My top 10 things to watch Friday, May 17 1. Wall Street heads for a flat open Friday, tracking to complete a strong week that was kicked into high gear Wednesday on a cooler-than-expected April consumer price index. The S & P 500 and the Nasdaq hit records again during Thursday’s session but closed slightly … Read more
Several people have been injured when a truck and bus crashed at the intersection of a busy Sydney road. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Liverpool-Parramatta Transit Way and Davis Rd at Wetherill Park in Western Sydney just before 5pm on Friday. NSW Ambulance said three crews of paramedics were treating and assessing patients … Read more
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images GameStop shares tumbled more than 20% premarket Friday after the video game retailer said it plans to sell additional shares and reported preliminary results that showed a drop in first-quarter sales. In a new regulatory filing, the video game retailer said it will sell up to 45 million … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NewsNation) — The world’s top golfer, Scottie Scheffler, was detained by police Friday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship after a misunderstanding with traffic flow into the Valhalla Golf Club. Scheffler was detained by police in handcuffs after he attempted to drive past a police officer … Read more
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials … Read more
An airport worker has plummeted several metres from a plane onto tarmac in Jakarta, Indonesia after portable stairs were removed when he wasn’t looking. The flight coordinator took a heavy tumble, landing in a heap on Monday, after stepping out of the TransNusa Airlines Airbus A320, not knowing his safe passage down had been moved … Read more
ROUEN, France – French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, the latest apparent act in a storm of antisemitism roiling France amid the Israel-Hamas war. Fire … Read more
This feature is specifically designed to help users with physical disabilities. New Delhi: Apple today revealed a range of new accessibility features set to roll out later this year. These include Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, Vocal Shortcuts and Vehicle Motion Cues. More accessibility upgrades are planned for visionOS. What is Apple’s new Eye Tracking feature? … Read more
Key events Norwich sack Wagner Norwich City sacked David Wagner hours after they were thrashed by Leeds in Thursday’s playoff semi-final second leg. with the club keen to embark on a fresh approach. Defeat abruptly ended Norwich’s hopes of a return to the Premier League. Wagner, who led Huddersfield to promotion to the Premier League … Read more
Israel denies genocide taking place in Gaza Israel on Friday defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after South Africa asked judges to order it to halt operations in Rafah and completely withdraw from the Palestinian territory. Reuters reports that Israeli justice ministry official Gilad Noam called … Read more
