Gulf markets fell Wednesday as Middle East tensions rose, with Saudi Arabia and UAE leading losses/Representative Image On Wednesday, Gulf stock markets opened broadly lower, tracking regional unrest triggered by Israeli airstrikes targeting Hamas leaders in Doha. The downturn reflects heightened market sensitivity to geopolitical risk, with key indices in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and […]
More than 60 shipping containers fell off cargo ship at Port of Long Beach (Image credits: AP) More than 60 shipping containers fell off a cargo ship Tuesday morning at the Port of Long Beach, plunging into the water. No injuries were reported, according to Port of Long Beach spokesperson Art Marroquin, cited by AP.The […]
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the Donald Trump administration is considering declaring a national housing emergency to tackle high housing prices and limited supply.“We may declare a national housing emergency in the fall,” Bessent told the Washington Examiner, as quoted by Fox News.Bessent said that lower interest […]
Chuck Schumer (left), Donald Trump (File – agencies) US President Donald Trump has unilaterally cancelled nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, drawing sharp criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.Republican Senator Susan Collins called the move “unlawful”, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned it could lead to a government shutdown this fall.The rescinded funds, […]
AI Image used for Representative purpose China witnessed a miracle when a boy, who is just three years old, miraculously survived an extraordinary 18-storey fall from his residential building, with a tree breaking his fall.The event occurred on July 15 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, southeastern China, while the young boy was under his grandparents’ supervision, […]
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino left meeting angrily after he was blamed for the ‘Epstein botch-up’. FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has emerged as the ‘fall guy’ in the Epstein case as he was the one who okayed the release of the surveillance footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell. But the footage had a […]
This is a representational image Nasa is set to lose more than 2,000 senior-level employees as part of a push to cut government staff. According to documents obtained by POLITICO, 2,145 employees in top roles are expected to leave the space agency in the coming months. Many of them have years of experience and play […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh will observe Aug 5 as ‘Mass Uprising Day’ to mark the movement that led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina govt last year. The interim govt, however, on Sunday withdrew its decision to dedicate Aug 8 to celebrate the formation the Muhammad Yunus-headed caretaker administration, following criticism from various quarters. Yunus took […]
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has not yet decided whether the United States will join Israel in launching strikes against Iran, but warned that the “regime could fall,” as a result of the conflict.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump was asked whether he believed the Iranian government could fall. […]
The CIA has declassified and released 1,450 additional pages tied to the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, including 54 documents that were previously classified. Among the new material is a psychological profile of Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian-born Jordanian convicted of Kennedy’s murder, as well as his handwritten notes, one ominously reading, “Kennedy must fall” […]
