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The West Bank Is on the Edge of Economic Collapse

After over a year of war, the economy in the occupied West Bank is being choked off by restrictions on Palestinians’ movements in the territory, the cancellation of work permits in Israel and ...

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

Blasts across Lebanon as Israel targets Hezbollah banks

The Israeli military tells people in more than 20 areas in Lebanon to leave, ahead of its overnight strikes.

West Bank olive harvest met with rising Israeli violence, says UN

Nine deaths in a week, including soldier’s killing of 59-year-old woman as she farmed, brings charges of ‘war-like’ tactics. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are facing an increase in Israeli ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

HSBC splits bank between East and West in major overhaul

Pam Kaur is the first woman in the banking giant's 159-year history to become its chief financial officer.

How a Palestinian and an Israeli united to document West Bank demolitions

Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham discuss filming the brutal displacement of villagers by Israeli forces in ‘No Other Land’

World - Financial Times - October 23

US leads efforts to keep lifeline for West Bank lenders open

Yellen warns Netanyahu of ‘economic catastrophe’ if Israel refuses to extend waiver for Palestine banks

Business - Financial Times - October 28

Destructive Israeli Raid in West Bank Kills 5, Palestinians Say

The Israeli military said its soldiers had engaged in close combat in the Nur Shams area of the occupied territory.

World - The New York Times - November 1

Israel Strikes Syria for Second Day, Targeting Hezbollah Weapons Facilities

The military said the attacks were meant to reduce the transfer of weapons and intelligence from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah, the armed group in Lebanon.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Israel Expands Lebanon Campaign With Strikes on Banks It Links to Hezbollah

Its air force hit branches of Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a U.S.-sanctioned bank that the Israeli military says is central to Hezbollah’s economic functioning.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 20

Israel strikes banks across Lebanon to hit Hezbollah's finances

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — The Israeli military hit bank branches across Lebanon overnight to target Hezbollah’s finances, expanding its offensive in an assault that sparked panic as the U.S. launched ...

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon hit branches of Hezbollah-linked bank

Strikes targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley. Middle East crisis – live updates Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Lebanon's detained former central bank governor faces new corruption charge

A Lebanese judge has charged the country’s detained former central bank governor with illicit enrichment and issued an arrest warrant

World - ABC News - October 31

Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel it will withhold arms funding if Gaza aid doesn’t improve

US state department confirms reports that secretary of state and defense secretary warned Israel . See all our Middle East coverage here Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Middle East latest: Officials in West Bank say Israeli raid has killed 3

Palestinian officials said that an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank killed at least three people

World - ABC News - October 31

Middle East latest: Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel says it targeted a weapons facility

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes have killed at least 30 people in Gaza, including on a home where displaced families were sheltering

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Israeli or Palestinian, U.S. Voters in the West Bank Say Biden Let Them Down

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens live in the Israeli-occupied territory, on opposing sides of an entrenched conflict, where neither Palestinians nor Israelis have much enthusiasm for Kamala Harris.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

‘It’s like living in a prison’: inside the besieged Palestinian village isolated from the rest of the West Bank

Since the 7 October attack, and the ensuing war in Gaza, restrictions in Beit Iksa have become even more suffocating. In January this year, four-year-old Ruqayya Jahalin, her mother and her five ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

The west’s halfhearted resistance to Russia

Ukraine’s friends can be much tougher with Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’ — and other economic weapons

World - Financial Times - October 17

Trump wins West Virginia

Former President Trump is projected to win West Virginia, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Republican presidential nominee easily carried the Mountain State and will pick up its four Electoral ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

A Skeleton Bank of Understudied Species

With a new database of medical images, zoo and wildlife vets can finally see what healthy uncommon animals, from rhinos and tamarins to pangolins and sea stars, should look like on the inside.

World - The New York Times - October 26

Lebanon feels it is being punished for a decision Hizbollah made

Civil society has sprung into action but the overwhelming sense of solidarity may be hard to sustain

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Hillary Clinton to campaign in Florida in first appearance for Harris

Both candidates have events scheduled today in Nevada and Arizona.

The evolving "Wild West" of political advertising

Media experts discuss how the ways in which politicians and campaign issues are advertised has exploded, and why negative ads often win out over positive ones, even as people are down on negativity.

Deutsche Bank's Investment Bank Performance, Provision Releases Lift Profit

Deutsche Bank reported a better-than-expected rise in its third-quarter profit on growth in its investment-banking division and the partial release of provisions linked to litigation over its ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

Corporate Retreats Are Back. Hotels Are Banking on It.

Desire for more face-to-face meetings is spurring companies to book group events.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Bank of Canada resorts to jumbo rate cut as growth falters

Slowdown prompts shift to 50bp reduction, with rate-setters saying borrowing costs are likely to fall further

World - Financial Times - October 23

UK banks deserve a place in the sun

Third-quarter results underscore their low sensitivity to interest rates

World - Financial Times - October 29

Harris phone banks on Election Day

Vice President Kamala Harris spent Election Day phone banking and thanking her staff at Democratic headquarters in Washington D.C. Nancy Cordes reports.

Inside Israel's Ground Offensive in Lebanon

Thousands of troops are on the hunt for Hezbollah infrastructure along the border.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 15

Inside Lebanon's only burn unit

Israel's multi-front conflict against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon has a significant civilian toll. A CBS News foreign correspondent reports on Lebanon's only burn unit. Warning: some of ...

More deaths in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

World - Yahoo News - October 22

What should Lebanon’s eurobonds be worth?

Investigating the weirdest bond rally of 2024

World - Financial Times - October 28

West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts

After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methods. A developing Russian campaign of arson, sabotage and even murder plots has left western ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

'The West Wing; cast hits the trail for Harris in Wisconsin

The cast of "The West Wing" visited Wisconsin to help the Harris-Walz team promote early voting Saturday. Actors made stops in Waukesha, Milwaukee and Madison, Wisc. Actor Bradley Whitford kicked ...

Politics - The Hill - October 20

Celebrities Hit the Red Carpet at the Academy Museum Gala

The Academy Museum Gala delivered what red carpets are made for.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 21

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