A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut’s southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. – | Afp | Getty Images Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo rejected reports that it produced the devices at the center of deadly attacks in Lebanon that killed at least 12 people … Read more
Saudi Arabia is optimistic about gaining access to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s high-performance chips, which would enable it to develop and operate the most advanced artificial intelligence models. Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, a top official at the Saudi Data and AI Authority, Abdulrahman Tariq Habib, said the kingdom expected to make such a stride in … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s property scene is showing no sign of cooling off, as 2024 is on track to be another record year in terms of sales figures and property values, according to local real estate firms. Increasing demand for property, especially in the luxury space, is boosting prices not just of homes, … Read more
Israeli air strikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians have killed and wounded 65 people in southern Gaza, the enclave’s civil emergency service reports, as the Israeli military says it targeted a Hamas command centre. Residents and medics said a tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area, a designated humanitarian zone, was … Read more
Why are most cases of polio vaccine-derived variants? Most cases of paralytic polio are now vaccine-derived due to the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. OPV has been instrumental in the near-eradication of wild polioviruses around the world. However, in areas where vaccination rates drop and enough people are susceptible to infection, the weakened … Read more
An offshore drilling platform stands in shallow waters at the Manifa offshore oilfield, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Manifa, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Arabia has a superpower. Not only is it the largest exporter of crude oil in the world; its production costs for … Read more
Tens of thousands of angry Israelis surged into the streets after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a ceasefire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. The mass outpouring on Sunday appeared to be the largest such demonstration since the conflict escalated 11 months ago, … Read more
A 19-year-old social media star who shared his daily life in Gaza with the world has been killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike, as his family were trying to raise enough money to flee the war zone. Mohammad “Medo” Halimy will never be able to go to college as he had planned after being struck … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 09, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more
The brother of an Australian aid worker killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza is pushing for further action to be taken over her death. Zomi Frankcom and six other World Central Kitchen workers died after the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) launched strikes as they delivered food at night in early April. Two officers … Read more
