Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week in a healthy but cooling labor market
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week in a healthy but cooling labor market.
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- Fortune
The stock market dipped after a historic Fed rate cut. Here’s what the experts think
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- The Independent
Scientific American makes presidential endorsement for only the second time in its 179-year history
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- The Telegraph
They gathered to mourn pager attack victims – then a blast tore through the crowd
They had gathered in their thousands to defy Israel and lay to rest four of their comrades, victims of the pagers that had exploded in their hands or their pockets the previous day. Then it happened again.
- BBC
'Please save me': The Indians duped into fighting for Russia
Dozens of Indian men have been discharged from the Russian army and are making their way home.
- The Independent
More than 100 former Republican officials back Harris over Trump in damning letter
Signatories include former cabinet secretaries, intelligence leaders, and members of Congress
- CNN
How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know
Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members blew up nearly simultaneously in an attack that tops a series of covert assassinations and cyber-attacks in the region.
- INSIDER
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
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- Reuters
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint. The White House said a diplomatic solution was achievable and urgent, and Britain called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The U.S. is "afraid and concerned about potential escalation," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing.
- HuffPost
George Clooney Makes Donald Trump An Offer In Taunting Clapback: ‘I Will If He Does’
“That’s a trade-off I’d do,” the actor responded to the former president’s months-old demand.
- Reuters
Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts
NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices. At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. Images of destroyed pagers analysed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Official Hits Donald Trump With A Cold, Harsh Truth On CNN
Geoff Duncan talked about the "epitome of stupidity" when it came to Trump-devoted Republicans.
- BuzzFeed
Ex-Trump Voters, Tell Us The Moment That Made You Go "Enough Is Enough"
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- Time
What Does Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Stand for?
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- HuffPost
'Daily Show' Uses Trump's Own Words To Nail His Biggest New Hypocrisy
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- France 24
Israel planted 5,000 pager explosives months before deadly blasts, Lebanese security sources say
Israel’s spy service injected explosive materials activated by coded messages into thousands of pagers during production, months before they were imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese security source said. Hezbollah fighters were using the low-tech devices, produced by the Taiwan-based company Gold Apollo, in an attempt to evade Israeli location-tracking, sources said. Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that the devices used in the blasts were manufactured by another company bas
- Yahoo News Canada
'I don't think I've ever respected Jagmeet Singh more': Canadians back NDP leader after 'corrupted b------' altercation with hecklers in Ottawa
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- The Guardian
‘If they don’t die, our infantry will’: Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk
Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advance
- Associated Press
Families of Americans detained in China share their pain and urge US to get them home
The families of four Americans detained in China said Wednesday that their loved ones are suffering both physically and mentally, urging the U.S. government to take action to bring them home. Appearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission of China, the families of Kai Li, Mark Swidan, Dawn Michelle Hunt and Nelson Wells Jr. — all of whom have been detained in China for at least eight years — cast a spotlight on the longstanding issue that has gained new attention with the release this week of American pastor David Lin, who was behind bars for almost 20 years. More Americans are detained in China than in any other foreign country, according to the commission created by Congress to monitor human rights in the communist country.