Reddit shares jumped as much as 70% in their debut on Thursday in the first initial public offering for a major social media company since Pinterest hit the market in 2019. The 19-year-old website that hosts millions of online forums priced its IPO on Wednesday at $34 a share, the top of the expected range. … Read more
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began his sixth trip to the Middle East since the eruption of conflict between Israel and Hamas, his latest bid to compel Israel to ease its assault on the battered territory and identify a post-conflict plan that could lead to a Palestinian state. State … Read more
HELSINKI — Latvia´s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services, according to Latvian media reports Saturday. Latvian media outlets reported that the security service, known by the abbreviation VDD, has been investigating … Read more
The Missouri teen who got her head slammed into the ground during a fight has suffered severe brain damage — and now, her family is asking for help. The 15-year-old’s loved ones have started a GoFundMe for her, and they’ve revealed her name as Kaylee … with them noting that she’s battling for her life … Read more
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Bluesky will soon let users customize how content is moderated in their feeds. The social platform announced that it’s open-sourcing its moderation tool, called Ozone, to let developers create additional moderation services that can be selected by users. Bluesky already has a team dedicated to content moderation, along with its own set of rules users … Read more
Global logistics companies tell CNBC they have started the planning for a potential Trump win in November and the strategies that will be needed to mitigate any additional tariffs, with Mexico a key import gateway for any escalation in the trade war against China begun under Trump and continued during the Biden presidency. The planning … Read more
Throngs of tourists swarm Suffolk Street day after day to glimpse the pride of Dublin that stands outside St. Andrew’s Church: a statue of Molly Malone, the folkloric fishmonger commemorated in the city’s unofficial anthem “Cockles and Mussels.” Many of them do more than look: In what’s become an odd tradition that tour guides claim … Read more
Israel and Hamas, through mediators, are trying to reach a deal that would pause fighting and release Hamas-held hostages for Israeli-held Palestinian prisoners by the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “We’ll know in a couple of days what’s going to happen,” President Biden told reporters Tuesday. “There’s got to be a cease-fire. … Read more
Emily Willis’ family is crowdfunding to help pay the adult film star’s mounting medical bills after she was hospitalized following an apparent overdose. Emily’s family has set up a GoFundMe to raise money to pay for her hospital stay and recovery … with folks pitching in $13,305 towards a $60,000 goal. TMZ broke the story … Read more
A New York judge formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454 million, including interest, on Friday, a move that will give the former president one month to post nearly half a billion dollars to appeal the fraud verdict. Judge Arthur Engoron’s signed judgment was posted to the court docket Friday, one week after he found … Read more