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Stocks swung wildly last week as investors wrestled with the impact of artificial intelligence on various sectors and the overall economy. This coming week is a wildcard after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “major combat operations” in Iran started overnight, with American and Israeli strikes on military and nuclear targets there. Trump called on the Iranian people to “seize control of your destiny” and overthrow the Islamic leadership regime. Iran has reportedly retaliated with missile attacks on U.S. military installations in the Mideast. The president had signaled Friday that an attack could happen…

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JAKARTA: Garuda Indonesia has temporarily suspended flights to and from Doha “until further notice,” the company said in a statement, following United States-Israel airstrikes and Iran’s retaliation.”Garuda Indonesia continues to actively coordinate with aviation authorities and relevant stakeholders to monitor the evolving situation,” the company said in a statement on Sunday (Mar 1).The airline’s other international routes continue to operate normally, Garuda said, adding that it did not “traverse any airspace affected by the conflict.”

President Donald Trump stood in front of regional leaders during a visit to the Middle East in May and declared a new era of US foreign policy in the region, one that is not guided by trying to reshape it or change its governing systems.“In the end, the so-called nation-builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves,” the US president said in rebuke of his hawkish predecessors.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLess than a year later, Trump ordered an all-out assault on Iran…

President Trump announced that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Saturday. Elizabeth Palmer and Courtney Kealy have more.

After reporting a €5.5 billion profit in 2024, global carmaker Stellantis reported a €22.3 billion net loss for 2025.The company’s official financial reports, published on Friday, show that €25.4 billion in exceptional charges related to a comprehensive strategic reset of its operations and product roadmap was the main cause of the loss.After overestimating the pace of the global shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and facing changing market and regulatory conditions, the company said the results reflect a necessary “re-initialisation” of its business model.The numbers behind the massive lossIn 2025, Stellantis recorded net revenues of €153.5 billion, a 2% decrease from…

Berkshire Hathaway’s Greg Abel used his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive to reassure investors that the conglomerate’s culture of financial conservatism and disciplined investing established under Warren Buffett will continue “into perpetuity.””I am honored by our Board’s decision to appoint me CEO of Berkshire and humbled to succeed Warren as I write my first annual letter to you,” Abel wrote in the missive to begin the company’s annual report released Saturday along with Berkshire’s quarterly earnings. “Warren is obviously a very hard act to follow.”Abel, 63, signaled continuity rather than change as he takes the reins from the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA Olympic hockey hero Jack Hughes spoke about his support for his country’s women’s hockey team after his team was the subject of backlash for laughing at a joke by President Donald Trump about the women’s team. During an interview on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” Friday, Hughes opened up about his respect for the women’s team after McAfee appeared to reference the controversy by joking that Hughes and his teammates “hate” the women players. “We are hanging out with them so much, the women’s team. We were supporting them. Like, we were…

Attacker Connor Metcalfe has returned from injury for FC St. Pauli in a welcome boost to the Socceroos ahead of their World Cup send-off matches.Metcalfe, who had been sidelined with a knee issue, came on in the 75th minute of St Pauli’s 1-0 Bundesliga win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.Midfielder Jackson Irvine appears to have fully shaken the foot concern that plagued him earlier in the season, playing a full 90 minutes.Irvine has now started five league games – with St. Pauli winning four of those fixtures to leap out of the Bundesliga relegation zone.Metcalfe has become a crucial part of…

NEW DELHI: An explosion at a firecracker factory in India killed at least 21 people and injured eight others on Saturday (Feb 28), officials told local media.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on X that he was “pained by the loss of lives” and extended his condolences after the blast in Kakinada, in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh.The Press Trust of India news agency quoted state minister Kandula Durgesh as confirming there were 21 deaths, out of around 30 people who were at the factory at the time of the explosion.”Another eight persons are undergoing treatment in…