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HONG KONG: Asian stocks enjoyed a partial rebound from the previous day’s rout on Tuesday (Jun 9) as investors returned to the AI trade, while easing Middle East tensions also provided support and pushed oil prices down. The gains across most equity markets followed a rebound on Wall Street, fuelled by a race to pick up cheaper assets following a sell-off sparked by bets on a US interest rate hike and warnings over tech firms’ valuations.News that the US economy had created more than double the number of jobs than expected in May indicated it remained in rude health but put…

Orapa, Botswana – It is a year since Motshwegwa Rakhudu lost his job after 14 years working as an installer at Debswana diamond mining operations in northern Botswana. He says he had been on rolling three-year renewable contracts with Enabler Hires (Pty) Ltd, and expected the arrangement would continue through to 2027.Instead, he was retrenched and made redundant without warning.“The shock was too much,” Rakhudu, (not his real name), told Al Jazeera.“In early 2025, I took a loan of 26,000 pula (about $1,900) to buy a car because I believed my job was secure. By mid-May, I was out of…

President Trump urged both Israel and Iran to immediately stop attacking other Monday after an exchange of strikes on Sunday. The president insists that final negotiations for peace are ongoing, subject to what he called “ignorance or stupidity” getting in the way. Charlie D’Agata reports.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved a plan to help states verify that registered voters are U.S. citizens while also monitoring mail ballot flows for potential signs of voter fraud, advancing a central pillar of President Donald Trump’s election integrity agenda. The department approved the plan last Thursday, with the initiative expected to launch by the end of June, according to a court filing submitted Friday. Under the proposal, states would be permitted to submit their entire voter registration rolls to a federal immigration database to verify citizenship and voting eligibility. State…

A ribbon cutting event for the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan is set to go ahead later this week. A source with knowledge of the plan, who is not authorized to speak about it publicly, said the event is tentatively scheduled for Friday.The Detroit Free Press has reported that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former governor Rick Snyder are expected to attend. It is not clear when the bridge will be open to traffic.The ribbon-cutting will mark an important step forward for the bridge after U.S. President Donald Trump insisted in a social media post in February that the United States would have to be compensated before he would allow it to open. 2:34 Doug Ford…

US stocks ended mostly higher on Monday as investors returned to semiconductor shares following last week’s sharp selloff, while signs of easing tensions between Iran and Israel helped improve overall market sentiment.The Nasdaq Composite led the gains, advancing 0.86% to close at 25,929.66, while the S&P 500 added 21.99 points, or 0.30%, to finish at 7,405.73. The Dow Jones Industrial Average underperformed, slipping 80.77 points, or 0.16%, to 50,786.01.The session marked a partial recovery from Friday’s broad technology selloff, when the Nasdaq plunged 4.2% and roughly $1 trillion was erased from the market value of US-listed semiconductor companies.Chipmakers lead Wall…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police have arrested three people in connection to the fatal stabbing of songwriter Talay Riley, Fox News Digital can confirm.The artist, who had worked with Britney Spears, Dua Lipa and more A-list stars, was found stabbed in East London on Friday, according to the Metropolitan Police.Paramedics tried life-saving measures at the scene but the 35-year-old, whose real name was Mark Orabiyi, was pronounced dead in the garden of a property near Rayleigh Road.”Mark was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend,” his family said in a statement. “He brought love, light, and…

NewsFeedA UN spokesman says forced evacuation orders issued across southern and eastern Lebanon are nearly impossible to follow safely, and calls into question whether Israel is complying with international humanitarian law.Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New Jersey Assembly committee on Monday advanced a Democratic-backed bill that would criminalize individuals who interfere with access to transgender and reproductive health care.The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved the measure along party lines, clearing the way for a potential full vote in the Legislature later this week before reaching Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill for her signature.If enacted, the measure would make New Jersey the first state in the nation to explicitly criminalize such interference.First introduced in the summer of 2024, the legislation would establish a new criminal offense for “interference with…