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UNGA seeks ceasefire in Gaza, backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

Israel and its close ally, the United States, were in a tiny minority speaking and voting against the resolutions

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 33 including children, say Palestinian medics

The Israel-Hamas war has no end in sight, even after Israel reached a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants

Democratic senators urge Biden to extend temporary protections for migrants

The senators have been quietly urging the White House to take executive actions that would attempt to extend legal protections for migrants into Trump's administration

UnitedHealthcare CEO murder: Gun found on suspect matches shells at scene

Suspect Luigi Mangione's fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene

Attorneys for accused in Trump assassination attempt seek trial delay

Ryan Wesley Routh's public defenders told District Judge Aileen Cannon they cannot prepare their case by February

FBI director Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden's term in Jan

The statement came after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job

'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)

ReNew to delist from Nasdaq, gets a non-binding offer from Masdar

According to Reuters, the deal value would be around $2.8 billion. The offer price is 11 per cent higher than ReNew's closing stock price of $6.34 on December 10 on Nasdaq

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

OpenAI CFO thinks business users will pay thousands monthly for AI tools

In the future, however, Friar said OpenAI could charge customers based on the value they get from using the startup's products, particularly in the enterprise setting - whether it be lawyers who turn

Elon Musk becomes first person to reach $400 billion in net worth

On Wednesday, SpaceX and its investors agreed to purchase $1.25 billion of shares from employees and other company insiders. The deal, which values the privately held space exploration firm at about

US core inflation stays firm with 4th straight 0.3% increase, fuels concern

The so-called core consumer price index - which excludes food and energy costs - increased 0.3% for a fourth straight month, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showed Wednesday

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

Explosion in Afghan capital kills Taliban refugee minister, 2 others

Haqqani was the most high-profile casualty of a bombing in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power and the first Cabinet member to be killed since the takeover

US Secy of State Blinken to visit MidEast amid fresh trouble in region

The State Department said Blinken would meet Jordanian officials, including King Abdullah II, in the port city of Aqaba on Thursday before flying to Ankara for meetings with Turkish officials Friday

Israeli strike on Gaza kills 19, including children: Palestinian officials

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials. They say women and children make up more than half the dead but do not distinguish