday morning, a day after the German government pledged to strengthen its asylum regulations in the wake of a deadly knife attack. Flight trackers show that a Boeing 787 from Qatar Airlines left Leipzig at 6.55 a.m.,…
Severe floods have killed at least 97 people in Yemen over the past month and deepened food shortages for millions of others already displaced by years of war, according to a United Nations body. Deluges have impacted at least 56,000 homes across the country, according to the Office of the…
Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 to connect with a trained counselor, or visit the 988 Lifeline website. Delivery driver Maung Maung’s wife and young daughter hadn’t eaten in…
Authorities in Argentina have arrested a man on decades-old allegations of involvement in a militant Marxist group responsible for the 1978 kidnapping and death of a former Italian prime minister, according to a government statement. Leonardo Bertulazzi, identified in the statement as an Italian citizen, had been living in the…
Russian authorities say they have detained two Colombian men suspected of fighting for the Ukrainian military – a shocking twist in the weeks-long case of their disappearance since mid-July. The last time Cielo Imbachí heard from her husband was more than 40 days ago, while he was on a layover…
Truck driver Munir Ahmed was motoring along a darkened highway after a long day unloading sacks of rice in Pakistan’s Sindh province late Sunday, when he crossed over into Balochistan. “When they got down from the trucks, they were asked to show their identity cards. After checking the identity card,…