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The US has launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, marking another escalation in the fragile ceasefire agreement.Explosions were reported in the southern Iranian port city of Sirik on Sunday, with state broadcaster IRIB confirming blasts had been heard but providing no further details, ABC reports.The US military said the operation targeted Iranian military infrastructure in response to what it described as ongoing attacks on commercial shipping in the waterway.“CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” the US military said in a statement.“US military aircraft targeted…

“It feels like I’ve gone back in time,” user Vicky Wang said in a comment on one of Zheng’s videos.Another user Mao Jiuqi called it “the ideal life”. “A tiny courtyard with a dog and a cat, and millions of yuan in savings,” she said.“I love how you designed your home and the koi fish in your pond,” commented a user named Lei Lei, adding that “lying on tatami mats and eating watermelon is my dream”.“Now you have made me want to visit Yunnan.”RURAL REVITALISATIONRapid urbanisation in China has long been characterised by the mass migration of people from rural…

Ripple has reported a sharp increase in tokenised assets issued on the XRP Ledger, highlighting growing institutional interest in blockchain-based financial products even as XRP continues to face pressure in the broader cryptocurrency market.The value of tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRP Ledger rose from about $5 million at the start of 2025 to more than $118 million, according to Ripple.The increase represents growth of approximately 2,260% in a matter of months, making it one of the fastest expansion rates among enterprise-focused public blockchains.The developments come as XRP trades at $1.05 after gaining 0.5% over the past 24 hours.…

NewsFeedVideos show Israeli settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, trying to seize a house under construction on the outskirts of the town of Qabalan, just south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Development of Canada’s first offshore wind farms took a significant step forward late Friday when Nova Scotia’s offshore energy regulator released the names of companies qualified to bid on seabed licences. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator identified five companies and two groups of companies that won approval after taking part in a review process between October 2025 and January of this year.The eligible companies were required to meet certain financial, technical, legal and social criteria to prove they are capable of completing offshore wind projects.The regulator, however, said the companies that met eligibility requirements had the option of keeping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican New York attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy is making Medicaid fraud a centerpiece of her campaign, charging that prosecutions have sharply declined under Attorney General Letitia James.Cracking down on Medicaid fraud has become a flashpoint issue in the country after investigators uncovered billions of dollars in alleged fraud tied to public assistance programs in Minnesota. The scandal pushed the Trump administration to make cracking down on fraud a higher priority, with Vice President JD Vance leading a federal effort. Now, Republican candidates in races across the country, including New York’s attorney…

At least three of Pakistan’s Sindh Rangers personnel have been killed in an attack on the paramilitary forces building in Karachi, the Dawn newspaper reports.Witnesses said they heard a loud blast followed by gunfire along a major road in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar neighbourhood near several universities and Pakistan’s meteorological department.Three militants were also killed in the attack on the local Sindh Rangers headquarters, Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho told Dawn.A militant rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary force, triggering an intense exchange of gunfire with security forces, witnesses said.Mohammad Bakhsh said he was praying at…

The disaster management authority in Pakistan’s Balochistan province said around 125 houses were damaged, adding that relief teams were sent to the affected area along with tents and food, solar panels, blankets and other items.People ran out of their doors in panic in Swat district in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, resident Daniyal Ahmad told Reuters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.”It was very huge here in Swat and it lasted for quite a long time,” he said.”People came out of their houses and women and children were seen crying in panic.”Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over…

The best government bond market may be outside the United States.Allspring Global Investments’ George Bory is pushing clients toward countries whose central banks are raising interest rates or have different inflation dynamics.”Bond markets everywhere have rushed to price inflation. Places like the UK, certainly across Europe, even places like Australia — we’ve seen a material run-up in central bank tightening expectations,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Now, some of that’s been delivered on already. The ECB raised rates just a few weeks ago. The expectation is they will do a bit more. But unless the Fed is going…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police are searching for two boys who vanished from a New Jersey train station on Friday and were last spotted in Connecticut.Montville Township Police Department Chief Andrew Caggiano told Fox News Digital that Brayden Morrissey, 14, Dominic Diliberto, 14, and William Connolly, 17, disappeared from the Denville Train Station at about 5:30 p.m. local time Friday.Caggiano said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) later spotted the three teens at a train station in Stamford, Connecticut.MTA officers took Connolly into protective custody and the two 14-year-olds fled, Caggiano told Fox News Digital on Saturday. Brayden…