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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.UP NEXTGaza ceasefire negotiations to resume amid new hope for peace deal01:44Hundreds trapped by blizzard conditions on Mount Everest01:26Why is Gen Z protesting across the world?02:32President Putin accuses Europe of threatening Russia02:562 killed in terrorist attack at Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur02:33U.K. police declare Manchester synagogue attack ‘a terrorist incident’02:57Munich Oktoberfest reopens after bomb threat, nearby explosion02:17Israel intercepts flotilla carrying aid to Gaza05:19Search for survivors in Philippines after deadly earthquake01:28Royal Caribbean cruise ship deploys lifeboat to rescue people on sinking raft01:01Trump issues deadline for Hamas to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas announced Monday that he’s running for the Senate, jumping into an already bitter battle between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and primary challenger Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”The U.S. Senate race in Texas must be about more than a petty feud between two men who have spent months trading barbs,” Hunt said in a statement as he launched his campaign. “With my candidacy, this race will finally be about what’s most important — Texas.”Hunt’s entry into the race turns up the heat on an already combustible battle…

The Green party members in Bournemouth at the weekend were, largely, exuberant. More than one person I spoke to used the word “joyful”. “The energy is amazing,” said Jean Lambert, the former London MEP. “It’s exceeded my expectations,” said the new leader, Zack Polanski. “Even the most unfriendly journalist can’t find anyone that isn’t fired up and ready to go.”Polanski himself contributed to this feeling. He has a talent for expressing members’ views clearly and without fearing how the rightwing press might respond. The recent boost he’s brought to the party’s profile combines the gnawing anxiety produced by rising Faragism,…

Israel and Hamas were poised to conduct indirect peace talks Monday, with hopes it could represent the best chance yet to end the two-year war and free the remaining hostages from Gaza.On the anniversary eve of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack, and subsequent military operation by Israel, representatives from all sides were due in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss a 20-point peace plan tabled by President Donald Trump to halt the conflict.Hamas’ delegation is being led by senior official Khalil Al-Hayya, whom Israel tried to assassinate with a strike on Qatar last month. Al-Hayya, whom…

New Delhi: Assets under management of passive mutual funds in India reached Rs 12.2 lakh crore in 2025, marking a 6.4-fold increase since 2019 and a compound annual growth rate of approximately 36 per cent, a report said on Monday.  Around 76 per cent of retail mutual fund investors are aware of index funds or ETFs, with 68 per cent holding at least one passive product in 2025, an increase from approximately 61 per cent in 2023, the report from Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund said. The broking house said that despite this improvement in reception, about one-third of investors remain…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a staunch and unflinching Israel supporter, wants Hamas to accept the peace deal President Donald Trump is aiming to help broker, and is calling out pro-Palestinian protesters for not demanding that Hamas agree to the peace deal.”Good morning to everyone except all the protesters who aren’t protesting for Hamas to accept the peace deal,” the senator declared in a Sunday post on X.In a post on Friday, Fetterman shared a screenshot of a Mediaite headline that read, “CNN’s Dana Bash Wonders Why Pro-Palestine Movement Isn’t Pressuring…

Stride says Tories would introduce £5,000 ‘first job bonus’ tax cut for young people, for housing or savingsStride sets out the plans to cut spending announced overnight. (See 7.59am.)And he says the Tories will use the savings to fund “tax cuts that are laser focused on aspiring young people”. He goes on: So we will introduce something called the first job bonus. When someone takes their first job, the first £5,000 pounds they pay in national insurance won’t go to the taxman. It will go towards a deposit on their first home, or it will go towards savings for their…

Chinese rescuers were on Monday rushing to evacuate hundreds of hikers stranded on the eastern slope of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, after heavy snowfall blanketed campsites over the weekend.Nearly 350 hikers have already traveled to safety at a rendezvous point in the small township of Qudang, according to state broadcaster CCTV, with rescuers also in contact with the remaining over 200 hikers who “will gradually arrive at the rendezvous point.”Local news outlets had initially reported that nearly 1,000 people had been affected by the blizzard. Local rescue officials were not immediately available for comment on the discrepancy in…

New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission Update: The central government has issued a new clarification regarding the payment and recovery of dress allowance for its employees. In a new circular the government stated that both new recruits and employees retiring after July 30, 2025, would get their due proportionate dress allowance money in their July 2025 salary. However, employees who retire from October 2025 onwards will face recovery of any overpayment that was already made. Dress allowance on proportionate basis In the circular dated September 24, 2025, the central government said: “With respect to the dress allowance to the officials retiring…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops into Portland in a late-night decision on Sunday.U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled the action was unlawful and unconstitutional, issuing an emergency temporary restraining order to halt the deployment of California’s National Guard. The order also bars the use of troops from any other state or Washington, D.C. in Oregon.Immergut’s ruling says that the Trump administration’s action violates federal statute 10 U.S.C. §12406 and the Tenth Amendment.”It appears to violate both 10 U.S.C. §12406 and the Tenth Amendment,” Immergut…