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☆ Wall Street’s new e-commerce darling just overtook Alibaba in market cap — one analyst says it's a 'standout growth stock'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

PDD's current market capitalization is nearly $190 billion, compared to Alibaba's market capitalization of $185.8 billion, LSEG data showed. PDD posted 94% growth in third-quarter revenue from a year earlier, far outpacing Alibaba's 9% growth during the same period. Analysts say that consumers increasingly looking for bargains in the face of economic uncertainties have helped boost PDD's growth domestically and internationally. "PDD's strong 3Q23 results imply both sustainable market share expansion of its domestic e-commerce business and strong growth momentum of ... Temu," they told clients. PDD "remains a standout growth stock" amid a broader base economic slowdown in China, wrote The Benchmark Company in a Nov. 29 report.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, PDD, Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley, Eddy Wang, Kathy Zhu, Gary Yu, Temu's, Temu, Andre Chang, Alex Yao, Nancy Liu, Morningstar Morningstar, Chelsey Tam, Fawne Jiang, Long Lin Organizations: PDD Holdings, Investment, JPMorgan, Morningstar, Alibaba, PDD's Nasdaq, JPMorgan JPMorgan, China Internet, Morningstar Asia, Company Locations: China, 4Q23, U.S, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Morningstar Morningstar Asia, Temu

☆ Tiger Woods’ comeback at the Hero World Challenge proves he’s not ready to ‘sail off into the sunset’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Most athletes with an injury list as long and detailed as Tiger Woods would be retired from professional sport. The 15-time major champion’s much-anticipated return to professional golf at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas wasn’t perfect, nor was it ever likely to be. This will be the fourth time in a row that Woods has entered the event alongside his son Charlie and his second tournament since undergoing ankle surgery in April. I don’t see why that would change.”During the Hero World Challenge, which Woods hosts, he said that he had been “pleasantly surprised” with his physical recovery between rounds. Woods and winner Scottie Scheffler attend the trophy presentation at the Hero World Challenge.

Persons: Woods, ” Woods, –, Charlie, Scottie Scheffler, Mike Ehrmann, ” Scottie Scheffler, ”, Scheffler Organizations: CNN, Albany Golf Club, Golf Channel, PNC, PGA, Masters, Woods, Augusta National Locations: Bahamas, Orlando , Florida, Paris

☆ Opinion: Why crypto was the perfect tool for criminals and kleptocrats
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Opinion Casey Michel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The news last week of money laundering charges against crypto exchange Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, sent shockwaves through both financial markets and crypto consumers alike. But for those familiar with the history of modern money laundering, they’re hardly surprising. Over and again, everything from Manhattan high-rises to Malibu beachfronts to Midwest manufacturing plants have allegedly housed illicit wealth, easily and anonymously. But crypto was also, in many ways, the perfect tool for kleptocrats and criminals trying to dodge sanctions and duck investigators. Like banks, real estate and more before it, the best days of the crypto industry as a haven for money laundering may yet be behind it.

Persons: Casey Michel, Changpeng Zhao, Zhao, ”, Versha Sharma, Hamas’s Al, they’re, —, kleptocrats Organizations: CNN, Wall Street Journal, Binance, Hamas’s, ISIS, Patriot Locations: Washington, American, Manhattan, Malibu, Midwest

[1/4] Jordan's King Abdullah II hosts an international conference attended by the main U.N. bodies and regional and international relief agencies to coordinate humanitarian aid to war-devastated Gaza, in Amman, Jordan November 30, 2023. With Israel refusing to allow any aid in through its borders, supplies have been flown and driven into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula for delivery to Gaza through the Rafah crossing. Israel has bombarded Gaza in response to an Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel by Hamas militants who killed some 1,200 people and took more than 200 hostage. Israel had previously called for increasing the amount of aid taken into Gaza from Egypt, including shipments provided by Jordan, said the official, who requested anonymity. Bottlenecks and capacity limitations at the Rafah crossing mean it cannot handle more than 200 trucks a day.

