Warren Buffett Watch: His last big deal as Berkshire CEO before Abel takes over?
Berkshire Hathaway has a deal to pay $9.7 billion in cash to buy OxyChem, Occidental Petroleum’s chemical business.
Day: October 4, 2025
Artists help break the silence around France’s rising scourge of loneliness
Loneliness is a fact of daily life for millions of people in France, with record numbers cut off from friends, family and neighbours. At the Photoclimat Biennale in Paris, organisations working to combat isolation have joined forces with artists to ex…
Tens of thousands march in Barcelona to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza
Italy already saw more than two million people rally on Friday across the country in a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza.
Nectar’s, the Vermont venue that launched Phish, closes on a quiet note after 50 years
The iconic Vermont venue known for launching the jam band Phish and fostering a variety of music and musicians has closed its doors after 50 years.
At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station, Zelensky says
Preliminary reports indicate that train staff and passengers were at the site of the strike, he says.
What to Know About the Attack at a Synagogue in England on Yom Kippur
Police said the man responsible for the attack was Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who came to the U.K. as a young child and became a citizen in 2006.
Iran to conduct first satellite launch using solid-fuel rocket
The head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) announced that preparations are underway at the Chabahar National Launch Center for the country’s first satellite launch using a solid-fuel rocket, a step officials describe as an important milestone toward s…
Egypt reopens Amenhotep III’s tomb after over 20 years of renovation
Egypt has opened the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III to visitors after over two decades of renovation.
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade.
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade