Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — From the Gaza Strip’s shattered north to its overcrowded south, the news that this war’s guns might fall silent, if only for four days, was met Wednesday with relief, exhaustion — and a fear that worse is still to come. The toll already has been … Read more
Japan and Thailand are two of the most popular places to visit in Asia. But both are losing ground with Chinese nationals as safety concerns rise among younger travelers. Both countries were the top choices for Chinese holidaymakers earlier this year but fell in the third quarter — Thailand to No. 6 and Japan to … Read more
Smoke rises in Gaza which is seen from the Sderot city as the Israeli airstrikes continue in Sderot, Israel on November 05, 2023. Mostafa Alkharouf | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Every day in the Gaza Strip brings desperate uncertainty as the war intensifies, Palestinian residents told CNBC. In late October, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
You’ve been there. You’ve had to face the fear of rejection, fear of loneliness, fear of missing out, fear of being exposed as an imposter, fear of uncertainty, fear of money, fear of failure, fear of endings, fear of losing your freedom. There are so many ways fear can push into our psyches and stop … Read more
PARIS — The photo of the white-haired woman in a golf cart, wrapped in a purple blanket and flanked by a gunman, was among the first to emerge of the hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. But Yaffa Adar’s granddaughter is afraid that the world’s memory of that harrowing day – … Read more
Despite headlining a movie and starring in several recent live-action shows, Daredevil’s only had one chance to headline a video game of his own. That movie tie-in game for the Game Boy Advance may be forgotten by most, but at one point, the Marvel character was meant to star in a console before it was … Read more
Apple has commissioned an audit of its working conditions before. The company agreed to audit the factories in its supply chain operated by China’s Foxconn in 2012 after a raft of worker suicides. However, Apple controversially chose the apparel-industry-founded Fair Labor Association over groups recommended by labor advocates, who later criticized the audit report for … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SDEROT, Israel — The silver Volkswagen minibus had been towed into a sandy lot on the edge of Sderot in southern Israel. Its seats were stained with dried blood and covered in smashed glass. Bullet holes pocked its sides. In a small recess in the front, a … Read more
Two-thirds of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians are refugees, descendants of those displaced and dispossessed after the founding of Israel in 1948. Many live among Gaza’s eight urban refugee camps — repeatedly devastated by war, built back up and devastated again. Hadeel Qazzaz, 57, was born in the densely populated Shati refugee camp, which lies along … Read more
Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in the northern Gaza Strip October 23, 2023. Reuters Any possible escalation of the Israel-Hamas war poses a major risk to the global economy, driving up energy prices and disrupting key trade routes, economists … Read more