Dozens Killed as Israeli Strikes Pound Lebanon, Health Ministry Says
The deadliest strikes hit the Bekaa Valley, in and around the historic city of Baalbek, overnight.
ITV Posts Revenue Drop of 8% Partly Due to Hollywood Strikes
The effects of 2023’s dual actors and writers strikes are continuing to ripple through the industry globally. U.K. public service broadcaster ITV, which broadcast shows this year including Sophie Turner-starrer “Joan” and “Mr Bates v the Post Office,” is the latest to fall victim, reporting an 8% drop in group revenue from £2.9 billion ($3.5 […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine Strikes Deal, Agrees to Serve One Month in Jail
Tekashi 6ix9ine reached a deal after being arrested last week for violating conditions of his supervised release, which was part of his probation stemming from a federal racketeering and firearms case plea deal. The rapper, born Daniel Hernández, agreed to serve a month in jail for the violation, the Associated Press reported, and afterwards will […]
Lebanon: Israeli strikes kill at least 40 in east of country
Reuters People search through rubble following a strike in the town of Al-Ain in the Baalbek region on Wednesday At least 40 people were killed in Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry. An Israeli official said the strikes, in the governorates of Baalbek and Bekaa, targeted operatives of […]
Chaos and destruction as Israel strikes deep in Lebanon’s valley
Darren Conway / BBC A young man is rescued from the rubble of an apartment block in El Karak At the wheel of an ambulance, Samir El Chekieh drives with sirens wailing to the latest Israeli air strike in El Karak in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon. The 32-year-old firefighter and paramedic with the Lebanese […]
Israeli strikes put southern Lebanon hospital under strain
Goktay Koraltan Mohammed, 29, was badly burned in an Israeli attack on his village in southern Lebanon When the air strike hit, Mohammed was handing out hot food to elderly neighbours – something he and his friends had been doing since Israel’s latest invasion of Lebanon on 1 October. The civil engineer, 29, was standing […]
The October Jobs Numbers Drop Was More Than Hurricanes And Strikes
A bright, modern office space with computers and comfortable chairs along large communal desks. getty The October jobs numbers were flat out terrible, with the emphasis on the flat, meaning virtually no change from September. The Dow Jones polled estimate was 110,000 new jobs, which itself would have been far off from the previous month. […]
US adds just 12,000 jobs as hurricanes and strikes produce worst report of Biden’s term
The US economy added just 12,000 new positions in October, in by far the weakest jobs report of the Biden administration, as the closely watched number was hit hard by hurricanes and the Boeing strike. Friday’s figure, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics just four days before the US election, was seized upon by […]
Israel Strikes Gaza Hospital, Destroying UN Supplies, Palestinian Officials Say
Israeli troops had withdrawn from the facility, Kamal Adwan Hospital, after a raid that involved the arrests of most of the medical staff. The Israeli military said it was “unaware of a strike” there.
Israel strikes Lebanese city of Baalbek after ordering evacuation
AFP A huge column of black smoke rose into the air following one of the strikes in the Baalbek area Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, around Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek, the country’s health ministry has said. It came hours after tens of thousands of residents fled in response to evacuation […]