China has enacted a new regulation, effective October 1, asserting state ownership over its rare-earth materials required in semiconductor production, reports Nikkei. This move aims to secure national and industrial interests, though outside of China the move is considered to be leverage in the ongoing trade war with the U.S. The new regulation prohibits any individual […]
(Bloomberg) — The insider dealing case against hedge fund firm Segantii Capital Management, its founder Simon Sadler and former trader Daniel La Rocca has been adjourned to Oct. 15. Most Read from Bloomberg No pleas were given, as the defendants asked for unused material and evidence related to the case at a Hong Kong District […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency was sued on Monday by dozens of Israelis who accused it of aiding and abetting the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the plaintiffs said the United Nations Relief and Works […]
A Hamas squad commander and sniper who took part in the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel was killed in a strike in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday. Ahmed Hassan Salame Alsauarka was killed in a “precise and targeted” strike conducted by the Israeli Air Force in the Beit Hanoun area, […]
Jun. 16—LEWISTON — When Lewiston Lt. Nicholas Wiers responded to a call that someone was gunning people down at Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant on the evening of Oct. 25, he arrived at a scene a colleague described as “pure chaos.” In the parking lot, people screamed they were injured. Others yelled about people who […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday it rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in a Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7. The army said it rescued Noa Argamani,25, Almog Meir Jan 21, Andrey Kozlov 27, and Shlomi Ziv (40), in a complex special daytime operation in Nuseirat. The hostages were rescued in two separate locations in […]
May 24—LEWISTON — The head of the Maine State Police on Friday told the commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting that the initial response as officers rushed to confront the gunman was “a proud moment” for law enforcement. At a hearing of the Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston, members […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez were found and their families have been notified. The army said they were killed on the day of the attack at […]
The families of the Israeli soldiers taken hostage on Oct. 7 released disturbing video Wednesday of five female soldiers being captured by Hamas militants who call them “dogs” and threaten to shoot them. The young women are seen in the opening frames with their hands bound behind them and some of their faces bloodied while […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash. Working in a kibbutz that was ravaged by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Otmazgin — a volunteer commander with ZAKA, an Israeli search and rescue […]
By Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam DUBAI(Reuters) – Hamas’ elusive military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds behind what Israel called its 9/11 moment, rarely speaks and never appears in public, a secretive existence that helped him survive seven assassination attempts. Now he is being sought outside of Gaza, from where he directed the […]
By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Noam Ben David, 27-year-old survivor of the Nova Music Festival, hid in a garbage container for five hours on Oct. 7, after seeing Hamas gunmen kill her partner. Seven months later, she has been released from hospital, but many of her wounds, she said, have not healed. Leaning on […]