Every shop and home burned or ransacked: The Syrian city engulfed in tribal violence
The Syrian presidency has announced it’s assembling a special taskforce to try to stop nearly a week of sectarian clashes in the southern Druze city of Sweida.
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Israel, Syria Agree On Ceasefire, Says US Envoy
The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes, a US envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms.
Source: Blackstone has withdrawn from the consortium led by Susquehanna and General Atlantic seeking to invest in TikTok US, after considering a minority stake (Reuters)
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Source: Blackstone has withdrawn from the consortium led by Susquehanna and General Atlantic seeking to invest in TikTok US, after considering a minority stake — Private equity giant Blackstone has withdrawn from a consorti…
Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can’t be held responsible for actions of Texas school shooter
Families of victims sued Activision and Meta, saying the companies bear responsibility for products used by gunmanA lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victi…
‘Prayed for this day’: 10 Americans freed from Venezuelan prison in prisoner exchange programme; El Salvador releases over 200 Venezuelans
Ten Americans are coming back home after a prisoner swap. The US, El Salvador, and Venezuela are involved. More than 200 Venezuelan migrants are leaving El Salvador for Venezuela. These migrants were earlier deported by the Trump administration. They w…
“BRICS Will End Very Quickly If…”: Trump Repeats 10% Tariff Threat
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his threat to slap a 10% tariff on imports from members of the BRICS group of developing nations and said the group would end very quickly if they ever formed in a meaningful way.
Why the Epstein case looms large in MAGA world
A subset of Trump supporters are passionate about the case – and angry at the president.
Why Prada – and other luxury brands – keep getting India wrong
A controversy involving Prada has put the spotlight on how global fashion giants engage with India.
Ichiro Suzuki reflects on early days in Seattle, quickly being comfortable so career could take off
“In 2001 when I came I didn’t feel like this was the first time being in America playing baseball. … So it was a great start to coming to Seattle,” he said.