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Joe Biden is poised to contest the 2024 Presidental Election and faces criticism for backing Israel's wat at Gaza, a group of protesters disrupted Jill Biden's speech during the Human Rights Campaign's 2024 Los Angeles Dinner, reports 'Variety'. As soon as the first lady took the stage, a group of people who had made their way into the dinner began to chant «cease-fire now.» One of the protestors held up what looked like a blanket or shawl with writing on it. Earlier in the night, protestors blocked the way leading to the hotel's entrance on Avenue of the Stars.

PTI quoted a participant as saying. The Flea market in Yafo was all decked up with its festive appeal attracting thousands of Indian enthusiasts to the event, these included Israelis of Indian origin and Indian students, from all over the country.

The World Happiness Report 2024, a partnership of Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and WHR’s Editorial Board, is out. Mint evaluates its metrics to explain why it may not be the final word on happiness. India is ranked 126 out of 143 nations surveyed.

There is a rising chorus of voices, mostly from the Global South, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the urgent provision of aid to a population that is facing imminent famine. Is anybody listening? Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan is the latest to intervene, telling Israel that it had “gone too far" in its war against Hamas in Gaza. “I have communicated that both to the prime minister, to the foreign minister, and to the other Israelis whom we have met," he said last week on Wednesday.

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza's main Al Shifa hospital. Israeli forces say hospitals in the Palestinian enclave where war has been raging for over five months have frequently been used as strongholds of Hamas militants harbouring bases and weapons. Hames and medical staff deny this. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of its staff was killed when Israeli tanks suddenly pushed back into areas around Al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis, amid heavy bombardment and gunfire.

Israel in exchange for every hostage freed by Hamas in any new Gaza truce, an Israeli official briefed on the Qatar-hosted talks said on Saturday. An Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea is in Doha for indirect negotiations with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which CIA director William Burns is helping Qatari and Egyptian officials to mediate.

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₹6,749 per barrel after hitting an intra day high of ₹6,803 per barrel, on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). Also Read: Explained | Upside risk on inflation to export woes—here's how the Red Sea crisis will impact Indian economy in FY25 -Analysts said that successful peace talks would prompt Yemen's Houthi rebels to allow oil tankers to pass through the Red Sea. Blinken met Arab foreign ministers and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo as negotiators in Qatar centred on a truce of about six weeks.

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When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for new elections aimed at ending the current government in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took umbrage. On CNN last Sunday, Netanyahu called Schumer’s comments about elections “totally inappropriate," adding, “That’s something the Israeli public does on its own. We are not a banana republic." Netanyahu found a receptive ear among Senate Republicans, whom he addressed in a virtual closed-door speech on Wednesday.

US Fed's plan to slash benchmark rates by the end of 2024. "The oil price has begun to appreciate since the International Energy Agency (IEA) on 14 March increased its demand forecast and reduced its supply forecast.

Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a «hypocritical spectacle» that does not pressure Israel. The United States, Israel's main ally which has vetoed previous ceasefire calls, put forward the resolution which for the first time would have supported «the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire» and condemned the October 7 attack by Hamas.

Australia and Britain said in a joint statement on Friday there were potentially devastating consequences of an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in Gaza. «Given the large number of displaced persons taking refuge in the area and lack of safe spaces in Gaza, ministers shared deep concern at the potentially devastating consequences for the civilian population of an expanded Israeli military operation in Rafah,» the statement said. Israel says a ground invasion of Rafah is necessary to eliminate Hamas, despite countries including the United States warning of dire consequences for the more than a million Palestinians who have sheltered there since being displaced elsewhere in the Gaza Strip during the five-month-old war.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Friday, and were set for a muted finish to the week as reports of renewed calls for a Israel-Hamas ceasefire pointed to fewer supply disruptions in the Middle East.

maintained its key interest rates at 5.25-5.50 per cent for the fifth straight meeting. Brent crude futures for May were down 68 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $85.27 per barrel after dropping by 1.6 per cent on Wednesday. US West Texas Intermediate futures for May were down 69 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $80.58 per barrel after a fall of about 1.8 per cent in the previous session, according to Reuters.

global demand for Indian goods despite the Red Sea crisis, which attracted military response from several countries, impacting trade. Outstanding export credit for Indian banks was seen at Rs 20489 crore at the end of January 26, rising 5% this financial year, data from Reserve Bank of India showed. This was the highest since February last year. «Export growth will be largely driven by global demand and as we do expect global growth to be steady, we can expect a recovery here. This will be reflected also in growth in export credit,» Bank of Baroda chief economist Madan Sabnavis said.

Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to the hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel can't achieve its goal of «total victory» against Hamas without going into Rafah. Israel has approved military plans for its offensive. But with 1.4 million Palestinians jammed into the city, Israel's allies, including the U.S., have demanded greater care for civilians in its anticipated incursion.

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