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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.

Deja vu? Trump accused of economic denial and physical decline

Washington, United States -- An aging president faces poor poll numbers and suspicions about his health but insists that America...
  • According to a poll by the University of Chicago for the Associated Press, published Thursday, only 31 percent of Americans are satisfied with Trump's economic policy.
  • Like his predecessor, Trump today is trying to steer some of consumers' discontent toward big corporations suspected of inflating prices.

Hamas says weapons are ‘legitimate right’, open to proposals that preserve it

"Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a...
  • "We are open to studying any proposals that preserve this right while guaranteeing the establishment of a Palestinian state."
  • The US-sponsored ceasefire, in effect since October 10, remains fragile as Israel and Hamas accuse each other almost daily of violations.

Gunmen kill 11 at Jewish festival on Australia’s Bondi Beach, one of the biggest tourist draws

Police declared the shooting a "terrorist incident" and said they had found suspected "improvised explosive devices" in a vehicle near...
  • The shooting took place during an anncual "Hanukkah by the Sea" event at Bondi Beach which police said was attended by over a thousand people
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Australia's government of having fuelled anti-Jewish sentiment in the period leading up to the shooting

Algeria include son of Zinedine Zidane in AFCON squad

Goalkeeper Luca Zidane, a son of France football icon Zinedine Zidane, was named on Saturday in the Algeria squad for the...
  • The 27-year-old plays for Spanish second-tier club Granada and represented France at youth level before switching his international allegiance to Algeria
  • "I'm sure the players will arrive highly motivated and ready to play in this AFCON," said Algeria coach and former Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic after announcing the squad

China’s smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave

Yancheng, China -- In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers...
  • China is already the world's largest market for industrial robots.
  • The first essentially humanless factories are already in operation.

Trump vows revenge after troops in Syria killed in alleged IS ambush

The deadly attack had been "an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman," who was "engaged and killed," US Central Command...
  • Trump called it "an ISIS attack against the US, and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them."
  • The incident is the first of its kind reported since Islamist-led forces overthrew longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December last year

US envoy Witkoff to meet Zelensky, Europe leaders in Berlin at weekend

US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend,...
  • Ukrainian officials said they recently sent Washington an updated plan building on Trump's original 28-point peace proposal to end the war
  • Trump's plan, publicly revealed last month, was accused of echoing Moscow's key demands, including Ukraine giving up crucial territory to Russia

Erdogan pushes Putin on ‘limited ceasefire’ at ports, energy facilities in Russia-Ukraine war

Speaking on the sidelines of a summit in Turkmenistan, Erdogan told Putin that efforts to end the war were valuable,...
  • Erdogan's remarks came on the heels of several attacks on Russia-linked tankers in the Black Sea, some of which were drone attacks claimed by Kyiv
  • The attacks sparked harsh criticism from Ankara, which summoned envoys from both Russia and Ukraine, warning the strikes amounted to a "worrying escalation."

Israel says Hamas ‘will be disarmed’ after group proposes weapons freeze

Israel said Thursday that Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top...
  • Top Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera that the militant group is open to a weapons "freeze", but rejects the demand for total disarmament
  • Shosh Bedrosian, spokeswoman for the Israeli prime minister's office, said "Israel will continue to follow the 20-point plan. There will be no Hamas inside of the Gaza Strip."

US launches pact for AI supply chains with key Asia-Pacific allies to face China

The United States signed an agreement on the supply chains with key Asia-Pacific allies concerned about China's growing clout --...
  • Dubbed the "Pax Silica," adapting the Latin terms for peace and silicon, a key material in AI, the partnership aims to secure supply chains
  • China has quickly taken a dominant position in the race for resources in the fast-growing area of artificial intelligence, mining around 70 percent of key rare earths

Israel to invest $110 billion over the next decade to develop its own independent arms industry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would invest $110 billion over the next decade to develop its own...

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10 killed in Aleppo building collapse: Syria state media

The five-story building collapsed in the Ferdaws neighbourhood of Aleppo. Civil defence and local authorities evacuated residents from nearby buildings...

Sudanese journalists form union to safeguard press freedom

The journalists' syndicate held elections on Saturday, the first since ousted president Omar al-Bashir dissolved independent unions after rising to...

Morocco bus crash leaves 23 dead, scores injured

An average of 3,500 deaths and 12,000 injuries have been recorded annually in Morocco, according to the National Road Safety...

Tunisia train accident leaves nearly 100 passengers injured

A head-on collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday morning in the south of the Tunisian capital,...

Iranian jet fighter crashes, three killed, reports state TV

Jet fighter crashed in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz.

Gazans mourn six killed in Israeli shelling on shelter

Gaza's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, initially said on Friday that the Israeli...

German wheelchair user flies into space, a first

Houston, United States -- A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking...

Zelensky says US mooted direct Ukraine-Russia talks on ending war in Miami

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Washington had proposed the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in...
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Hamas official says Miami talks must end Israel’s truce violations in Palestinian territory

A top Hamas official said Friday that talks in Miami to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire must...
  • The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said that at least 395 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire came into effect
  • Israel also accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire, with the Israeli military reporting three soldiers killed since the truce entered into force

Lebanese, Israeli officials discuss Hezbollah disarmament, security in border areas: PM office

Israel said a Friday meeting involving civilian and military representatives from both Lebanon and Israel was part of broader efforts...
  • Earlier this month, Lebanon and Israel agreed to send civilian representatives to the committee's meetings
  • It was the second time civilian representatives from both countries had taken part in a meeting as part of the committee

Netanyahu says to visit New York despite Mamdani arrest threat in compliance with ICC warrant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he still planned to visit New York despite incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani's threats...
  • Mamdani has vowed to send the NYPD to enforce arrest warrants against leaders wanted by the ICC, including Netanyahu
  • Despite Mamdani's statements, an arrest of Netanyahu is considered unlikely, and it is debatable if the mayor-elect has the authority