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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.The latest ceasefire, which began Friday, marks a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year war that was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, when some 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped. The fighting has killed 67,000 Palestinians, according…

Not only is Cardi preparing to welcome a newborn, she also recently released a new album, Am I the Drama?, her first since her 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy. One of the tracks is called “Safe,” and she says that’s exactly what Stefon makes her feel.”It’s very safe,” Cardi told Gayle King on CBS Morning. “In both senses, physically, I mean, you can see how big he is. He makes me feel secure, very confident, very strong.”And although she said her upcoming tour is called Little Miss Drama and will begin in February after the baby is born, Cardi isn’t…

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House on October 9, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Nathan Howard | ReutersTrump administration and AstraZeneca On Friday, the British-based pharmaceutical giant announced it had reached an agreement to lower drug prices in the United States.The deal with AstraZeneca builds on a similar agreement with the U.S. drugmaker. pfizerIt was announced late last month.AstraZeneca has agreed to sell the drug directly to Medicaid patients on an upcoming government website, TrumpRx.gov, at the lowest price offered in other…

Chris Lehane is one of the best in the industry at drowning out bad news. Mr. Lehane, Al Gore’s press secretary during the Clinton era and Airbnb’s crisis manager who weathered every regulatory nightmare from here to Brussels, knows how to spin. Now, he’s been in what might be the most impossible job ever for two years. As OpenAI’s vice president of global policy, his job is to convince the world that OpenAI is serious about democratizing artificial intelligence, even as the company is behaving in the same way as other tech giants that have long claimed to be different.…

McEwen, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities were investigating an incident. Explosion that destroyed an explosives factory In rural Tennessee, families of 18 people missing and feared dead anxiously awaited answers Saturday.friday morning explosion accurate energy systemHumphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said debris was scattered for at least a half-mile (800 meters) at the facility, which supplies and researches explosives for the military, and was felt by residents more than 15 miles (24 kilometers) away.Aerial footage showed the company’s hilltop site on Friday smoldering and smoky, with only twisted chunks of metal, the burned out shell of a car and a swath…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti They are not among the prisoners Israel is trying to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under a new ceasefire agreement in Gaza.Israel also refuses to release other famous prisoners Hamas has long sought their release, but it was not immediately clear whether the list of about 250 prisoners posted on the Israeli government’s official website on Friday was final.Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, told the Al Jazeera television network that Hamas insists on the release of Barghouti and other key…

The air traffic control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport stands on October 6, 2025 in Burbank, California.Tama Mario | Getty ImagesA group representing the nation’s largest airlines said Friday that travelers should prepare for possible disruptions to flight operations this weekend as the government shutdown continues.This week, a shortage of air traffic controllers caused flight delays at some U.S. airports, including Burbank, California, and Nashville, Tennessee.”While it’s safe to fly, the lack of controllers is straining the system, spacing out flights, and slowing everything down. In some cases, flights may be delayed or canceled,” Airlines for America said. delta airlines,…

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea unveiled a new hypersonic glide plane and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade late Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The hypersonic weapon Hwasong-11Ma, which state media called North Korea’s “most powerful nuclear strategic weapons system,” and the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-20 were among the North Korean weapons unveiled at an overnight parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square. The celebrations come a month after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scored a major diplomatic victory when he visited Beijing for a…

Why Victoria Beckham’s business was on the brink of ‘disaster’As David Belhassen, whose Neo Investment Partners bought a third of the Victorian business in 2017 and helped restructure its finances, recalls, he was initially adamantly opposed to getting involved. “It was a disaster,” he said in the series. “It’s never been profitable. Frankly, I’ve never seen anything so difficult to fix.” Belhassen said he changed his mind after complimenting his wife one night when he learned she was wearing Victoria Beckham clothes. And she loves the brand, too. But to be able to help, he explained, “I had to make…

On October 8, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump points and speaks during a roundtable discussion on the anti-fascist movement “Antifa,” which he designated as a domestic “terrorist organization” by executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, DC.Evelyn HochsteinReuterPresident Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will impose new 100% tariffs on imports from China starting Nov. 1, “exceeding the tariffs we currently pay.”President Trump also said on the same day that the United States would also impose export controls on “all critical software.”The president’s announcement came hours after he threatened to “significantly increase” tariffs on…