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Gazit, Israel CNN — Keith Siegel has been free for nearly four months, but he is still pained by vivid images of his 484 days as a Hamas hostage and of those still held in Gaza’s tunnels. “It haunts me daily,” Siegel, a dual US-Israeli citizen, told CNN. “Everything that they’re experiencing is very difficult for me to think about. I can’t get those thoughts out of my mind.” Siegel isn’t just talking about the physical and psychological abuse he was subjected to by his captors or the suffocating conditions and malnutrition he faced in tunnels deep underground. He’s also…
May 28, 2025, 03:00 AM ETThe transfer window, which is a bit different this year thanks to the Club World Cup, opens in the Premier League, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Spanish LaLiga and Italian Serie A on June 1 for 10 days before closing and opening again June 16.But clubs have already been busy planning their business after a long season. There were plenty of big moves last summer, so can we expect a repeat?ESPN reporters have everything you need to know about the top teams’ hopes as they delve into deals that might be in the cards. Who…
In March 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the world’s leading monitoring initiative, warned that famine was imminent in Gaza. Today, nearly half a million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger, with the rest of the territory’s population at crisis or emergency levels. Children, the elderly and the sick, along with those who were once physically well, are dying daily from malnutrition, dehydration and entirely preventable diseases. Babies are being born into a world of precarity and starvation. This is not a natural disaster. It is the brutal combination of manufactured violence and collective global apathy. The famine in Gaza…
CNN — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has blasted the country’s political leadership and the conduct of its military, saying he is no longer able to defend Israel against accusations of war crimes. Olmert, who led the country from 2006-2009, pointed to Israel’s 11-week blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the soaring number of Palestinians killed. “What is it if not a war crime?” he asked rhetorically. He said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right members of his government are “committing actions which can’t be interpreted any other way.” Since the start of the war, Olmert has defended…
A L ‘Oreal store near the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China on April 1, 2025.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — European business optimism about China has hit its lowest on record – worse than during the pandemic — due to slower growth and geopolitical worries.A record 73% of respondents in the EU Chamber of Commerce in China’s annual survey said doing business in the Asian country has become more difficult in the past year, marking a new high for a fourth-straight year.That’s just one of the several record lows in sentiment found in the annual survey,…
CNN — The Indiana Pacers are now just one game away from the NBA Finals after an inspired Tyrese Haliburton led the team to a 130-121 win over the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Haliburton was masterful: dictating play, relentlessly dishing out assists and making big shots when needed. The two-time All Star finished with 32 points, 12 rebounds, 15 assists, four steals and zero turnovers to lead the Pacers to a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. It is that final statistic, the zero turnovers, that is the most eye-catching, in particular for…
CNN — In 2011, then-President Barack Obama pressed Apple CEO Steve Jobs on what it would take to bring iPhone production to the United States, according to The New York Times. Fourteen years later, President Donald Trump is resurfacing that question to current Apple CEO Tim Cook – and the stakes are a lot higher. Trump threatened a hefty 25% tariff against Apple and other smartphone companies unless they manufacture phones sold in the US stateside. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America…
Athens CNN — Climbing to the top of the Acropolis of Athens, the birthplace of democracy, has always been a feat for the brave. Never more so, perhaps, than in recent summers when the city has sweated through long and perilous heatwaves. In the past two years, during peak tourism season, relentless heat has repeatedly forced authorities to shut Greece’s most-visited site during the hottest hours of the day to protect visitors and staff from temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). The UNESCO World Heritage site has little shade. Standing among the exquisitely-crafted white marble columns of the Parthenon as…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s biggest water company was fined almost 123 million pounds ($166 million) on Wednesday for releasing sewage into rivers and streams while paying dividends to its shareholders.Industry regulator Ofwat said that Thames Water must pay 104.5 million pounds for failing to protect the environment, and 18.2 million pounds for breaking rules related to dividend payments. It’s the biggest-ever penalty levied by the water watchdog.Ofwat said that the company, which provides water and sewage services to 16 million people in and around London, failed “to build, maintain and operate adequate infrastructure to meet its obligations” and also paid…
BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia’s bombing campaign, despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war.Germany has been the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States. Merz has plunged into diplomatic efforts to try to secure a ceasefire and keep Western support for Ukraine intact since becoming Germany’s leader three weeks ago. European leaders have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in U.S.-led peace talks. German Foreign Minister Johann…