Egypt has agreed to send United Nations humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it remains unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting rages in the southern city of Rafah amid Israel’s escalating offensive there. Meanwhile, the bodies of three more hostages killed on October 7 were […]
Egypt says it has agreed to send humanitarian aid trucks and fuel through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza for the United Nations, after a call between President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and US President Joe Biden. The agreement aims to reverse a dramatic drop in UN aid entering the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its […]
A Thai town run ragged by its ever-growing population of wild monkeys has launched an offensive against the simian raiders using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi in central Thailand that they have to reduce the animals’ numbers. If all goes well, most will end […]
LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopburi in central Thailand that they had to reduce the animals’ numbers. If […]
Cindy Ord/Getty Images A global labor shortage of about 80 million workers will make tech stocks go parabolic, according to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. Lee argued on Wednesday that the technology sector will eventually make up 50% of the S&P 500. “I think AI is really addressing a global labor shortage of roughly 80 million workers […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit as the East African nation prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to try to calm a spiraling security crisis in the Caribbean country. Some 1,000 Kenyan police officers are […]
A man was arrested on charges of creating and distributing explicit AI-generated images of minors. The 42-year-old man used Stability AI’s text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion, to make the images. He faces up to 70 years in prison, the Department of Justice said. A 42-year-old man was arrested on charges of creating sexually explicit images of […]
Realty Income (NYSE: O) does a magnificent job paying dividends. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has paid 647 consecutive monthly dividends throughout its 55-year operating history. It recently increased its monthly payment by 2.1%. That marked the 107th straight quarter it increased the dividend, and the 125th time since its public market listing in […]
Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riots, sparked by electoral changes by the French government in Paris. France’s High Commission in New Caledonia said on Tuesday the airport remains closed for commercial flights, and it will […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is not planning to send military trainers into Ukraine and would likely do so only when the war there with Russia is over, the top U.S. general said on Monday, after France opened the door to sending troops to train Kyiv’s forces. More than […]
An innovative rocket system could revolutionize future deep space missions to Mars, reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months. The goal of landing humans on Mars has presented a myriad of challenges, including the need to quickly transport large payloads to and from the distant planet, which, depending on the […]
Technology stocks have been in fine form in the past year, which is evident from the 50% gains clocked by the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index during this period. But not all tech stocks have benefited from the broader market’s surge. Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is one of them. Shares of the cybersecurity company are down 11% […]