By Olivia Le Poidevin, Dawoud Abu Alkas and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (Reuters) – In the weeks before the Gaza ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found. As Israeli troops pushed toward the centre…
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Oscar winner Mel Gibson and Rosalind Ross have separated after nine years together, a representative from Gibson’s legal team told Reuters on Tuesday. The representative confirmed a joint statement provided exclusively to PEOPLE on Tuesday that the couple had split about a year ago, but chose…
SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror attack. Albanese said the review will examine whether existing laws or information gaps stopped police…
SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror attack. Albanese said the review will examine whether existing laws or information gaps stopped police…
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – When Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to buy a house, she started digging into her Experian credit report. She was shocked by what she found. Her student debt had been double-counted, making it…
MOSCOW/KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to back up an assertion that Kyiv dismissed as baseless and designed to undermine peace negotiations. The angry exchanges – including a statement by Russia that it was reviewing…
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83. IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna announced Gerstner’s death in an email sent Sunday to employees, but did not provide a cause of death. “Lou arrived at IBM at a moment when the company’s future was genuinely…
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The FBI has “surged” investigative resources and personnel to Minnesota, bureau Director Kash Patel said on Sunday, in the latest instance of the Trump administration’s fraud investigations that have largely targeted the state’s Somali immigrants. Federal officials in recent weeks have portrayed Minnesota’s Somali community as a hotspot for fraud involving…
SHANGHAI, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan raised his 2025 economic growth forecast to 3.2% on Sunday, saying the city would bolster its role as a financial centre, innovation hub and trade centre to maintain the momentum. In February, Chan had forecast growth of between 2% and 3%. Hong Kong, the…
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery. The researchers’ assessment broadly aligns with U.S. intelligence findings, said…
