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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, adding …
Read More »Iran targets U.S. airbase as both sides exchange periodic strikes
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Iran targeted a U.S. airbase on Thursday after the U.S. military struck one of its drone …
Read More »Russia, Ukraine exchange damaging volleys ahead of trilateral talks with U.S.
Russian forces pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure before a new round of peace talks, killing three energy workers and leaving tens of thousands of people without power and heat, officials said Tuesday. The U.S.-backed trilateral talks involving Kyiv and Moscow in Geneva are occurring just days before the fourth anniversary of …
Read More »Israel releases bodies of 15 Palestinians in final exchange of truce deal’s 1st phase
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The bodies of 15 more unidentified Palestinians killed during the war in Gaza were handed over …
Read More »Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across …
Read More »Gaza death toll tops 69,000 as Israel and militants again exchange remains
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies …
Read More »Crypto exchange Cryptomus fined record $177M by Canada’s financial crime watchdog
A cryptocurrency exchange has been slapped with a fine of almost $177 million — the largest-ever penalty by Canada’s financial intelligence agency — for infractions including failing to flag more than 1,000 transactions with suspected links to criminal activity. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) announced …
Read More »What we know about the Israeli hostage and Palestinian prisoner exchange
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early Friday that its cabinet approved U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all remaining hostages and of Palestinian prisoners. The statement said the cabinet approved the “outline” of a deal to release the …
Read More »Stablecoins could transform how we exchange money. The U.S. and China want to take charge
Like a 21st-century space race, the world’s biggest economic powers are staking their claim in a little-known type of digital currency that could revolutionize — or severely disrupt — the way people, companies and countries exchange money. Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency pegged to a country’s national currency, or to commodities like gold. …
Read More »Ukrainian drone attack sets Russian oil depot on fire as Zelenskyy announces prisoner exchange
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi sparked a major fire, Russian officials said Sunday, as the two countries traded strikes and the Ukrainian president announced a prisoner exchange. More than 120 firefighters attempted to extinguish the blaze, sparked after debris from a …
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