Persons: King Abdullah II, King Abdullah, U.N, Israel, Gazans, confidentially, Christos Christou, Jordan, Martin Griffiths, Juliette Touma, Suleiman Al, Sarah El Safty, William Maclean, Grant McCool Organizations: Royal Hashemite, Reuters Acquire, Red Crescent, Reuters, Trucks, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Amman, Jordan, Israel, AMMAN, RAFAH, Egypt, U.N, Rafah, Al Arish, Sinai, Nitzana, Awja, Gaza's, United, Khalidi

☆ Talking to Chatbots Is Now a $200K Job. So I Applied.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Prompt engineering—crafting the sharpest queries to get the best answers out of ChatGPT or another generative AI chatbot—is a new type of job. To find out, WSJ’s Joanna Stern applied to be one. Photo illustration: The Wall Street JournalMy father was a prompt engineer, like his father before him. I come from a long line of people who toiled day and night, chatting with generative-AI chatbots. Prompt engineering is a totally new job that would have sounded crazy even a year ago.

Persons: WSJ’s Joanna Stern

Israel has welcomed the release of dozens of hostages in recent days and says it will maintain the truce if Hamas keeps freeing captives. Weeks of heavy aerial bombardment and a ground invasion have demolished vast swaths of northern Gaza and killed thousands of Palestinians. With information hard to come by, authorities have only given approximate counts of the number of hostages held in Gaza. Another 21 hostages — 19 Thais, one Filipino and one Russian-Israeli — have been released in separate negotiations since the truce began. Before the cease-fire, Hamas released four hostages, and the Israeli army rescued one.

Persons: Yehya Sinwar, Biden, Israel, ” Martin Indyk, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Israel's, ”, Omar al, Dr, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ___ Magdy Organizations: —, Health Ministry, Hamas, World Health Organization Locations: RAFAH, Gaza, Israel, Israeli, United States, U.S, Egypt, Qatar, Brussels, GAZA, Al, Aqsa, Cairo, Lidman, Jerusalem, israel

☆ TSA’s 2024 canine calendar will melt your travelin’ heart
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It’s not often that the words “TSA” and “adorable” come together in the same sentence. But those two words are a natural pairing when it comes the Transportation Security Administration’s annual canine calendar. The agency announced its 2024 version on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday – and let’s just say these safety-minded, hard-working pooches are positively precious. She was “one of several TSA canines who worked at Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix” back in February, according to a TSA news release. Actually, there’s more than year’s worth of dogs as the calendar offers up a few bonus canines at the end.

Persons: CNN — It’s, let’s, Dina, Shorthaired Pointer, Harry Reid, Gina, factoids Organizations: CNN, TSA, Transportation Security, Harry, Harry Reid International, Phoenix ”, LaGuardia Locations: United States, Las Vegas, Phoenix, New York

☆ Black Friday sees record online sales of close to $10 billion, with more than half coming from mobile purchases
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

More than half of that revenue came from mobile purchases, an Adobe analyst told CNBC. "The paradigm has changed around the in-store Black Friday experience," he said. And more than half of that revenue, about $5.3 billion, came from mobile purchases, lead analyst at Adobe Digital Insights, Vivek Pandya, told CNBC. Adobe's report didn't track in-store retail purchases, but an analysis from Mastercard found that in-store purchases were up a little more than 1% from last year. Meanwhile, e-commerce sales jumped by 8.5%, showing once again that more shoppers are opting to make purchases online.

Persons: —, Vivek Pandya, they've, Pandya Organizations: Black, CNBC, Service, Adobe, Adobe Digital, Mastercard

☆ Why doesn’t the US have more passenger trains?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Today, the United States’ passenger rail system is an echo of its former self, with swathes of the network unused or surrendered to freight. In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Rail Passenger Service Act, which removed the requirement that private rail companies provide passenger service. Mike Segar/ReutersBut many American towns and cities have lost access to passenger trains. Can passenger trains make a comeback? A passenger rides an Amtrak train passing near the Pacific Ocean on November 9, 2021 near Oceanside, California.

Persons: you’ll, Biden, ”, Miguel Medina, JP Morgan, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Christian Wolmar, “, Yonah Freemark, Bing Guan, Freemark, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Harvey Weber, Paul Hammond, Hammond, Richard Nixon, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Mike Segar, Ulysses S, Grant, Al Drago, Joe Biden, ” Freemark, Robert Puentes, It’s, ” Puentes, Mario Tama, Brightline, Carline Jean, Tony Coscia Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Washington , D.C, Brightline, Miami, US Department of Transportation, du, Getty, Amtrak, US, Transcontinental Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Railroad, CNN, Bloomberg, United States Senate, Newsday, Colorado Railroad Museum, Rail, Service, Hall, Pennsylvania, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Washington DC, Eno Center for Transportation, Private, Las, Passengers, West Palm Beach, Fort, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Tribune Locations: Europe, Asia, America, United States, Boston, Washington ,, Orlando, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Swedish, Paris, AFP, France, Japan, China, Promontory Point , Utah, Compton , California, American, Levittown , New York, Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Indiana, Ohio, Baltimore, Baltimore , Maryland, Potomac, Delaware, Oceanside , California, South Florida, Las Vegas, West Palm, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, South

