Norway oil fund sells out of a fifth of Israeli firms amid fierce criticism – Financial Times

Norway oil fund sells out of a fifth of Israeli firms amid fierce criticism – Financial Times

Norway oil fund sells out of a fifth of Israeli firms amid fierce criticism  Financial Times Norway’s $1.9 Trillion Wealth Fund Sells Off Israeli Assets  Bloomberg.com Norway wealth fund terminates Israel asset management contracts  Reuters World’s largest wealth fund rolls back Israeli investments over West Bank, Gaza concerns  The Times of Israel Orsted shares plunge 30% as global trade … Read more

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe dies after June campaign shooting | Colombia

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe dies after June campaign shooting | Colombia

A Colombian senator who was shot in the head in June during a campaign event has died, his family has said. Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential candidate from the rightwing opposition, was shot in Bogotá on 7 June during a rally and had multiple surgeries before his death. His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, wrote on … Read more

Rashford debuts while Yamal fires as Barcelona hit Como for five

Rashford debuts while Yamal fires as Barcelona hit Como for five

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford debuts for Barca as Lamine Yamal scores twice in 5-0 win against Como. Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona completed their pre-season preparations by thrashing Italian side Como 5-0 in a game which signalled a thawing of relations with goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen. Barca also gave Marcus Rashford a substitute’s appearance on … Read more

Man clings to high-speed train in Austria after it left station without him, officials say

Man clings to high-speed train in Austria after it left station without him, officials say

A man survived after clinging to the outside of a high-speed train in Austria on Saturday, reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break. The man, who was not identified, grabbed onto the outside of the train as it was leaving the station in Sankt Poelten, west of Vienna, railways spokesman Herbert … Read more

What’s the fallout from a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia? | Conflict

What’s the fallout from a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia? | Conflict

The United States brokered the agreement, giving it leverage and business opportunities. There is a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, after nearly four decades of conflict. The final stage was brokered by US President Donald Trump in the White House. Crucial to the deal is a corridor to connect the main part of Azerbaijan … Read more

Israel’s gambit: Massacre the Palestinians, subjugate the region? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel’s gambit: Massacre the Palestinians, subjugate the region? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Has Israel created a predicament it can’t escape with its zero-sum path for the Palestinians and regional overreach? By offering nothing except continual massacre for the Palestinians, and attempting to subjugate the surrounding areas to its will, Israel finds itself “in a predicament of its own making”, argues former Israeli adviser Daniel Levy. Levy, president … Read more

Global rallies demand end to Israel’s war on Gaza and unrestricted aid | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Global rallies demand end to Israel’s war on Gaza and unrestricted aid | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have held rallies and marches in cities around the world in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, demanding an end to Israeli attacks on the besieged and bombarded enclave as Israel-imposed starvation engulfs the entire population. In London, the Metropolitan Police said it arrested more than 466 people at a protest … Read more

Explosion at Lebanese arms depot kills 6 army experts, wounds several others

Explosion at Lebanese arms depot kills 6 army experts, wounds several others

BEIRUT (AP) — Munition in an arms depot in south Lebanon exploded Saturday as army experts were dismantling them, killing six of them and wounding several others, the army said. The incident occurred on the edge of the southern village of Zibqin in Tyre province, the army said. It added that efforts were being made … Read more

Al Hilal sign Darwin Nunez from Liverpool

Al Hilal sign Darwin Nunez from Liverpool

Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez completes $62m move from Premier League champions Liverpool to Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal. The Saudi Arabian soccer league has secured its latest marquee signing after Darwin Nunez completed the move from Liverpool to Al Hilal on Saturday. The Uruguay international cost a reported 46.3 million pounds ($62m) and has signed a … Read more

Canada aligns with allies to lower Russian oil price cap

Canada aligns with allies to lower Russian oil price cap

Canada announced on Aug. 8 that it will join allies in lowering the price cap on Russian oil in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The news follows the EU statement on implementing a new dynamic ceiling on Russian oil prices beginning Sept. 3 as part of its 18th sanctions package against Moscow. The … Read more

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