Israel’s military says Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have launched about 20 rockets towards Israeli border communities – the heaviest such attack in months. A number of the projectiles were intercepted and others landed inside southern Israel, but no injuries were reported. The military said it responded with artillery fire. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said […]
Donald Trump has unleashed a fusillade of baseless accusations against Joe Biden and CNN moderators ahead of Thursday’s first US presidential debate in an apparent “pre-bunking” exercise designed to have his excuses ready-made if he is declared the loser. In a familiar rehash of tactics used in previous campaigns, the presumptive Republican nominee has intensified […]
(Bloomberg) — Russia destroyed and damaged Ukrainian energy facilities overnight as President Vladimir Putin’s forces continue attacks to disrupt the country’s power system. Most Read from Bloomberg Russia targeted the central Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia regions, as well as the Kyiv region and part of the Donetsk region in the east, the Energy Ministry said in […]
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern Israel, the military said as an escalation in cross-border strikes continued for a third day. Warning sirens sounded in border areas in northern Israel in the late morning as about 35 […]
By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) – When the power goes down and the elevator stops working, Ukrainian couple Maryna and Valeriy Tkalich leave the pushchair on the ground floor and carry their two-month-old son up the 12 flights of stairs to their apartment instead. And once authorities in Kyiv have notified residents of upcoming scheduled […]
A crash in a Pomona intersection ended with a heavy barrage of police gunfire, wounding one person Sunday evening, authorities confirmed to KTLA. The incident unfolded at around 7:45 p.m. in the 600 block of West Holt Avenue, according to a news release from the Pomona Police Department. It’s unclear if officers were in pursuit […]
Four people were shot and hospitalized after a man fired a barrage of bullets during an argument near uptown Charlotte early Saturday, police said. One person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department posted on X, the former Twitter. The other three shot were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The injuries […]
A gunman sprayed more than a dozen shots from an assault rifle through the front window of a crowded Pasco nightclub last month, nearly hitting more than two dozen people, a newly released video shows. The gunfire left a 24-year-old man seriously hurt, a security guard grazed by a bullet and more than 20 others […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack Saturday, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said. The Ukrainian military reported that it had downed 35 out of the 53 missiles launched at targets across the country overnight on June 1, as well as 46 out of […]
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel’s massive air, sea and ground offensive. There were no immediate reports of casualties in what appeared to be […]
(Bloomberg) — United Parcel Service Inc. sold $2.6 billion in high-grade bonds Monday as companies rush to price new debt ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. Most Read from Bloomberg The package delivery company priced notes maturing in 10, 30 and 40 years, according to a person familiar with the matter. The $600 million note […]
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched on Thursday “more than 60” rockets at Israeli military positions in retaliation for overnight air strikes on the country’s east. Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire following the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, now in its […]