Deadline passes for release of Iraqi prisoner as Jordanian government wants proof from Islamic State that captured pilot is alive and Japan seeks to secure release of held journalist. Nathan Frandino reports.
Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and artillery fire in its war against Hamas on Wednesday after the US Congress approved $13 billion in military aid.Early Wednesday, hospital and security sources in Gaza reported Israeli air strikes in Rafah, as well as the central Nuseirat refugee camp.
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Sabreen Alrouh Jouda was born an orphan in Gaza after her mother died in an Israeli airstrike. A posthumous c-section rescued her from her mother’s body.
Federal regulators said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk from around the country had tested positive for inactive remnants of the bird flu virus that has been infecting dairy cows. The viral fragments do not pose a threat to consumers, officials said. “To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe,” the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. Over the past month, a bird flu virus known as H5N1 has been detected in more th
A Russian deputy defence minister exposed in an investigation by late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team was remanded in custody Wednesday on suspicion of taking large bribes.He faces up to 15 years in prison for bribe-taking "on a particularly large scale", it added.
Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year.
The G7 group of nations are looking to use nearly $300 billion worth of Russian financial assets frozen by sanctions since 2022 to help support Ukraine, but how it will be done remains highly complex given it would set a controversial precedent. Washington continues to back the idea of seizing the immobilised Russian reserves in their entirety and handing them to Ukraine. Some top lawyers argue it can be done under a doctrine of international law known as "countermeasures".
Tech giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically and to benefit the common good. Cisco Systems chief executive Chuck Robbins signed the document, known as the Rome Call, and met privately with Pope Francis, the Vatican said. The document was unveiled and signed at a Vatican conference on Feb. 28, 2020 — just before Italy locked down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — by Microsoft’s Brad Smith and IBM’s John Kelly III. Universities, U.N. agencies, private corporations and nongovernmental organizations have signed on as well.
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The Competition and Markets Authority said it was also seeking comments on Microsoft's hiring of former employees of Inflection AI and related arrangements. This forms the first part of its information gathering process and comes before the start of a formal investigation. "The CMA is also considering feedback received earlier this year on Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI and is currently waiting for information it has requested from the firms," it said.
The Senate advanced a landmark bill that gives China's ByteDance up to one year to divest TikTok or face a US ban on the app. The next stop is the desk of President Biden, who has promised to sign it.
The medical equipment maker in January signaled that muted demand for its services used in the making of therapies and vaccines will extend at least into the first half of the year, but could pick up later. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm said it now expects annual adjusted profit of $21.14 to $22.02 per share, compared with its previous forecast of $20.95 to $22 per share. Analysts had estimated a profit of $21.53 per share for 2024, according to LSEG data.
Iran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and a war monitor said Wednesday.But Iran had already begun drawing down its forces after a January 20 strike that killed five Revolutionary Guards in Damascus, including their Syria intelligence chief and his deputy, the source close to Hezbollah said.
US President Joe Biden vowed to send fresh weapons to Ukraine within days as he prepared to sign on Wednesday an aid package including $61 billion meant to help Kyiv's forces push back against Russia.- Aid 'within days' - A Pentagon spokesperson told reporters Tuesday it could deliver fresh aid to Ukraine "within days."
Puerto Rico will hold a Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, which will be the only opportunity most registered voters on the island will have to officially weigh in on the race for the White House. Like other U.S. territories, voters in Puerto Rico can’t cast ballots in the general election but may participate in presidential primaries and send delegates to both the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer. President Joe Biden has already won enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination and faces minimal opposition on the ballot Sunday.
A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in Russia’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
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Congress voted to set up a path for a TikTok ban in the U.S. within a year, meaning the app will not be banned until after the 2024 election.
Columbia University has given students 48 hours to dismantle their pro-Palestinian encampment on the school's main lawn.
The company also said its Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, developed with Japanese partner Eisai, recorded global sales of about $19 million, nearly tripling from the fourth quarter of 2023. The number of patients on Leqembi have increased nearly 2.5 times since the end of 2023, Biogen said. Biogen and Eisai also intend to increase their sales force as they aim for 100,000 patients by 2026.
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