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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion about the anti-fascist movement Antifa, which he has designated as a domestic terrorist organization, at the official dining room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump announced in the US on Wednesday night that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase of a peace plan that could end their two-year war and potentially release hostages.In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said, “All hostages will be released immediately and Israel will withdraw its forces…
CAIRO (AP) — Two years into the war in Gaza, and as Israel and Hamas reached a deal raising hopes for the end of the conflict, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair looked back at some of her most poignant images. Shbair has seen conflict and violence in the territory since she was a young girl, and when Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack triggered Israel’s campaign of retaliation, she spent several days reporting from her hometown of Gaza City. As Israeli forces advanced, she moved with her family to Rafah, in southern Gaza. For months, she covered the war from Rafah…
Teresa Giudice quits ‘Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test’ because of daughter Gia GiudiceAnother new employee literally quit. Jussie Smollett became the fourth celebrity to leave Season 4 of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” on the Oct. 9 episode of the Fox reality competition series. On the third day of the challenge, the stars were dropped into a mock war zone and tasked with finding and rescuing their “fallen comrades” while navigating the harsh terrain, obstacles and fake explosions of the brutally hot Moroccan desert. Due to the physically demanding practice, many of the Season 4 contestants, including Gia Giudice,…
Two HSBC bank logos on an office building in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2025. Henry Romero | ReutersShares in Hong Kong-listed Hang Seng Bank closed 25.88% higher on Thursday following parent HSBC’s proposed delisting, valuing the bank at more than HK$290 billion (more than $37 billion).HSBC, Europe’s largest financial institution, has asked the board of Hang Seng Bank to submit a privatization proposal to its shareholders through a scheme of arrangement under Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance.The Hang Seng Bank shares will be canceled in exchange for HK$155 per share, approximately 33% above Hang Seng Bank’s average share price of…
national guard troops Patrols were expected to begin in Memphis on Friday, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area for at least two weeks.Repeated or halted deployments are the result of political and unjust policies. legal battle Regarding President Donald Trump’s coercion dispatch the National Guard to several cities in the United States. The administration claims that crime is rampant in these cities, even though the statistics do not necessarily support it. If the president invokes the Insurrection Act, dispatch active duty military personnel But a Chicago judge said Thursday…
LIMA, Peru (AP) – Peru’s Congress has voted to remove highly unpopular President Dina Bolarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American country.Lawmakers had voted in favor of accepting four requests for Bolarte’s removal from office, citing his government’s inability to stop crimes. They exceeded the minimum 56 votes required for each request, setting up debate in the 130-member unicameral chamber and an impeachment trial. Lawmakers then asked Bolarte to appear in court to defend herself shortly before midnight Thursday, but when she failed to appear, they immediately voted to remove her from office. In the blink…
In this photo illustration, the Huawei logo is displayed on a smartphone with the Chinese flag in the background.Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesThe Chinese government has banned semiconductor research firm TechInsights from collaborating with or receiving data from Chinese companies, a move that could increase opacity in the country’s chip industry. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that TechInsights has been designated as an “untrusted entity” that prohibits Chinese individuals and organizations from sharing information with the Canada-based company, citing national security concerns. TechInsights is well known in the global technology industry for its in-depth coverage of…
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the southeast coast of the Philippines on Friday morning, shaking the ground and sending panicked residents running onto the roads, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck around 9:45 a.m. local time off the eastern coast of Mindanao, 123 kilometers (79 miles) from Mindanao’s largest city, Davao, at a depth of 58.1 kilometers (36 miles), the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. tsunami warning system initially warned of a possible tsunami in the island nations of the Philippines, Indonesia and Palau, but that threat had passed by midday.…
In this pool photo distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen attending the flag-raising ceremony of the latest Project 955A (Borey A) strategic nuclear submarine Knyaz Pozharsky in Severodvinsk on July 24, 2025.Alexander Kazakov AFP | Getty ImagesEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers that Europe needed to face the reality of a “hybrid war” being waged against it and that the incidents were not “random harassment” but part of a concerted operation to destabilize and weaken the bloc.Recent incidents of drones, airspace violations, cyberattacks, and election interference are just a few…
Judges Greg and Linda Mathis reveal details of settlement, one year after filing for divorceFor Allen Iverson and wife Tawana Turner, rekindling their love was the answer. The former NBA star revealed that he and Tawana are back together more than 10 years after their divorce in 2013, and how his longtime love took time to get married, which ended up being a big turning point for him. “At no fault of my own, Tawana divorced me at a time when I knew I had hit rock bottom and was undergoing some deep self-evaluation,” Allen told Stephen A. Smith on…