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Stock market today: Wall Street slides in premarket as airlines, Big Tech report earnings
TOKYO — Markets on Wall Street gave back some of this week's gains early Thursday ahead of another heavy slate of corporate earnings and the government's initial estimate of how the U.S. economy fared in the first quarter of 2024. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 each declined 0.6% before the bell. Southwest Airlines fell nearly 8% after the carrier said it lost $231 million in the first quarter and will limit hiring, offer voluntary leave to employees and stop flying to fou
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Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza's Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight, killing at least six Palestinians, medics said on Thursday, after saying it would evacuate civilians from the Gaza border city and storm it despite allies' warnings this could cause mass casualties. In the seventh month of a devastating air and ground war against the Gaza Strip's ruling Islamist group Hamas, Israeli forces also resumed bombarding northern and central areas of the enclave, as well as east of Khan Younis in the south. Israeli warp
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Big Daddy dune: Namibia angered by tourists posing naked in dune safari
Photos of the three naked tourists have gone viral in Namibia, angering the authorities.
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Derry City handed suspended partial stadium closure
An independent disciplinary committee issue Derry City a suspended partial closure of the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
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SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses
It follows the government's decision to scrap key climate targets and its response to a review into gender services.
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Lawyer says Iran rapper famous for songs after 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini sentenced to death
JERUSALEM (AP) — A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights activists said Thursday. Confusion still surrounds the death sentence issued against 33-year-old metal shop worker Toomaj Salehi, as even Iran's state-run IRNA news agency and its judiciary did not formally confirm it. But the news quickly drew international criticism from the United States and United Nation
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'Mateta found a manager that clicks for him'
Former Premier League midfielder Danny Murphy has been highlighting Jean-Philippe Mateta's excellent form since the appointment of Oliver Glasner as manager. The Frenchman has eight goals in nine matches since Glasner arrived at the club, just three less than he scored in 79 matches for Patrick Vieira and Roy Hodgson. "Sometimes you just find a manager that clicks for you" Murphy told Match of the Day.
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