Hamas accepts 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal by mediators: Report
Palestinian resistance group Hamas has agreed to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip put forward by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, Egyptian media reported Monday.
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‘Wow’: Trump shocks analyst with Ukraine plan that could ‘go off the rails at any moment’
President Donald Trump issued his vision of a peace plan for the war in Ukraine from his Truth Social account on Monday, a plan that one expert said could “go off the rails at any moment.”The plan was issued after Trump met with Ukrainian President Vo…
Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds
Education secretary urges schools to change uniform requirements as costs force many parents into debtParents in England are skipping meals and turning to buy-now-pay-later services such as Klarna in order to afford school uniforms before the autumn te…
Scrapping of audit watchdog for English councils ‘led to soaring costs and chaos’
High critical report finds that instead of promised annual saving of £100m, fees have rocketed amid financial crisisDavid Cameron’s “bonfire of the quangos” decision to abolish England’s council spending watchdog has left a broken system that is costin…
American Exceptionalism Acquisition, a SPAC led by Chamath Palihapitiya and focused on energy, AI, DeFi, and defense, files for a US IPO, seeking to raise $250M (Kia Kokalitcheva/PitchBook)
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American Exceptionalism Acquisition, a SPAC led by Chamath Palihapitiya and focused on energy, AI, DeFi, and defense, files for a US IPO, seeking to raise $250M — Silicon Valley investor Chamath Palihap…
India’s social media stars are turning to business—and the industry is booming
A big shift is happening in India’s creator economy: More social media stars are leveraging their online followings to build businesses.
King County Council should use new sales tax for what it promised
Voters must hold our elected officials accountable for providing law enforcement services rather than allowing neglect of our police and courts to continue.
Family questions Coast Guard response to fatal sinking
The family of Kevin Finkbonner question why he was in the water for more than an hour before rescuers arrived.
U.S. Supreme Court should reject appeal of WA gun magazine ban
In 2022, 53 lives were lost, many of them children, and 94 people injured in six mass shootings across the country involving high-capacity magazines.
Beshear bans drug in Kentucky that’s being targeted by attorneys general across the nation
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has taken emergency action to ban the sale of a synthetic drug known as “designer Xanax” in his state.