Israel has ordered 100,000 Palestinians living in eastern Rafah to evacuate ahead of an Israeli offensive on the southern Gaza city, where more than 1.4 million displaced Palestinians have sought refuge. The U.N. aid agency UNRWA warned Israel’s attack on Rafah would have devastating consequences and lead to more civilian suffering and deaths. Overnight Israeli
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It was hours since thousands of Palestinians had poured on to the streets of the Gazan city of Rafah, weeping and hugging as they began to believe Hamas’s acceptance of a ceasefire deal had spared them an Israeli ground offensive. But by Tuesday morning many sheltering in Rafah were on the move again, carrying sacks
Shares of meatpacking giant Tyson plunged more than 9% — the stock’s worst day since August — after the company said persistent inflation weakened consumer appetites for beef, pork and chicken purchases, biting into profits in the second quarter. At grocery stores, shoppers are prioritizing essential kitchen staples over discretionary categories thanks to persistent inflation
Apollo Global Management and Sonys bid to buy Paramount Global faces significant hurdles to get the deal past Democratic-led federal regulators amid antitrust concerns, The Post has learned. Paramount which ended exclusive merger talks with Skydance Media last Friday owns the CBS network, its Hollywood studio and 28 local stations including 17 CBS affiliates in markets like
A movement of God that began at Auburn University last fall has now spread to four other campuses, with thousands of students being saved and countless individuals being plugged into a local church to continue their faith journey. The Unite US launched at Auburn University’s Neville Arena last September and saw some 5,000 students attend and
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A Jewish JetBlue passenger accused the airline of “blatant antisemitism” after it canceled his flight because he objected to a flight attendant wearing a “Free Palestine” pin during his trip to Las Vegas. Paul Faust, a 54-year-old telecom entrepreneur from Parkland, Fla., had flown on April 28 from South Florida to Sin City, where he
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz posted a lengthy essay on LinkedIn urging the coffee chain to overhaul its US operations after the company posted disappointing quarterly earnings. Schultz, who left the company’s board last fall after he became the public face of the company’s resistance to its employees’ unionization drives, wrote on Sunday that Starbucks
A Jewish JetBlue passenger accused the airline of “blatant antisemitism” after it canceled his flight because he objected to a flight attendant wearing a “Free Palestine” pin during his trip to Las Vegas. Paul Faust, a 54-year-old telecom entrepreneur from Parkland, Fla., had flown on April 28 from South Florida to Sin City, where he
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nintendo’s flagship Nintendo Switch has rewritten game console history. Until the Switch’s launch in 2017, the life cycle of a gaming console was typically about five years. Going into the eighth year since its launch,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s President Xi Jinping has lashed out at Nato over its “flagrant” bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 as he tries to cement ties with Serbia ahead of a visit
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UBS has reported its first quarterly profit since taking over Credit Suisse as the Swiss lender begins to reap the benefits of rescuing its former rival. The group on Tuesday reported $1.8bn in net profit
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has carried out night air strikes on Rafah and said a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas fell “far from Israel’s necessary requirement”, as international mediators and officials struggled to continue talks to halt fighting
Every year, St James’s Place, which over the last three decades has become one of the UK’s most successful financial services companies, organises a glitzy show for its thousands of investment advisers. Guest speakers have included Bill Clinton, Bob Geldof and David Beckham, while top-performing advisers were paraded onstage to huge cheers from their colleagues at
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Germany’s main opposition party leader has said Berlin and Brussels are partly to blame for Brexit because they were unwilling to offer the UK real concessions before its pivotal EU referendum in 2016. Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right Christian Democrats, stopped short of naming Angela Merkel but implied the former chancellor could have done
Dmytro Zolotoverekhky, a dentist from Kyiv, says he is “packed and ready to go” on his first deployment as a drone operator for the Ukrainian army. Unlike most regular soldiers who have spent months if not years on the front with little time for rest and recuperation, he will be allowed to return to his