☆ Black Friday shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion in U.S. online sales, up 7.5% from last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Black Friday's spending spike reflects a consumer who is more willing to spend than in 2022, when gas and food prices were painfully high. Pandya noted that impulse purchases may have played a role in the Black Friday growth since $5.3 billion of the online sales came from mobile shopping. A Mastercard analysis of this year's Black Friday sales found that in-store sales rose just over 1% versus online sales, which grew by over 8% compared to last year. Black Friday kept the momentum going from the day before on Thanksgiving when online sales totaled $5.6 billion, according to a prior Adobe analysis. The report forecasts that online shoppers will spend roughly $10 billion over the course of Saturday and Sunday, and a record $12 billion on Cyber Monday.

Persons: they're, Vivek Pandya, Pandya Organizations: Woodbury, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Digital, Adobe, Mastercard, Target Locations: Lacoste, Central Valley , New York, U.S

On the first day of the four-day cease-fire, Hamas released 24 of the about 240 hostages taken during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison. During the four days, Hamas is to release at least 50 Israeli hostages, and Israel 150 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has said the truce can be extended an extra day for every additional 10 hostages freed — something United States President Joe Biden said he hoped would come to pass. FIRST HOSTAGES FREEDAfter nightfall Friday, a line of ambulances emerged from Gaza through the Rafah Crossing into Egypt carrying the freed hostages. Netanyahu has also vowed to continue the war to destroy Hamas’ military capabilities, end its 16-year rule in Gaza and return all the hostages.

Persons: KHAN YOUNIS, Israel, Joe Biden, Khan Yunis, Schneider, —, Yael Adar, ”, Tamir Adar, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Zichri, Keren Munder, Ruti, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abdulqader Khatib, Iyas, ” Iyas, Majed al, Ansari, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, ___ Organizations: Gaza, United Nations, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, West Bank, Medical, Israel’s, “, Palestinian Prisoners ’ Club, Foreign Ministry, U.S, Israeli, Health Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel, Philippines, Rocketfire, Khan, Gaza City, Khan Yunis, Rafah, Egypt, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beitunia, Qatar, Bangkok, Magdy, Cairo, ___, israel

☆ With Black Friday deals and flashy displays, retailers try to convince reluctant shoppers to spend
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

And a steady drip of Black Friday deals, started early in November at many retailers, has also delayed the rush, as some shoppers bet that the best deals are still coming. Holiday shoppers spent 7% less in dollars and 6% less in units from mid-October to mid-November compared with the year-ago period, Circana found. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBlack Friday state of mindAmong the biggest themes this holiday season: shoppers are hungry for deals and willing to wait for them. "We're going to have a sustained drumbeat of great offers for the entire holiday season, starting this week," he said on a call with CNBC. Some retailers, such as Best Buy, are trying to rush shoppers to hit the "buy" button by dangling short-term sales.

Persons: Melissa Repko, Mario, Luigi, Nintendo's, Lowe's, Marshal Cohen, Circana, " Cohen, You've, you've, Barbie, Mario Tama, John David Rainey, Rainey, Steve Madden, Edward Rosenfeld, Marvin Ellison, Ellison, Corie Barry, Macy's Organizations: CNBC, National Retail Federation, Walmart, Nordstrom, Target, Dick's Sporting, Amazon's, NPD, Consumers, Getty, nab, Footwear, Shoppers, Disney Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Dallas, Los Angeles, Burbank , California

☆ W.H.O. Asks China for Details on Surge of Respiratory Illness in Children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Vivian Wang | Siyi Zhao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The World Health Organization has formally requested that China share detailed information about a recent increase in respiratory illnesses, citing unconfirmed media reports of undiagnosed pneumonia in children. China has been reporting a jump in respiratory illnesses for months. Chinese media reports have described long lines at pediatric hospitals, and doctors have said that this year’s wave appeared to be more severe than those of previous years. But some news and social media reports have described crowds of children at hospitals with pneumonia, without specifying the exact cause of illness. requested more information from China.

