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Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.

Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.

Israel confirms remains returned are officer Goldin killed in 2014 Gaza war

Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel said the remains it received on Sunday from Hamas were those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an...
  • Goldin was the 24th deceased hostage whose remains have been returned by Hamas since the start of the ceasefire on October 10 that has halted the latest war in Gaza
  • "Today, we are united in having finally brought him back to his parents and his family to be laid to rest in Israel," Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on X

Palestinians recount ‘black hole’ of Israeli detention

Jerusalem, Undefined -- Denied contact with his lawyer for months, now freed Palestinian prisoner Shady Abu Sedo said he lost...
  • Several rights groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defense of detainees.
  • The rights group says that 18 doctors and dozens of other health professionals from Gaza are still languishing without charge in Israeli prisons.

Ukraine scrambles for energy with power generation at ‘zero’

Kyiv, Ukraine -- Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure...
  • launched hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the country overnight into Saturday.
  • The attacks interrupted electricity, heat and water supplies in several cities, with state power firm Centerenergo warning generating capacity "is down to zero".

China’s consumer prices rose in Oct, reversing stagnation

Beijing has struggled to maintain a strong economic recovery from the pandemic, as it fights a debt crisis in its...
  • The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.2 percent year-on-year last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
  • Consumer prices were stagnant in July followed by two months of decline.

Tunisian opponents go on collective hunger strike to support jailed figure

Tunis, Tunisia - Prominent Tunisian opposition figures including Rached Ghannouchi said Friday they would go on hunger strike in solidarity...
  • Jawhar Ben Mbarek, co-founder of the National Salvation Front, Tunisia's main opposition alliance, launched a hunger strike last week to protest his detention since February 2023
  • In April, he was sentenced to 18 years behind bars on charges of "conspiracy against state security" and "belonging to a terrorist group" in a mass trial criticised by rights group

Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu, senior officials in his govt

The announcement was met with a firm rebuttal from Israel. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel "firmly rejects, with contempt"...
  • The Istanbul prosecutor's office said in a statement that a total of 37 suspects were targeted by the arrest warrants, without providing a full list
  • The announcement was met with a firm rebuttal from Israel. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel "firmly rejects, with contempt" the charges

Chinese ship scouts deep-ocean floor in South Pacific

Beijing, China -- A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea...
  • Huge areas of seabed around the Cook Islands are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, lumpy rocks studded with rare earths and critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel and manganese.
  • Fringed by sparkling lagoons, South Pacific nation the Cook Islands has opened its vast ocean territory for deep-sea mining exploration.

At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight tax

Rooted in the idea that a small elite of premium flyers should pay more for their outsized contribution to global...
  • Diplomats from the coalition of more than 10 countries are pushing for more to come aboard.
  • Countries that do not yet have such a tax would commit to imposing levies on business and first-class tickets as well as private jets.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.
  • The Danish firm said Saturday that it "does not intend to make an increased offer to acquire Metsera."
  • The company "will continue to assess opportunities for business development and acquisitions that... further its strategic objectives," it said.

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords as Trump pushes Mideast peace

Washington, United States - Kazakhstan said Thursday it will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and mainly Muslim nations, in...
  • The central Asian republic has had diplomatic ties with Israel for decades, unlike the four Arab states that normalized relations with Israel under Abraham accords
  • But with Trump aiming to shore up his fragile Gaza ceasefire deal, Washington is pushing to get as much support as possible behind a wider peace initiative

UN Security Council votes for international force for Gaza, path to a future Palestinian state

Trump posted on social media that the vote "acknowledging and endorsing the BOARD OF PEACE, which will be chaired by...

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Biden demands assault-weapons ban after 8 killed in Texas mall rampage

Responders, distressed witnesses and police described scenes of panic and horror in Allen, where video footage shared online showed the...

Egypt ex-graft chief freed from prison, charged again: activist

A military court had found Geneina guilty in 2018 of "spreading information to harm the military", after he had said...

UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000

Supplies have been slow to arrive in Syria, where years of conflict have ravaged the healthcare system, and parts of...

At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said it could not verify whether prisoners had escaped, but confirmed...

Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter for ‘incitement to violence’ 

West has made a series of anti-Semitic comments recently, as the one-time titan of fashion and music appears to have...

Google denies removing W.Sahara border for Morocco users

The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former's disputed territory status, have never been...

Macron warns any planned West Bank annexation a ‘red line,’ to provoke a European reaction

He spoke as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas visited Paris one month into a fragile truce between Hamas and Israel, following...

Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

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Demand for air con set to triple by 2050, warns UN

Geneva, Switzerland -- Global demand for air conditioning could more than triple by 2050, the United Nations warned on Tuesday,...
  • The UN Environment Programme said demand could surge due to increases in population and wealth around the world, combined with more extreme heat.
  • Rising demand for more polluting and inefficient cooling systems "would almost double cooling-related greenhouse gas emissions over 2022 levels", said UNEP.

Sharaa’s US visit: Syria joins alliance against Islamic State after White House talks

Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, was the first Syrian leader to visit the...
  • Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, was the first Syrian leader to visit the US since the country's independence in 1946
  • According to the official, Syria will also be allowed to resume diplomatic relations with Washington "to further counterterrorism, security, and economic coordination."

US mediator Kushner and Netanyahu hold talks on the second round of Gaza ceasefire

Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump who helped broker the ceasefire, met Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday as...
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said Israel would enforce the ceasefire in Gaza as well as one in Lebanon with an "iron fist".
  • The truce in Gaza, in effect for exactly a month now, has largely halted the war that erupted after Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023