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CAIRO (AP) — A ceasefire was holding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Saturday after two years of war. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”?The deal took pressure on Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab countries and Turkey. The war has devastated the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, sparked other conflicts around the region and increasingly isolated Israel.The deal’s first phase is meant to free the remaining hostages within days in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.A…

NEW YORK (AP) — For months, bubbling trade tensions between China and the U.S. seemed to calm to a simmer, with words like “thaw” and “truce” swapped in for warnings of economic “war.”Now, hostilities appear to be returning to full boil.A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiling markets and raising alarms of what might come next.“Let’s poke the bear again,” economist Aleksandar Tomic, an associate dean at Boston College, said of the renewed sparring. “Let’s stir the hornet’s nest.”A look at where things stand in the…

Oct 11, 2025, 10:11 AM ETFormer Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar could reunite at Inter Miami, while Liverpool want Crystal Palace captain Marc Guéhi and Bayern Munich’s Dayot Upamecano for their defense. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Isak: No contact with Howe since Newcastle exit- USWNT forward Sears inks new Louisville deal- Barcelona seeking to rebuild ‘bridges’ with UEFALionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar could reunite at Inter Miami. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)TRENDING RUMORS- Inter Miami could reunite…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed.Trump said in a social media post that he was acting because “our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th.”The Republican president’s directive removes one of the pressure points that could have forced Congress into action, likely ensuring that the shutdown — now in its…

Robert E. Yarber is on top of the world — literally. The 41-year-old American currently resides in Tromso, Norway, a town you’ll find at just about the tippy top of your map. It’s about 220 miles north of the Arctic Circle.And given his troubled past — and the peace he’s found in his new home — it’s an apt description of his emotional state as well.”I sat in a prison cell, a six-by-nine cell, with another grown man for five years of my life,” Yarber says. “I wanted to see Paris, London, Berlin, and swim in the Mediterranean, check out…

LELAND, Miss. (AP) — High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least six people dead and many more injured, authorities said.Four of the dead were killed in downtown Leland, after a high school football homecoming game in the Mississippi Delta region on the state’s western edge, a state senator said Saturday. On the east side of the state, a pregnant woman was among the dead, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said. About 20 people hurt in Delta region shootingIn Leland, about 20 people were…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Berkshire’s Japanese stock positions top $30 billionThe total value of the five Japanese “trading houses” in Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio has topped $30 billion in recent weeks, and Warren Buffett is apparently still buying.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsBerkshire had already been building its positions for twelve months when Buffett initially revealed the stakes of around 5% each on August 30, 2020, his 90th birthday.At that time, the total value of the five positions…

OpenAI DevDayAshley Capoot | CNBCVirtually every successful tech startup throughout history has faced the reality that it could get swallowed up or run over by a large incumbent at any moment. It’s part of daily life for an entrepreneur.But the company at the center of the current boom is a different kind of beast.Unlike industry giants of past eras, OpenAI is privately held. Its financials are mostly secretive and its ability and willingness to spend other people’s money is unrivaled.And as OpenAI has proven recently, through a dizzying array of mammoth deals and product rollouts, the artificial intelligence lab is…

Newcastle United have appointed Ross Wilson as sporting director after triggering his Nottingham Forest release clause.Wilson, formerly of Southampton and Rangers, fills the role vacated by Paul Mitchell at the end of last season after being identified by the Newcastle board as the right candidate to lead the club’s recruitment and sporting strategy. The 41-year-old departs his role as Forest’s chief football officer after two and a half years at the City Ground. Both clubs say the “terms of his release will remain confidential”.Head coach Eddie Howe is said to be excited about the prospect of working with Wilson, who…

Oct 11, 2025, 07:35 AM ETFrance captain Kylian Mbappé will miss his team’s World Cup qualifier against Iceland on Monday because of a right ankle injury, France’s football federation (FFF) said Saturday.The Real Madrid star scored in France’s 3-0 victory over Azerbaijan on Friday but limped off the pitch in the 83rd minute. Just before the international break, he had hurt the same ankle while playing against Villarreal.France confirmed that their star forward would not make the trip to Reykjavik, and that he would instead return to Madrid.”Upon the French delegation’s return to Clairefontaine, the French team captain spoke with…