Biden holds a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington. July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard |
- Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to the fiercest battle of the war, while a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official said a new round of peace talks ended with no agreements yet.
- US President Biden said the Israel-Gaza war must end now and Israel must not occupy the enclave after the war, telling reporters his ceasefire framework had been agreed on by both Israel and Hamas but there were still gaps to close.
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- Investors are looking at UK markets as a potential haven as political uncertainty rises in the US and elsewhere in Europe, in what could mark a stunning turnaround for a country that appeared to have lost its traditional appeal to global capital.
- Britain's new government has inherited an economy that is gathering momentum but the recent, stronger-than-expected growth figures do not mean Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his team have found a way out of their bind on public spending.
- Shell has replaced liquefied natural gas volume it lost after exiting Russia in 2022 with a string of deals that underpin CEO Wael Sawan's bet on growing demand for the fuel as he reduces the focus on renewable energy.
- Chinese e-commerce vendors are struggling for survival as sales growth slows, price pressure rises and shopping platforms compete with ever-more aggressive policies to attract increasingly cost-conscious customers.
- Elon Musk's social media company X breached EU online content rules, EU tech regulators ruled in a finding that could lead to a fine and significant changes in how it operates.
- United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain met with the union's executive board to discuss his deep concerns with President Joe Biden's ability to defeat Donald Trump in the November election, three sources familiar with the matter said.
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Being Volodymyr Zelenskiy: How war has changed Ukraine's leader |
Sources say Zelenskiy has become tougher and less tolerant. May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo |
Intense. Impatient. Sleep-deprived. Step into the relentless world of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's wartime president. The 46-year-old said his ambition when he was elected in 2019 had been to help Ukraine become a modern democracy, before that mission was shattered by Russia's invasion in 2022. The war-hardened Zelenskiy who's exhorted Western leaders to action at the NATO summit in Washington in recent days is a world away from the political novice who became president, let alone the TV comedian who was a showbiz heavyweight for years before. |
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An artist's conception of galaxy M87. via S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF) |
View known supermassive black holes throughout our galaxy and beyond. |
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