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Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, his office said, just days before he was set to give a speech to the US Congress. Netanyahu's visit to the southern city of Rafah was announced hours after Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. Ben Gvir's move could disrupt sensitive talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the 9-month-old Israel-Hamas war. Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he went up to the flashpoint site to pray for the return of Israeli hostages «but without a reckless deal, without surrendering.» Israeli negotiators landed in Cairo on Wednesday to keep working on the talks. Tensions over the compound have fuelled past rounds of violence. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Ben-Gvir's visit as a «provocative intrusion» that endangered the fragile status quo regarding the Jerusalem compound, which is revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, a holy site and important national symbol.

While Shiba Inu tokens have fluctuated over the past 24 hours – especially Shiba Inu ($SHIB) – the new sheriff in town, Shiba Shootout ($SHIBASHOOT) , is holstering its gun after firing off a presale nearing $700,000.

LPL has grown its presence in the Pacific Northwest with the addition of an advisor from Edward Jones.

US Presidential Election 2024 and his running mate, pressure is increasingly piling on Joe Biden to step aside and allow someone else to take Republican contender Donald Trump. In a survey held recently, about two-thirds of Democrats have said that the incumbent president should withdraw from the presidential election. It is against Biden's post-debate claim that 'average Democrats' are with him though some 'big names' are turning on him.

Bill Gates, claims to have revolutionized butter production without using any dairy products. Savor, the company behind this innovation, uses a complex thermochemical process to convert carbon dioxide from the air into fats that mimic the taste and texture of traditional butter. Savor's Process and Benefits Savor's method involves combining carbon dioxide with hydrogen and oxygen, using heat to create chains that replicate the fats found in dairy products. According to the startup, this process eliminates the need for animal farming, fertilizers, hormones, or antibiotics traditionally associated with butter production.

Oil prices were roughly flat on Thursday as investors wrestled with mixed signals about crude demand, with concerns about an economic slowdown in the U.S. contending with rising expectations the Federal Reserve would soon cut interest rates. Brent futures were up 1 cent to $85.09 a barrel by 11:41 a.m. EDT (1541 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 6 cents at $82.91. Both had registered gains in the previous session.

Warner Bros Discovery, the owner of CNN and HBO, has discussed a plan to split its digital streaming and studio businesses from its legacy TV networks in a bid to boost its flailing stock price, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The media giant's shares jumped 6.5% in premarket trading.

The NSE Nifty 50 gained 0.76% to close at 24,801, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.78% to settle at 81,343.

BingX, one of the leading cryptocurrency trading platforms, is offering an extraordinary promotion for new users. Founded in 2018 and now boasting over 10 million users, the platform has gained a reputation for empowering traders across the globe. Now, they are gearing up to onboard a new wave of crypto users with an exciting promo that will run for a limited time only.

Vi) has approved the first tranche of allotment of equity shares via a preferential issue — aggregating Rs 615 crore — to its two European network gear vendors Nokia and Ericsson to clear a portion of their pending dues. “…the Capital Raising Committee of the board has, at its meeting held today (July 18) approved the first tranche of allotment of 41,52,02,701 equity shares of face value of Rs 10/- each at an issue price of Rs 14.80 per share (including a premium of Rs. 4.80 per equity share), to Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd (25,67,56,756 Equity Shares) and Ericsson India Pvt Ltd (15,84,45,945 Equity Shares), vendors (non-promoters) of the company, aggregating Rs 615 crore,on a preferential basis,” ),” Vi said in an exchange filing Thursday.

Masks are creating controversy for businesses again, but this time for a different reason. Early in the pandemic, retailers faced backlash for mandating face coverings. Now some store owners are demanding customers drop their masks.

EMBRUN, France—By now, Tadej Pogacar has memorized every twist and turn of the Col d’Eze, the winding road that rises from behind the port of Nice to the hills above Monaco. It’s where he goes on coffee rides, where he flies past unsuspecting amateurs, and where he trains to win the Tour de France. The two-time champion is such a fixture on the Col d’Eze that cyclists in the cafés below trade Pogacar sightings like celebrity-spotters in the bars of swanky hotels.

The new law will enable the OBR to conduct an independent assessment of any significant, permanent tax and spending changes as a measure of 'fiscal lock'. The law also targets announcements over one financial year which make permanent tax or spending commitments above 1% of the UK's GDP, or roughly £30bn. However, emergency and temporary measures lasting up to two years will be exempt from an OBR assessment. This includes examples of prior events, such as the government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Labour majority not enough to make UK preferred market over US The plans ...

road construction projects and subdued demand due to general elections. While industry body Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (ICEMA) has yet to release sales data for the quarter ended June 30, the industry estimates about 24,000 units have been sold during the three-month period, similar to the volume reported in the same period last fiscal year. Senior industry executives estimate sales of construction equipment, widely regarded as a barometer of economic activity, to remain sluggish this year.

Goldman Sachs is turning to Main Street investors to boost its fee revenue. The bank plans to offer some of the sophisticated investment strategies that it has long reserved for its deep-pocketed clients to customers of robo-adviser Betterment. Goldman is structuring portfolios for everyday investors that are meant to help them save money on their taxes, in part by moving their cash from ultrasafe bank accounts to fixed-income exchange-traded funds that involve more risk.

Buying a new electric vehicle isn't the only way consumers can access a $7,500 federal EV tax credit. They may also be able to get the money by leasing a car.

Germany’s Cabinet has approved legislation that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters

Karur Vysya Bank jumped 2.2% to Rs 206.45 after the bank reported a 28% jump in net profit at Rs 459 crore for the first quarter of the current fiscal against Rs 359 crore in the year-ago period. Its net interest margin for the quarter stood at a healthy 4.13%, although down by 6 basis points year-on-year, as rise in cost of deposit outpaced yield on advances. The bank's net interest income rose 14.3% at Rs 1,025 crore.

private companies has not yet been discussed in detail in the Cabinet as he came under pressure from the Opposition BJP to present the draft law in the ongoing legislature session itself. “There was some confusion (over the bill). We will clear the confusion in the coming days,” the CM posted on microblogging site X, while adding that it would be placed again before the Cabinet for detailed discussions. In a last-minute decision, Siddaramaiah Wednesday night announced putting the jobs bill on hold after it triggered widespread backlash from captains of the tech industry and the industry body NASSCOM.

tyre makers such as Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear have committed investments worth over Rs 1,100 crore in India after the DPIIT temporarily allowed them to import certain tyres to the country, an official said. The official said that the import restrictions on 'New Pneumatic Tyres' were relaxed for certain global players that were interested in importing specific tyres from their factories abroad into India. The imports were temporarily permitted by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) subject to the concerned company's commitment to invest and set up or expand its manufacturing facilities in the country for the concerned products, in a time-bound manner. «This initiative has witnessed investment commitments worth more than Rs 1,100 crore from leading global players like Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear for the development/expansion of their tyre manufacturing capacity in India,» the official said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Mark Carney to join his Liberal government,the Globe and Mail reported, citing four people it didn’t identify.