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AP reported. Among them, Maya Alper stood at the rear of the bar alongside environmentally conscious volunteers. They diligently cleaned up trash and handed out complimentary vodka shots to those who reused their cups.

oil prices edged down slightly on Tuesday after gaining more than 4% in the previous session. Gold rose the most since May on increased haven demand after tensions ramped up in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel. On Monday, gold price on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for the December 2023 expiry contract opened higher at ₹57,000 per 10 gm levels and went on to hit an intraday high of ₹57,400 levels within a few minutes of commodity market's opening bell.

Hamas group, killing over 1,000 people so far. “Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel, and our unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism," the statement read.

Israel-Palestine war news: How Pegasus spyware failed Israel during Hamas attack “When white phosphorus comes into contact with skin it creates intense and persistent burns, sometimes to the bone. Infection is common and the body's absorption of the chemical can cause serious damage to internal organs, as well as death," it said.

The shock attack by Hamas and Israel’s response risk a wider destabilisation of the region – and the global oil market is watching.

By Jamie McGeever

European Union late Monday reversed an earlier announcement by an EU commissioner that the bloc was «immediately» suspending development aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas to make sure no money was misused. «There will be no suspension of payments» at the moment, a terse European Commission statement said late Monday, five hours after EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi had said that all payments from the development programme for Palestinians would be «immediately suspended.

Union workers at Mack Trucks are on strike after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company

Finland and Estonia say the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline running between the two countries across the Baltic Sea has been temporarily taken out of service due to a suspected leak

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is bringing colorful displays to the New Mexico sky

A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Morocco, one month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people in the North African country

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China condemning the deadly Hamas attack on Israel issued during his visit to Beijing that included a lengthy meeting with President Xi Jinping

Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in an emergency fuel line

The European Union has reversed an earlier announcement that it was “immediately” suspending aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says it will focus on economic growth rather than higher taxes to “rebuild” the country after more than a decade of Conservative rule

California becomes the first state to ban four chemicals from food and drinks

lower middle income countries (LMICs), and cost up to $2 trillion per year, a new report published in the Lancet has warned. According to the new analysis, stroke deaths will increase from 6.6 million in 2020 to 9.7 million in 2050.

Wladimir Andreff showed that the probability of a country winning medals at the Olympic Games increases with GDP per capita and population. According to Andreff, the only basic recipe against sporting underdevelopment is economic development. Flush from a 100-plus medal haul at the Hangzhou Asian Games, India’s sporting prowess is clearly on the upswing.

Amazon has sought approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to offer broadband-from-space services in the country. This would make the US e-commerce firm the latest entrant in India's nascent but fast-growing satellite communications (satcom) market. Amazon would be pitted against the likes of Elon Musk-owned Starlink, Bharti-backed Oneweb and Reliance Industries' Jio Satellite in India which has issued a new space policy earlier this year aimed at spurring private investments in the sector. The Jeff Bezos-led company is also expected to apply to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for a global mobile personal communication by satellite services (GMPCS) licence. A query to Amazon regarding its application remained unanswered at the time of going to press. While Oneweb and Jio Satellite have secured a GMPCS license, Starlink's application is expected to be taken up this week by an inter-ministerial panel. India's Space Policy 2023 allowed private low-earth orbit (LEO) and medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation operators to launch fast broadband from space services in the country. The new policy permits foreign entities to set up infrastructure and offer satellite services.

MG Motor India plans to overhaul its dealership network by closing underperforming ones and opening new dealers in newer locations ahead of a potential alliance between its Chinese parent and a private company owned by JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal, people aware of the development told ET. The maker of Hector and Astor SUVs also assured its dealers on the sustenance of its Indian operations and brand MG post the deal, the automaker informed the dealer partners last week. The company also touched upon plans to launch new models and variants and expand the overall capacity in its communication to the dealers.