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During his address at the National Archives on Sept. 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the United States for its support in the war in Ukraine.
During his address at the National Archives on Sept. 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the United States for its support in the war in Ukraine.
MicroStrategy stock was on another wild ride Thursday morning as the company continues to ride the fortunes of bitcoin's rally to record highs.
The star — known as WOH G64 — was located 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
Shale gas producers in the U.S. Permian Basin are sounding out data-center operators building up capacity to power a boom in AI applications, aiming to ease the pressure from a nearly two-year slump in the prices of the commodity. Devon Energy, Expand Energy, Diamondback Energy, and Permian Resources have highlighted the potential for AI and data centers to drive gas demand and said they were in initial discussions with many operators. U.S. data centers' energy needs could boost gas demand by between 3 billion and 6 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), according to S&P Global Ratings estimates.
The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20 that he was seeking arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the Oct.7 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Israeli military response in Gaza. Here is a look at what could happen next, and how the ICC prosecutor's move might affect diplomatic relations and other court cases focused on Gaza.
A prominent Iranian activist has sewn his lips together and is holding daily protests in Tehran following the apparent suicide last week of a fellow campaigner, he posted on social media on Thursday."My decision is this: I will continue with my lips sewn shut until Kianoosh's wishes are fulfilled," Ronaghi wrote on social media Thursday.
Stock markets were little changed in Europe and on Wall Street Thursday after Ukraine claimed that Moscow fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, ratcheting up fears of further escalation in the war on Europe's doorstep.Ukraine's claim Thursday that Moscow had fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in combat added to uncertainty over what might come next.
The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing Thursday on global national security threats, a break from precedent following years of open testimony before the panel. “Their choice to not provide public testimony about their departments’ efforts to address wide-ranging national security threats robs the American people of critical information and the opportunity for public accountability of what the federal government is doing to keep Americans safe," Sen. Gary Peters, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, said in a statement. The Michigan Democrat said it was the first time in more than 15 years that an FBI director and Homeland Security secretary had refused to offer public testimony at the annual committee hearing focused on threats to the homeland, calling it a “shocking departure” from tradition.
It's the first significant snowfall of the season for much of the eastern part of the country.
Mali's ruling junta on Thursday appointed a new prime minister from the ranks of the military generals, a day after firing his predecessor for criticizing the military regime. The move effectively consolidates all power in the African country in the hands of military generals. Mali has been ruled by military leaders since the junta seized power in 2020 and staged another coup the following year.
For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. A recent federal judge’s decision that ordered U.S. regulators to consider the risk that fluoride in water could cause lower IQ in kids. The decision to add fluoride to drinking water rests with state and local officials, and fights are cropping up nationwide.
Existing home sales rose 3.4% last month, from September, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.96 million, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The latest home sales topped the 3.93 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet. “The worst of the downturn in home sales could be over, with increasing inventory leading to more transactions,” said Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist.
U.S. existing home sales rebounded sharply in October, posting the first annual gain since mid-2021, as buyers rushed into the market to take advantage of a brief decline in mortgage rates. Home sales jumped 3.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.96 million units, the National Association of Realtors said on Thursday. "The worst of the downturn in home sales could be over, with increasing inventory leading to more transactions," said Lawrence Yun, the NAR's chief economist.
Bitcoin surpassed $98,000 amid investor optimism over the incoming Trump administration's crypto policies.
A bomb cyclone slammed the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, causing widespread power outages. Here's what it looked like in satellite images.
The leaders are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes over the war in Gaza and the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
A second powerful wind storm, called a bomb cyclone, will hit the Pacific Northwest by Thursday evening, even as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the torrential rain and snow still falling from the first one. The first bout of winds had eased across the region of Southwest Washington and Oregon by midday on Wednesday in a system pushed into the U.S. by the first "atmospheric river" storm of the season. But images of cars and houses crushed by fallen trees in Washington filled social media.
A developing storm system forecast to swing off the Oregon and Washington coastline on Friday will add to the region's weather woes.
Nvidia stock jumped in early trading Thursday, after the company reported better than expected Q3 earnings after the bell Wednesday.
Dnipro bears the brunt of Moscow's first retaliatory strike after Ukraine fires U.S.-made missiles into Russia, and Ukraine claims Moscow may have used an ICBM.
When Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo was first approached in 2019 by a Russian who suggested he help promote the activities of the Central African Republic's army and Russian forces in the country, the journalist believed that he was doing the right thing. Despite threats and intimidation, Yalike-Ngonzo fled and made it to Europe several months ago with the help of The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa. On Thursday, he became the first person to tell the story of the Russian disinformation machine in Central African Republic from the inside.