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BREAKING: Senior Hezbollah field commander killed in Israeli strike, one of the most senior members of the group to have been killed in the conflict so far.

BREAKING: Elon Musk withdraws lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the company's original mission

BREAKING: GameStop completes their at-the-market equity offering, raising over $2.1 billion.

BREAKING: Apple shares surge by over 7.2%, now at market capitalization of $3.18 trillion.

BREAKING: Israeli official has said 'Hamas rejected the proposal for a hostage deal, which was laid out by President Biden in his speech', via Axios.

BREAKING: Bloomberg reports that the United States is considering 'further restrictions on China's access to chip technology used for artificial intelligence'

BREAKING: Israeli military says around 80 rockets have been fired at northern Israel today

BREAKING: Several people shot at Peachtree Center Mall in 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia

UNITED STATES: CNN reports, based on FBI data, that violent crime has dropped by over 15% in the United States in the first three months of 2024.

RESEARCH: Study finds that Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, is experiencing 'larger per-capita increases in the incidence of leading cancers combined than any prior generation born from 1908 through 1964'.

(Source: JAMA Network)

NEHTERLANDS: City of Amsterdam is set to phase-out 1,280 Chinese-made cameras over the next five years due to concerns regarding spying risks

RESEARCH: Microplastic pollution found in all 40 semen samples tested in Jiang, China, according to study published in Science of the Total Environment journal.

TECH: Bloomberg reports that Siemens Energy has told customers it is planning to produce a wind turbine 40% more powerful than its current largest turbine and which would overpower the 'biggest machines offered by Chinese competitors'

Bloomberg reports Hong Kong has had at least $270 billion wiped out from real estate values since 2019, amid factors including a 'steady loss of faith' in its status as Asia's premier financial hub.

JUST IN: UK unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

JUST IN: Four US college teachers in China have been stabbed while visiting a park in the city of Jilin, northern China.

BREAKING: Warning sirens in Haifa, Israel

BREAKING: Four Israeli soldiers killed and seven wounded in blast at a booby-trapped building in Rafah

JUST IN: Singapore Airlines set to offer $10,000 compensation to passengers who sustained minor injuries during severe turbulence during flight SQ321 last month, as all passengers will receive a refund for their airfare.