Organizations: World Health Organization Locations: China

☆ Chicken wings are on Popeyes menu for good
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Back in 2019, Popeyes’ chicken sandwich created a frenzy in the fast food industry, prompting a wave of copycats and became a barometer for success. Wings are here to stayOver the past few years, Popeyes has brought wings to the menu on a limited-time basis. Popeyes' line of chicken wings Courtesy PopeyesWith wings, Siddiqui said, Popeyes once again saw long lines and a sales lift. Siddiqui doesn’t expect enthusiasm over Popeyes wings to reach the same kind of fervor inspired by the chicken sandwich. A good time to sell cheap chickenOther chains have seen success with chicken wings in recent months, as people cut back on spending by buying cheaper food.

Persons: New York CNN — Popeyes, Pepper, it’s, Popeyes, Sami Siddiqui, ”, Siddiqui, Michael Skipworth, It’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Wings, Popeyes, CNN, “ Locations: New York, Popeyes North America, United

☆ The Airports Where You Won’t Mind Being Stranded (Too Much)
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jacob Passy | Photographs Michael Bucher The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

No one enjoys waiting in long lines at airport security or suffering through a departure delay. Some airports do a better job of making those miseries less miserable. LaGuardia Airport in New York and Orlando International Airport in Florida are infamous among travelers for their problems with on-time arrivals and departure delays. The reasons are largely the same: Both are located in highly trafficked airspace and manage inclement weather and air-traffic control issues.

Organizations: LaGuardia, Orlando International Airport Locations: New York, Florida

☆ The Best Airports to Get Stuck in During a Flight Delay
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jacob Passy | Photographs Michael Bucher The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Organizations: LaGuardia, Orlando International Airport Locations: New York, Florida

And while the local government says Berlin has sufficient space to build over 100,000 apartments, there is no sign the housing crisis gripping the city will ease. But as Europe's largest economy teeters near recession, economists warn that high rents will feed inflation and reduce household consumption. In Berlin, local opposition has frustrated plans to build, while regulation creates a two-tier rental market that is cheap for some long-term tenants and expensive for new renters. Rising property demand saw private companies develop luxury apartments that offered a higher yield - in part, Buch said, because government permissioning for more affordable housing projects was so slow. OPPOSITIONSome building projects have since faced local opposition while a recent attempt to curb rent increases backfired.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Rolf Buch, Buch, you've, Konstantin Kholodilin, Marwa, Monika Neugebauer, Goldman Sachs, Neugebauer, Gesa Crockford, Martin Pallgen, Anna Hohnrath, Hohnrath, Matthias Inverardi, Matthias Williams, Catherine Evans Organizations: Berlin, REUTERS, Rights, Vonovia, Reuters, DIVISION, International Union of Tenants, European, West, Foreigners, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, San Francisco, California, City, Tempelhof, Valencia, Spain

☆ Swifties Dug Up Travis Kelce’s Old Social Media … but It’s Not What You Think
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lola Fadulu | More About Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In addition to the thoughts about squirrels and work, Kelce also posted in 2010 about how much he loved going to IHOP and ordering the steak and eggs for breakfast, to which one user responded: “such a good order king.”He hated long lines at Chipotle, got excited for basketball games and enjoyed a good fettuccine Alfredo at the local Olive Garden from time to time. One user wrote that his posts represented a simpler time on that platform: “travis kelce’s old tweets perfectly encapsulate what twitter once was,” they posted. “Dudes expressing themselves without fear of judgement during study hall.”Still, many fans found reasons to make fun of the football star. Many pointed out the spelling errors he made in the posts, while others compared Kelce’s unsophisticated posts to complex lyrics from the song “All Too Well” that Swift, a 12-time Grammy winner whose Eras Tour this year shattered concert records, released around the same time. “oh this himbo .. i love him,” one user replied to a post that included one such side-by-side.

Persons: Kelce, ”, Alfredo, travis kelce’s, Swift, Bobbi Miller, Taylor, ” Miller, Matty Healy Locations: Chipotle, Olive

☆ Cathie Wood says the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust will lose this edge when a bitcoin ETF is approved
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Competition is set to heat up for the popular Grayscale Bitcoin Trust once the Securities and Exchange Commission approves a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S. ARK in partnership with 21 Shares is in a long line at the SEC to get its application to launch a spot bitcoin ETF approved. Grayscale has been fighting with the SEC to convert GBTC into an ETF. The drumbeat for a bitcoin ETF has been growing louder since this summer. This week, ARK sold $6 million of GBTC shares, which Wood cited as a routine profit-taking event.

