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In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of four U.S. football fields — into a beach in northern Gaza. For President Joe Biden, the Pentagon's new floating pier and causeway are a gamble, an attempted workaround to the challenges of getting aid into Gaza from intensifying war and the restrictions its ally Israel has placed at land crossings since Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel launched the conflict in October.
Firefighters in western Canada are battling the first major wildfires of 2024, which sparked into life after unseasonably warm temperatures and an ongoing drought left forests tinder-dry. Wildfire season in Canada typically runs from April, when the snow melts, until September or October when cooler temperatures and increased precipitation helps dampen fire activity. Provincial wildfire agencies also recorded scores of so-called "zombie fires" that ignited last summer and smoldered throughout the winter.
A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty in March to federal crimes for leaking highly classified military documents appeared Tuesday before a military hearing officer who will recommend whether the guardsman should face a court-martial. Jack Teixeira, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, is facing three charges in the military justice system: one alleging he failed to obey a lawful order and two counts of obstructing justice. Capt. Stephanie Evans said at Tuesday's hearing that a court-martial was appropriate given that obeying orders “is at the absolute core of everything we do in the U.S. military” and that Texeira acted with “malicious intent to cover his tracks.”
More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown significantly in the past day. As forecasts on Tuesday called for wind that could blow the fire closer to Fort Nelson, emergency workers have been calling as many of the estimated 50 residents still in town and urging them to go. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said the blaze spans 84 square kilometers (32 miles).
France's top administrative court on Tuesday rejected a claim for the famous Mona Lisa masterpiece from an unknown association that says it represents the heirs of the painter Leonardo da Vinci.The Mona Lisa has been in France since 1516 when Leonardo da Vinci came under the protection of Francis I. Upon leaving Italy, da Vinci had carried a number of his paintings, including the portrait of the Mona Lisa, which was painted between 1503 and 1506.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah, stoking fears of additional civilian deaths. Additional details on his trip were not available. The visit comes as the United States continues to press Israel to hold off on a major military ground incursion into Rafah, one of the border crossings in Gaza where more than a million people had been sheltering.
"When you look at the long sweep of history, you can see just how dramatic recent global warming is," one of the researchers said.
Spanish drugmaker Grifols swung to a first-quarter net profit of 21 million euros ($23 million) from a year-ago loss, and said on Tuesday it was on track to meet its 2024 outlook, including cutting debt. Grifols, which has been battling a plunge in its share price this year, said divestments and an increase in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), among other measures, will allow it to further reduce debt. Grifols is reviewing its strategic assets portfolio, but is not expecting any other asset sale this year besides its 20% stake in Shanghai RAAS, which will close in June, Grifols' executives said on an analyst call.
Meme stocks are shaking Wall Street once again. Ever since bands of smaller-pocketed and novice investors began taking stock prices of downtrodden companies to breathtaking heights three years ago, the potential for more flareups has been obvious. The biggest change from the initial supernova for GameStop's stock is how the experience of 2021 makes this all feel familiar.
Retail investor flows into GameStop and AMC are still a far cry from the 2021 meme stock craze.
Bumble's anti-celibacy ad campaign is causing backlash, with critics saying it's shaming women for their sexual choices. See the ads that are making people mad.
“Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker and her husband, John Hughes, are expecting their second child together in the coming weeks with the help of a surrogate.
The Biden administration is suggesting that additional tariffs could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes. President Joe Biden on Tuesday directed the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to impose a total tariff in excess of 102% on Chinese EVs, as well as directing new tariffs on other products including steel, aluminum, computer chips and solar cells.
Joe Biden told Yahoo Finance he thinks China will retaliate to sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports, but he expects any trade conflict to be manageable.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Tuesday, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian forces make significant gains on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the distance between Earth and the sun, with enough gas and dust to form super-sized planets in far-flung orbits, the U.S. and German researchers reported this week. First spotted in 2016, the disk around a star 1,000 light-years away was not confirmed to be a hotbed for new, emerging planets until recent observations by telescopes in Hawaii.
Georgia’s Parliament passed a controversial “foreign agents” despite widespread domestic opposition and warnings from the European Union that its enactment would imperil its chances of joining the blco.
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday posted a greater-than-expected decline in profit for the fourth quarter due to its equity investments, sending its stock price plunging in New York. Alibaba said this was primarily due to a lower market value of its equity investments. “This quarter’s results demonstrate that our strategies are working and we are returning to growth,” said Eddie Wu, Alibaba CEO, in an earnings call.
Voters in West Virginia, Maryland and Nebraska head to the polls for primaries Tuesday, while North Carolina holds primary runoffs. Here's what to watch for.
Google debuted a host of AI features for its Android and Workspace platforms during its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday.
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