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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Palestinian militant group Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh was slain in Tehran by a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg, and vowed severe revenge. Wednesday's assassination has drawn fears of direct conflict between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon.

The event, which was meant to welcome the prisoners released by Russia, quickly went viral on social media. Many observers called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment. One comment read, «Where is Joe Biden going? The passengers on this plane have already disembarked.» Here's the video.

desktop users. This upcoming update will allow users to utilize Google Lens directly from the search bar, enabling a more integrated and efficient way to search using both images and text, according to The Verge. As detailed by Parisa Tabriz, Vice President of Chrome, the new functionality will enable users to click a Google Lens icon in the search box.

To Lam, named Vietnam's top leader on Saturday, is a powerful former public security minister who has been swiftly elevated by a corruption crackdown that swept away other contenders. He was confirmed as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam after the death of his predecessor Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful leader in decades. In his first remarks as general secretary, Lam said his promotion was the result of «an urgent need to ensure the leadership of the party».

employment report for July raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September as the economy sours. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an increase of 175,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it would be unchanged on the month at 4.1%.

David Plouffe, adviser to former President Barack Obama with crypto expertise, is set to join Kamala Harris’ campaign team as a senior adviser.

Donald Trump, the Republican nominee will take on Democratic Party's candidate Kamala Harris in the November 5 US Presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but Harris' campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates' votes.

economics were uttered by former US President George W Bush at the peak of the economic crisis in 2008. Bush said: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down!” Participating in an interview with billionaire Dan Gilbert at the Detroit Homecoming event at the College for Creative Studies in 2014, Buffet said that what the president said were “the 10 most important words in the history of economics.”

Evil Season 4 continues its thrilling run. Episode 12 is set to release on Thursday, August 8, 2024, on Paramount+. Fans are eager to see the story unfold further.

Kamala Harris called herself 'president', the crowd went crazy and cheered her wildly. It shows how her popularity is soaring and how Democrat voters and local leaders think about her. It happened when Kamala Harris was delivering a eulogy for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) Thursday. Standing beside stalwarts like Bill Clinton and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris recalled that Jackson Lee introduced legislation to make Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the US – a federal holiday.

Charitable investors who incorporate donor-advised funds into their giving strategy are likely to open their hearts and wallets wider to their favored causes.

Kamala Harris ' campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November's election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No 2. The haul by Harris, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated entities far outpaced Republican former President Donald Trump, whose campaign and assorted committees said they took in $138.7 million for July.

Taylor Swift has not yet indicated whether she would support Democrat presumptive nominee Kamala Harris, but her fans have come out in the open and backed the first black vice president of the country. They have set up a group called 'Swifties for Kamala', which has taken the shape of a movement with hundreds of thousands of people joining it and dominating the social media space. It started when Texas college student Emerald Medrano took to X and wrote in a post that he feels like U.S swifties should mass organize and help campaign for Kamala Harris and spread how horrendous Project 2025 would be.

Vice President Kamala Harris ' campaign declared Friday that she had secured enough votes from party delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee. The online voting process doesn't end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates' votes. The Democratic National Committee did not immediately confirm the ballot totals. The announcement came after the campaign said earlier that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November's election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2.

Economist Peter Morici criticizes the Biden administration’s economic policies and discusses former President Trump’s campaign push to cut taxes on Social Security benefits. 

employment report for July raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September as the economy sours. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an increase of 175,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it would be unchanged on the month at 4.1%.

Cetera Financial Group continues its expansion into the credit union space as it forges ties with a new partner institution in California.

Donald Trump may win or lose the US Presidential Election 2024, as the voters will decide his political fate, but the billionaire businessman has started suffering economically. CNN has reported that the net worth of the Republican candidate has plummeted by an estimated $900m since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race and became the presumptive Democrat nominee last month. It happened after the market value of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of his Twitter clone Truth Social came down by 23% from $4bn to about $3.1bn since July 21.

Construction is booming in states like Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.

speculation that his name was being considered for the BJP president's post, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday dismissed the reports saying the buzz was just a media creation. Reports in a section of media said Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, will be appointed to the top post of the saffron party replacing J P Nadda, who is now a Union minister in the third term of the Narendra Modi government.

government has assured to look into the demands of 78 lakh pensioners seeking a minimum monthly pension of Rs 7,500, the EPS-95 National Agitation Committee (NAC) said on Friday. In a statement, the pensioners' body said that Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya met with its representatives and assured them that the government would take necessary steps to address their demand. The meeting took place following a protest organised by members of the EPS-95 National Agitation Committee in the national capital on Wednesday. The members coming from various locations of the country have protested against the government here and demanded a higher pension instead of an average monthly pension of only Rs 1,450, the body said adding that there are around 3.6 million pensioners who are getting even less than Rs 1,000 as pension per month.