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Israel, Palestine explore Gaza truce with US envoy on Mideast mission

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in a phone call on Wednesday there was now a chance for a new deal

Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging application, was also down for more than 12,000 users, according to Downdetector.com

Donald Trump invites China's Prez Xi Jinping to attend inauguration: Report

The invitation to the Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington occurred in early November, shortly after the Nov. 5 presidential election

Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking: Senators say US must boost security

US agencies held classified briefings for the Senate and the House of Representatives over the last week about the hacking incident

UK housing market gathers pace despite cloudy outlook, shows survey

RICS' monthly house price gauge jumped to +25 in November from +16 in October, its highest level since September 2022. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of +19

Oil little changed as demand weakness offsets sanctions-driven supply risks

Weak demand, particularly in top importer China, and non-Opec+ supply growth were two factors behind the move

Brazil's Lula to undergo new surgery to minimise further brain bleeding

The follow-up procedure had been discussed by doctors since Tuesday's surgery, and does not represent a worsening of Lula's health situation, according to Kalil

HSBC, WB's IFC launch $1 bn trade finance programme for emerging markets

The deal aims to support cross-border trade and bolster exports in critical industries

'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue

Nearly 1.9 million Indian tourists visited the U.S. in the first ten months of 2024, a nearly 48% rise from 2019, according to data from the U.S. National Trade and Tourism Office (NTTO)

Yellen says US will 'react strongly' to any currency manipulation

Asked about the potential for the Trump administration to try to weaken the dollar's value through a new version of the 1985 Plaza Accord, Yellen said that the Biden administration believes it's best

Syria's interim PM Bashir vows to rebuild country amid financial crisis

Two senior U.S. congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, wrote a letter calling for Washington to suspend some sanctions on Syria. The most punishing war-time U.S. sanctions are up for renewal this

Wells Fargo CEO expresses increased confidence in regulatory fixes

The bank is in the last stages of a process to pass regulatory tests to lift a $1.95 trillion asset cap next year after fixing problems from its fake-accounts scandal, Reuters reported exclusively

ReNew Energy offered to be taken private in $2.82 bln deal: US SEC filings

That represents an 11.5 per cent premium to the stock's closing price of $6.34 on Nasdaq on Dec. 10. The offer's valuation is based on a total of 398.61 million diluted shares outstanding as of Aug 1

Russia may soon launch another hypersonic missile at Ukraine: Warns US

Putin has claimed that the Oreshnik, or hazel tree, is impossible to intercept and that it has destructive power comparable to that of a nuclear weapon, even when fitted with a conventional warhead

US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Nvidia

At issue was whether the plaintiffs cleared the heightened legal bar for bringing private securities fraud suits set under a 1995 federal law called the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act that

Opec cuts forecast for oil demand growth in again due to 'challenges'

In a monthly report, OPEC said it expects 2024 global oil demand to rise by 1.61 million barrels per day (bpd), down from 1.82 million bpd last month

Apple integrates OpenAI ChatGPT into devices in latest iOS update

The rollout is part of a wider deployment of artificial intelligence-powered tools in the latest updates to the operating systems for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers

Ukraine's Zelenskyy asks for security guarantees at Paris meet with Trump

Zelenskiy believes Putin fears only Trump and possibly China in the international arena and that any lasting peace would require Washington to be 'truly strong'

Tivolt, Tata Power Renewable partner to boost EV charging infrastructure

Tivolt Electric Vehicles CEO Saju Nair exchanged documents with Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd's Head of Business Development - EV Charging, Virendra Goyal, at an event

Oil prices rise as China's policy easing stirs demand optimism

Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that the U.S. government was weighing harsher sanctions against Russia's lucrative oil trade, seeking to tighten the squeeze on the Kremlin's war machine just weeks