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Published On 14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share From the cleanup efforts in Sri Lanka in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah’s destruction to the devastating Myanmar military air attack on a hospital that killed 30 people, here is a look at the week in photos.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is making a big bet on defined outcome exchange-traded funds — also known as buffer ETFs, which use options to help protect against market losses. This month, Goldman Sachs agreed to buy defined outcome ETF provider Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first…
A gunman killed two people and injured nine others after opening fire at Brown University’s engineering and physics building in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday, officials said. The unidentified gunman left after the shooting at the Barus & Holley building, on the eastern edge of the campus, Commander Timothy O’Hara, deputy chief of Providence police,…
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command has said. Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”. US President Donald Trump wrote on social media…
A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are…
Who: Alaves vs Real MadridWhat: Spain’s La LigaWhere: Mendizorroza Stadium in Vitoria, SpainWhen: Sunday, December 14, at 9pm (20:00 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 17:00 GMT in advance of our text commentary stream. Real Madrid will hope to ease the pressure on Xabi Alonso when they visit…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Todd Combs’ surprise departure from Berkshire Hathaway got most of the attention when it was announced this week. There were also, however, several additional personnel…
Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter were killed Saturday in an attack in Palmyra, Syria, the Pentagon said. Three other U.S. personnel were wounded in the attack, which occurred during what the Pentagon described as a “key leader engagement” supporting ongoing counter-ISIS operations, according to a statement posted on X by Sean…
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the Eastern European country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been freed following talks in Minsk with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale. The US has…
Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions on…
