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Live Updates: Trump says Iran war will still take weeks, oil prices rise with no plan to open Strait of Hormuz
Israel’s military said Thursday that it had struck “dozens of headquarters, weapons storage facilities, launch sites, and anti-tank missile positions” belonging to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon over the last 24 hours. The IDF said it would continue to “operate decisively against the Hezbollah terror organization” in Lebanon “to remove the threat posed to read more
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Live Updates: Irans supreme leader gives first statement as oil prices go up, markets down
Oil prices rose back above $100 and stocks sank Thursday as Iran’s attempts to hit supplies in the Middle East and bring down the global economy overshadowed a record release of strategic crude reserves by the International Energy Agency. Stock markets in Asia closed down Thursday and European markets opened with losses as investors saw read more
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Tornadoes hit Midwest, homes destroyed and heavy damage reported
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Live Updates: Iran war rages as Pentagon says about 140 U.S. service members wounded overall
CBS News attended the burials on Monday of a number of individuals the Iranian government said were military and intelligence officers and their relatives at a cemetery about 16 miles south of Tehran. CBS News was able to attend with government permission. The Iranian government has not allowed the media to publicize anti-regime voices from read more
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F1 Australian Grand Prix briefing: George Russell wins as Ferrari’s strategy backfires
George Russell won the 2026 Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of his teammate Kimi Antonelli, after Ferrari fumbled a virtual safety car strategy call that capped an entertaining battle between Russell and early leader Charles Leclerc. Pole-sitter Russell lost the lead immediately, as Ferrari’s preseason start prowess continued into real racing and Leclerc roared read more
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U.S. death toll in Iran war rises to 6 — live updates
The head of the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, said Monday that his agency had “no indication” that any of Iran’s nuclear installations had been damaged by the ongoing Israeli-U.S. strikes on the country. IAEA director general Rafael Grossi warned, however, that with missiles still flying a “possible radiological release with serious read more
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José María Balcázar is Peru’s 8th president in a decade
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress late Wednesday elected legislator José María Balcázar as the country’s eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous day over corruption allegations just four months into his term. Balcázar, an 83-year-old former judge representing the leftist Perú Libre party, defeated three other read more
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Stocks rise as Nvidia gains ahead of Fed minutes
A trader, with ash cross mark on his forehead for Ash Wednesday, works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 18, 2026. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stocks moved higher on Wednesday, supported by gains in key technology stocks, as traders awaited the release of read more
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Senate panel hears officials on Minnesota immigration surge
Paul and Peters began the second panel by showing video of the lead-up to the shooting of Alex Pretti, who was filming federal agents before he was tackled to the ground and shot and killed. “The grant to use lethal force is so ominous … that society only allows such force to be used on read more
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Cyclone Gezani devastates Madagascar, dozens dead
A cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 31 people as it struck Madagascar, toppling houses and causing major flooding, the Indian Ocean island’s disaster authority said Wednesday. Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday, slamming into the country’s second-largest city, Toamasina, with winds reaching 250 kilometres per hour. The National Office for Risk and read more
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S&P 500 closes lower as AI fears hit financial stocks
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 10, 2026. NYSE The S&P 500 slipped on Tuesday as investors reacted to weaker-than-expected retail sales data and grew concerned about the threat artificial intelligence poses to the financial sector. The broad-based index lost 0.33% and ended at 6,941.81, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped read more
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Flash floods hit northern Morocco, at least 4 dead
Four people including a two-year-old child died after being swept away by floods in northern Morocco, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a fifth person was missing. Floods in Northwestern Morocco Kill Four, Prompt Mass Evacuations The Moroccan authorities had, until this point, not reported any casualties, but said they had evacuated over 150,000 people read more
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Stock futures drop as Amazon slide hits tech sector
Traders work at the Nasdaq on Feb. 4th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Amazon Earnings Drag Stock Futures Lower Stock futures continued to slide early Friday morning after retreating Thursday night as Amazon shares tumbled following earnings and investors hedged bets following a broad market sell-off. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 45 points, read more
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When will Africa win its first Winter Olympic medal?
Available for over a year More than 3500 athletes from 93 countries will be competing for 195 medals at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three countries will be making their Winter Olympic debuts at the 2026 Games, the African nations of Benin and Guinea Bissau along with the United Arab Emirates. But with the established winter sport read more
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S&P 500 steady amid tech pressure and weak jobs
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Jan. 21, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 was relatively unchanged on Wednesday as traders continued to move out of technology stocks and digested the latest labor market data. The broad market index hovered around read more
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Yum Brands posts mixed quarter, Taco Bell shines
A customer enters a Taco Bell restaurant in El Cerrito, California, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Brands on Wednesday reported mixed quarterly results, despite strong demand for Taco Bell. Here’s what the company reported for the period ended Dec. 31 compared with what Wall Street read more
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