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Editor’s note: The following is a personal account of Palestinian journalist and MEE contributor Ahmed Dremly, who is based in Gaza City, as told to MEE’s Jerusalem bureau chief Lubna Masarwa. It has been edited for brevity and clarity.  The sound of their explosion is, without doubt, the most terrifying noise in the world. Even thunder, in its most violent moment, doesn’t come close to the sound an Israeli explosive-laden robot makes when it detonates. I’m talking about decommissioned armoured personnel carriers – packed with explosives and remotely operated – which Israeli forces have been using widely across Gaza City in recent…

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano has insisted “nothing is official” after reports Sergio Busquets could retire at the end of the 2025 MLS campaign.”No, I don’t [have an opinion]. That’s what I’ve read and heard, but nothing is official,” Mascherano told media on Tuesday.”I’m not one to go around asking players about any rumors. What I can tell you is that Sergio is fully committed to the team, to this season, and we’re focused on that, not on the rumors.”The player’s contract with Inter Miami expires following this season, with no talks yet of an extension. Busquets previously addressed…

As a longtime startup investor and judge on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Barbara Corcoran has a lot of practice gauging which entrepreneurs will ultimately become highly successful — and which ones will struggle.Specifically, Corcoran likes to watch what entrepreneurs do when something goes wrong with their business, she told journalist Katie Couric’s “Wake Up Call at Work” newsletter, which published on Aug. 28.”I pay close attention to who takes responsibility and who plays the blame game,” said Corcoran. “Six months after ‘Shark Tank,’ something always goes wrong — the supplier didn’t deliver, the molds were wrong, an employee messed up. But…

World leaders are gathering in New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate. It’s the 80th year of the gathering, and it comes at a difficult time for the organisation, with wars raging globally and a budget crisis internally.  More than 150 heads of state and government will take the podium at the UNGA, but the agenda among heads of state from the Middle East will likely to be focused on Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its persistent attacks against its neighbours and regional foes. No gathering in world politics attracts more heavyweights during its first week. On Tuesday, US…

Four times a year, public companies provide an in-depth look at their financial performance — and drilling into those figures is one of investors’ most important jobs. But making sense of them isn’t always easy. One big reason for confusion is that companies have some leeway on the specific metrics they highlight. In particular, we’re talking about the “adjustments” that get made to metrics such as earnings per share and operating margin. This often shows up in earnings releases as GAAP versus non-GAAP results. It’s fair for investors to ask: What’s the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP? Should investors care…

People enjoy an unusually warm day in New York City as temperatures reach the low 80s on June 4, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” temporarily raised the limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, from $10,000 to $40,000 for 2025. But some residents of certain states could see a bigger tax benefit, according to a Redfin report released last week. The results are “in line with what you might expect,” and there is “a sizable benefit to residents of certain states,” said Chen Zhao, head of…

People walk past an Amazon Fresh store in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2021.Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty ImagesAmazon plans to close all of its Fresh supermarkets in the U.K., in the latest recalibration of its grocery strategy.The company said in a Tuesday blog that it is preparing to close all 19 of its Fresh U.K. stores, “following a thorough evaluation of business operations and the very substantial growth opportunities in online delivery.” Five of the Fresh locations are expected to be converted into Whole Foods stores, Amazon said.Amazon opened its first Fresh location outside the U.S. in London…

Tom Barrack, the US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, has made a number of frank remarks about Israel, Lebanon and Qatar, among other issues, in an interview with The National.  Barrack, whose grandparents were Lebanese, has been President Donald Trump’s envoy to Syria since May.  In a wide-ranging 23-minute interview with journalist Hadley Gamble, published on Monday, he described peace in the region as “an illusion”, and said that Israel was “attacking everybody”, including Syria, Lebanon and Tunisia.  He also said that Israel’s strike on Qatar earlier this month was “not good”, adding that groups like Hamas and the…

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Marine One in the background, as he departs for New York City to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 22, 2025. Al Drago | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday cancelled a planned meeting with the two top Democrats in Congress to address issues holding up a funding deal that could avoid a federal government shutdown.Trump scrapped the sit-down set for Thursday just a day after people familiar with the situation said that his meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…

Jonathan Haidt has long promoted the idea of a play-based childhood and not a phone-based one.The NYU Stern School of Business professor writes in his bestselling book “The Anxious Generation” that kids who grow up with prolonged exposure to both smartphones and social media are at a higher risk for anxiety and depression.In 2012 and 2013, as Instagram gained in popularity, many young people — especially young girls — joined the app and “levels of depression, anxiety and self harm skyrocketed,” Haidt told CNBC Make It at the Fast Company Innovation Festival last week.To quell the mental health risks of…