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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes the remarks during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in northern Iran last year, in Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2025.Anadolu | Getty ImagesIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday threatened the U.S. with “irreparable damage” if Washington follows through with a military strike against the Middle Eastern country.”Any American military entry will undoubtedly be met with irreparable damage,” Khamenei said, according to NBC News reporting.”The Iranian people will firmly stand against an imposed war, just as…
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna, speaking at a fintech event in London on Monday, April 4, 2022.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesKlarna’s CEO is so bullish about artificial intelligence that he sees it changing the way the fintech’s 100 million users bank every day as he sets out to diversify the company’s services.On Wednesday, Klarna — a pioneer of the popular “buy now, pay later” payment method — is announcing the launch of mobile phone plans in the U.S. via a partnership with telecom services startup Gigs. The plans come with unlimited data, calls and texts and will cost…
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Smoke billows in the distance from an oil refinery following an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on June 17, 2025. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty ImagesAnalysts are struggling to predict the extent to which Israel and Iran’s escalating conflict could influence oil prices.Israel’s surprise attack on Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure on Friday has been followed by five days of spiraling warfare between the regional foes. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for an “unconditional surrender” from Tehran, warning Washington’s patience was wearing thin.Energy markets are weighing the likelihood of direct U.S. involvement in the conflict, as…
The GOP megabill now under Senate consideration threatens healthcare insurance for more than 1 million seniors who rely on Medicare. Source link
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a B-2 Spirit aircraft with the 509th Bomb Wing over Kansas Aug. 29, 2012.U.S. Air Force photoDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is staring down the possibility of seeing its most important nuclear facilities hit by a 30,000-pound American bomb.White House officials on Tuesday told NBC News that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a range of options including striking Iran directly, after the American leader repeatedly asserted that his administration would not allow Iran to continue its nuclear program or reach bomb-making capability.Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and wrote in a post on…
A “For Sale” sign stands at a house in Miami, Florida, U.S. April 16, 2025. Marco Bello | ReutersWeak consumer sentiment is weighing hard on the housing market, as potential homebuyers pull back.Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 3% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was still 14% higher than the same week one year ago.This as the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $806,500 or less, decreased to 6.84% from 6.93%, with points increasing to 0.66 from 0.64, including…
LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude may have “eaten up” search volume, but there are productive ways to stay ahead of the evolving tech. Source link
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