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Published November 3, 2025November 3, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 500, health officials said, adding that the number could rise further.The epicenter of Monday’s quake was located 22 kilometers (14 miles) west-southwest of the town of Kulm, and occurred at 12:59 a.m. (12:29 p.m. Japan time) at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman said 534 injured people and 20 bodies were taken to hospitals in Balkh and Samangan provinces. He added that…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Iren — The data center company soared 22% after reaching a deal with Microsoft to give software and cloud computing providers access to Nvidia GB300 GPUs for $9.7 billion over five years. Semiconductor maker — Iren’s nearly $10 billion deal to access Nvidia chips gave the group a boost and boosted investor sentiment for semiconductor demand. Nvidia rose nearly 2%, helped by Microsoft’s U.S. approval to ship Nvidia chips to the United Arab Emirates. Micron Technology and Advanced Micro Devices rose about 4% and 1%, respectively. ON Semiconductor – ON rose…
Nvidia is back on the move after the world’s three largest cloud companies and Metaplatforms last week induced increased spending to keep up with the artificial intelligence arms race. Some, if not a lot, of that spending should continue to fill the coffers of the AI chip tycoon run by Jensen Huang. Club stock Nvidia soared another 4% on Monday, hitting a new all-time high with a market capitalization of about $5.12 trillion. More analysts are expected to raise their quarterly estimates and price targets for Nvidia ahead of next week’s earnings report. Last Wednesday’s closing price exceeded $5 trillion…
An EBT sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, on October 30, 2025.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration told a federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday that it will tap billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay 50% of the normal amount of SNAP benefits in November as the U.S. government shutdown drags on.The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides food stamps to approximately 42 million low-income Americans.The government told Justice Jack McConnell in a court filing that it rejected an option he proposed that would…
Israeli police have arrested a former military prosecutor for leaking a video that appears to show soldiers abusing Palestinian detainees.Maj. Gen. Ifat Tomer El-Salmi was detained overnight on Monday following a scandal that broke after a video leaked, resigned, and disappeared, the country’s Minister of National Security said.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the video leak was perhaps the harshest public relations attack since Israel’s founding.Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, said Tomer Yerushalmi’s arrest had triggered a “political and legal storm in Israel” and said the…
Sunderland have had their best start to the Premier League for 17 years as a promoted team. So what is the secret to their success?The Black Cats defeated Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, temporarily moving into second place in the table. It’s an incredible story considering they were expected to be relegated straight to the Championship. While their supporters celebrated jubilantly in west London, there were plenty of signs in Sunderland’s performance to suggest that their fast start means they can firmly avoid the wreckage at the bottom of the table. This was a victory that summed up…
OpenAI has not yet completed securing the AI infrastructure necessary to quickly scale agent workloads. The ChatGPT maker announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Amazon to acquire the cloud computing service for $38 billion over the next seven years. OpenAI said it will start using AWS compute immediately and aims to deploy all capacity by the end of 2026, with further expansion possible in 2027 and beyond. The partnership follows OpenAI’s reorganization last week, which means the company no longer needs Microsoft’s approval to purchase computing services from other companies. OpenAI’s deal with Amazon is part of…
If you don’t have children or plan to have children, many of the “default” settings for personal finance may not apply to you. For example, you may not want to leave an inheritance like many parents do, and you don’t have to worry about paying for your child’s wedding or college education.But if you can’t make decisions yourself, who will take care of you or make decisions for you? For many Americans, the default answer is “my children.”If something bad happens and you don’t have children to care for, things can get complicated quickly, says Maddie Roche, chief growth officer…
More than 70,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as forecasters warn of heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge.Published November 3, 2025November 3, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThousands of people have been ordered to evacuate coastal areas of the eastern Philippines ahead of Typhoon Karmaegi’s expected landfall.Forecasters said the center of the storm is expected to make landfall on Monday, warning of heavy rain, storm surge of up to 3 meters (10 feet) and wind gusts of up to 150 km/hour (93 mph).Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listMore than 70,000 people in…
After India’s historic victory over South Africa in the Women’s Cricket World Cup, Sky Sports Cricket’s Nasser Hussain reflects on a victory that could turn India into an “unstoppable force”.This was India’s first World Cup win and many believe it could bring about dramatic changes in the sport. After losing the toss and being forced to bat at the DY Patil Stadium, India managed to dismiss South Africa for 246 despite some fine work with the bat from captain Laura Wolvaardt (101 balls) after Shafali Verma top-scored with 87 off 78 balls to take them to 298-7.Hussain had said throughout…