JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza . The recovery came as the United States, Egypt and Qatar are trying to mediate a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that would see the release
Taiwan’s military on Tuesday conducted a live-fire drill, launching several anti-air missiles in response to growing military pressure from China.The exercise took place at the Jiupeng Military Base in Pingtung located in southern Taiwan. (AP Video shot by Johnson Lai) Taiwan’s military on Tuesday conducted a live-fire drill, launching several anti-air missiles in response to
A legislator in Paraguay was killed Monday during a police raid at his residence in the northern city of Pedro Juan Caballero. (AP Video: Emilio Sanabria) A legislator in Paraguay was killed Monday during a police raid at his residence in the northern city of Pedro Juan Caballero. (AP Video: Emilio Sanabria) Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took Russian President Vladimir Putin on a tour of the capital city of Baku on Monday during his two-day visit to the country. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took Russian President Vladimir Putin on a tour of the capital city of Baku on Monday during his two-day visit to the country. Published
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza. He called on Hamas to do the same. Blinken on Tuesday was on his ninth urgent mission to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began more than 10
The owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores and other retail chains has received a buyout offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard. Japan’s Seven & i Holdings on Monday said that a special committee that made up of outside directors has been formed to review the bid, but released no other details. Shares of Seven & i jumped
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials have said they’re increasingly confident that they’ve nearly tamed inflation . Now, it’s the health of the job market that’s starting to draw their concern. With inflation cooling toward its 2% target, the pace of hiring slowing and the unemployment rate edging up , the Fed is poised to
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than 17,000 AT&T workers in nine states across the Southeast are on strike after accusing the company of unfair labor practices during contract negotiations this summer. The Communications Workers of America — the union representing the striking employees — said workers walked off the job Friday in response to AT&T’s
A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target Anthropic and its
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Rescue teams and divers were returning to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht off Sicily on Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch , who are believed to be still trapped in the hull, 50 meters (164 feet) underwater. Divers were loading a rescue dinghy at
