October2024
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Southee replaced by Latham as New Zealand Test captain
Oct 4, 2024Following their crushing Test series loss in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Tim Southee resigned as captain of New Zealand, and Tom Latham will take over. Veteran seam bowler Southee wished Latham well and stated that it... -
30 years ago, Nobel Prize crowned hopes of Mideast peace
Oct 4, 2024The Nobel Peace Prize given to the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort thirty years ago is one of the most contentious ever, with a terrorist label applied to the winner, a jury member resigning, and a massacre taking... -
Israel says strikes Hezbollah intel HQ in Beirut
Oct 4, 2024The Israeli military claimed on Thursday to have struck Hezbollah’s intelligence center in the capital of Lebanon while fighting militants close to the border and bombing their bases across the nation with jets. Israel declared this... -
EU ramps up Lebanon aid by 30 million euros
Oct 4, 2024The European Union on Thursday said it was giving an extra 30 million euros ($33 million) of humanitarian aid to Lebanon as fighting raged between Israel and Hezbollah. “Today, we are stepping up our humanitarian aid... -
Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance
Oct 4, 2024According to the committee, Palestinian activist Issa Amro collected the Right Livelihood prize on Thursday for his “nonviolent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation” in the West Bank. The award is regarded by some as an alternative... -
TotalEnergies plans to grow oil and gas production until 2030
Oct 4, 2024To reassure investors about its fundamentals, the French energy company TotalEnergies has revealed plans to raise its production of gas and oil until 2030. CEO Patrick Pouyanne has a number of large-scale initiatives planned to drive... -
Netflix loses bid to toss ‘Baby Reindeer’ defamation lawsuit
Oct 4, 2024Netflix has been unsuccessful in its attempt to have a defamation case launched against it by the woman claiming to be the model for the stalker in the Emmy-winning television series “Baby Reindeer.” The massive streaming... -
Easing inflation lifts profit at UK supermarket Tesco
Oct 4, 2024The largest retailer in Britain, Tesco, a supermarket group, reported on Thursday that its first-half net profit increased as consumer and business cost pressures subsided. Tesco said in a statement that profit after tax increased by... -
Historic funding round values OpenAI at $157 billion
Oct 4, 2024The firm that created ChatGPT, OpenAI, raised an additional $6.6 billion in capital, increasing its valuation to $157 billion and solidifying its leadership position in the artificial intelligence industry globally. OpenAI made the historic investment, which... -
2024 Nobels offer glimmer of hope as global crises mount
Oct 4, 2024The Nobel Prize announcements next week will highlight accomplishments that have improved the globe, offering hope amidst the escalating Middle East conflict, the war in Ukraine, the hunger in Sudan, and a crumbling climate. The award...
