Gaza faces a catastrophic supply shortage. Five months into the conflict, the deficit between the volume of all supplies, including food and medical necessities, that would have entered the Gaza Strip if not for the war and what has actually been received has reached at least half a million tons. Accumulated deficit Truckloads at prewar … Read more
Donald Trump says he’s managed to pull together almost half a billion dollars to pay his eye-watering appeal bond owed to New York state after he and his companies were found liable for fraud. The GOP’s presumptive nominee claimed in recent legal filings that he hasn’t been able to secure more than $460 million required … Read more
A family walks past a store advertising a Black Friday sale near Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia, on November 22, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more
Amid dimming hopes that an Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage-release deal will be reached before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, President Biden has ordered the U.S. military to construct a temporary port and pier on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to open a new route for providing humanitarian aid. Administration officials described what they … Read more
Elon Musk met with Donald Trump in Florida this past Sunday, according to a new report from the New York Times. And while it’s not clear what the two men discussed, news of the meeting comes as Musk has ratcheted up his rhetoric against illegal immigration and Trump looks for new sources of cash. The … Read more
By Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Seven months into a crackdown by the city of San Diego on homeless encampments, many of the tents that once lined downtown sidewalks are gone. Now two California state senators – a Republican and a Democrat – have joined forces to propose a statewide version of San Diego’s … Read more
Johnson, notably, previously voted in favor of legislation that would have drastically reformed the 702 program with a slew of privacy protections. Despite the uncommon bipartisan support for reforming Section 702, sources familiar with the negotiations say pro-privacy amendments have a history of dying in backroom deals. An amendment proposed last summer to ban the … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave CAIRO — Describing the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip in increasingly apocalyptic terms, aid agencies are urging Israel to ease the difficult and often dangerous process of delivering supplies to desperate Palestinians. Israel has embarked on a public campaign to defend its humanitarian record, blaming the … Read more
Tesla is reportedly giving all workers in its US factories a pay rise. This is undoubtedly good news for said workers, though it’s unlikely the company is doing this out of the goodness of its heart. Bloomberg reports that Tesla announced a “market adjustment pay increase” for its US workers via a flyer posted in … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. It was supposed to be a fateful handshake. In 2015, Chinese President … Read more