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Houthi rebels strike a U.S.-owned ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, raising tensions

Houthi rebels strike a U.S.-owned ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, raising tensions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. The Houthis’ attacks have roiled global shipping, amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip,… Source link

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North Korea vows military strike if any provocation, fires artillery rounds

North Korea vows military strike if any provocation, fires artillery rounds

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea will launch a military strike immediately in response to any provocation, Kim Yo Jong, the sister and key ally of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday, as it fired artillery shells near its border with the South for the third day in a row. The remarks come after South Korea’s military said the North had fired more than 60 artillery rounds on Saturday near their disputed maritime border, following a similar volley of more than 200 the previous day. North Korea again… Source link

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Opinion: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has awed the world. Expect a version of Google Duplex to strike back amid a wave of AI assistants

Opinion: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has awed the world. Expect a version of Google Duplex to strike back amid a wave of AI assistants

Since it was unveiled in 2018, Google Duplex has been making waves in the world of artificial intelligence and voice assistants, steadily gaining attention and popularity. Simply put, Duplex is a voice assistant that uses natural language processing and deep learning algorithms to carry out complex tasks and conversations in a way that is indistinguishable from a human. It can make phone calls, book appointments and even engage in casual conversation with people on the other end of… Source link

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A rail strike could result in an economic shock. What will Biden do?

A rail strike could result in an economic shock. What will Biden do?

There could be a major blow to the U.S. economy coming down the line: Freight railroads are preparing for possible strikes as a years-long labor dispute sits at an impasse ahead of a key Friday night deadline. A strike would not only add to the nation’s supply chain woes, but throw a monkey wrench into President Biden’s plan to tout the nation’s economic progress as midterm elections approach. On one side are freight companies like Union Pacific (UNP), CSX (CSX), and BNSF Railway, owned by… Source link

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Railroad strike wouldn’t be an economic black swan, Goldman Sachs chief economist says

Railroad strike wouldn’t be an economic black swan, Goldman Sachs chief economist says

A potential railroad strike in the U.S. shouldn’t be viewed as a black swan event, according to Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius, but it could still have an impact on the economy. “I don’t think it’s a black swan,” Hatzius told Yahoo Finance Live at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on Monday (video above). “I think it’s an indication, along with other indications of more labor strife and maybe more tensions, that labor still has a very significant amount of… Source link

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Long shot Rich Strike wins unbelievable upset

Long shot Rich Strike wins unbelievable upset

Friday morning, Rich Strike wasn’t entered in the Kentucky Derby. Saturday evening, the 80-1 long shot was a Derby champion. The 148th Kentucky Derby went off under gray skies on a track that wasn’t nearly as soaked as conditions had forecast, and for almost all of the race the favorites ran as predicted. But in the final few paces, Rich Strike cut to the inside to beat two favorites, Zandon and Epicenter, to win the race. Rich Strike, entered only when Ethereal Road scratched out Friday… Source link

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Bitcoin ‘is superior’ to existing payment networks, Strike CEO says

Bitcoin ‘is superior’ to existing payment networks, Strike CEO says

Jack Mallers, founder and CEO of payments application, Strike, believes Bitcoin can bring the first real change to the payments industry since the invention of the credit card. Trading just above $41,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, down about 2% over the past month, Bitcoin is used primarily as a store of value asset that critics and long-time investors agree trades like risk-on equity, making it much less useful as a medium of exchange than cash. But Mallers argues that Bitcoin’s underlying… Source link

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Etsy strike organizer says she ‘has to leave’ if the company doesn’t meet demands

Etsy strike organizer says she ‘has to leave’ if the company doesn’t meet demands

E-commerce platform Etsy (ETSY) is bracing for impact as more than 12,000 sellers go on “strike.” Sellers are placing their shops on “vacation mode” for up to an entire week to protest new company policies that go into effect today, including an increase in transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%. Etsy strike organizer Kristi Cassidy told Yahoo Finance Live that sellers are “fed up” and hope to gain Etsy’s attention from the movement, which started on Reddit. Demands include cancelling the fee… Source link

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