U.K. mortgage rates are falling as markets anticipate the Bank of England will start cutting interest rates toward the middle of the year — but uncertainty is likely to continue to dent buyer confidence. HSBC announced cuts beginning Thursday on its residential mortgage interest rates, with several falling below 5% for the first time since April … Read more
Massive Attack, Fontaines D.C., and Young Fathers have teamed up for a limited-edition vinyl record to raise money for Doctors Without Borders’ aid in Gaza and the West Bank. The Ceasefire EP features music from all three bands and is available for pre-order. In addition to donating all the profits to the cause, the bands … Read more
Bikini Kill have announced a benefit show for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. It happens at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, Washington, on January 27. Portland rock band the Ghost Ease will join the bill, which also features an appearance from guest speaker Selma Al-Aswad. Find out more details here. In November, Kathleen Hanna and … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BANGKOK — Nearly every morning since her son went missing in southern Israel, Buasri Jirachart, 50, visited the Buddhist temples near her home in northeast Thailand to pray for his release. He was one of several dozen Thai migrant workers taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TEL AVIV — After weeks without news, followed by days of anticipation and then tense hours Friday when it seemed like anything could go wrong, it happened all at once. Around 6 p.m., a convoy of white International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) SUVs rolled toward … Read more
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
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. warned on Wednesday that without more fuel it will soon sharply curtail relief operations in the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The warning came as hospitals in Gaza struggled to … Read more
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says its relief operations across the Gaza Strip will need to be sharply curtailed amid crippling Israeli airstrikes. Hospitals in Gaza are doing their best to provide treatment to the wounded with diminishing resources. The war, in its 19th day Wednesday, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for … Read more
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council scheduled a Wednesday vote on a resolution that initially condemned “the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas” on Israel as well as all violence against civilians, while calling for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver desperately needed aid to millions in Gaza. Negotiations on wording of the draft resolution sponsored by … Read more
[The stream is slated to start at 10:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche is moderating a panel at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco. Titled, “Reform Priorities for Tackling Debt,” the seminar will include Kristalina Georgieva, … Read more