Persons: Cathie Wood, …, Wood, Bitcoin, ARK Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S, ARK, CNBC, SEC Locations: GBTC, U.S, Canada, Europe

☆ Why these industrial giants are betting on the transition to clean energy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Right now, some of our favorite secular themes are the mega trends benefitting from a wave of federal spending — and the energy transition is one of those themes," he explained. CAT YTD mountain Caterpillar (CAT) year-to-date performance Elsewhere, Caterpillar has said the "energy transition and growing global energy demand are increasing [it's] total addressable market and furthering opportunities for long-term profitable growth." In terms of the energy transition, the company's aerospace business could see a boost from its development of sustainable aviation fuels. CEO Vimal Kapur last month said the industrials giant is "beginning to feel the urgency behind [the] energy transition." "Honeywell is in a unique position to both help the world meet today's growing energy needs, while also enabling the energy transition," Kapur said.

Persons: we're, Jeff Marks, Linde, Wall, I'm, Jim Cramer, Vimal Kapur, Kapur, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Krisztian Bocsi Organizations: Linde, LIN, Honeywell, Caterpillar, Investing, ExxonMobil, Exxon, BMO Capital Markets, Bank of America, CAT, CNBC, Linde AG, Treatment, Berlin, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Berlin, Germany

☆ Ford offers the latest twist in the truck tailgate wars. Here's a look at 100 years of Ford tailgates.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The new Ford Pro Access tailgate is the latest in 100 years of Ford tailgates. AdvertisementAdvertisementFord's latest take on the pickup truck tailgate is hitting dealer lots on the 2024 Ford F-150. The refreshed F-150 can be equipped with the new Pro Access Tailgate, which has several new configurations. In addition to dropping open like a typical truck tailgate, the Pro Access Tailgate can swing out like a door to provide easier access to the bed. AdvertisementAdvertisementTake a look at the evolution of the Ford tailgate here:

Persons: Ford tailgates, Ford, —, Ram, It's Organizations: Ford, Chevrolet, Service

☆ Chris Christie vows to relay ‘atrocities’ he saw in Israel upon return to US
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Alison Main | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie promised on Sunday to tell Americans of the devastation he saw in Israel after becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the country following the October 7 Hamas attacks. Christie said people play on “confusion and misinformation” around events like this, and that he would go back to the US and share “exactly” what he saw in foreign policy speech scheduled for Wednesday. Christie told CNN that he and Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the state of the war and the US’ involvement, as well as the hostage situation during a meeting in Jerusalem. Christie also addressed growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza that have stoked political tensions around the globe as the Palestinian death toll rises. He said his message to protesters is “come to Israel and see it for yourself,” as he stood in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where nearly every home was impacted in the attack.

Persons: Chris Christie, Christie, you’re, ”, CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Volodymyr Zelensky, Isaac Herzog, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Antony Blinken Organizations: CNN, Republican, Israel Defense Forces, Congress, Palestinian Authority, “ Locations: Israel, Gaza, Kyiv, Ukraine, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Jerusalem, Kfar Aza

☆ Japan has become a gold mine for value investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Edward Chancellor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Having experienced a multi-decade decline after 1990, Japanese stocks have escaped the doldrums. Reuters GraphicsAnother shadow that has long lingered over corporate Japan is management teams which tended to neglect shareholders and prioritise the interests of other stakeholders. METI is also redefining the aim of Japanese companies, says Stephen Codrington, founder of the independent research firm Codrington Japan. Japan, whose regime was formerly unfriendly to equity investors, is moving in the opposite direction, says Drew Edwards, head of GMO Usonian Japan. Japan, as Codrington says, has become a gold mine for value investors.

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His decision came months after a two-week trial in August in which no GOP voters came forward to testify they were unable to vote because of the problems. The ruling is a blow to efforts by GOP leaders in Harris County to overturn November 2022 election results in 17 other local contests. Elections have been scrutinized for several years now in Harris County — which has nearly 5 million residents, most of whom are Latino or Black. The lawsuit was the first filed over Harris County’s November 2022 election results that went to trial. Harris County in recent years has become a recurring target of new Texas voting rules and restrictions passed by GOP lawmakers.

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Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main bastion in the territory, is now surrounded by Israeli forces. The military said troops have advanced to the heart of the city, while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses. Air strikes had also killed a Hamas weapons maker, Mahsein Abu Zina, and several fighters, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military had told them they should move south of the Wadi Gaza wetlands along the main Salah al-Din Road. Hamas's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said its fighters had destroyed an Israeli tank in Gaza City.

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