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CNBC Daily Open: Markets are getting ready for Trump 2.0
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You […]
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Netanyahu says ‘last minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory. Netanyahu signaled there were issues with the deal […]
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Israel-Hamas agree to ceasefire and hostage deal, NBC News says
Palestinians gather on the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Majdi Fathi | Nurphoto | Getty Images A ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas has been reached, NBC […]
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Trump warns ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages not released by his inauguration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump warned Tuesday that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if Hamas does not release the hostages it is holding in Gaza by the time he is […]
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World leaders react to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s death
Then U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaking at a press conference on Sept. 1, 1977. Wally McNamee | Corbis Historical | Getty Images World leaders and U.S. politicians reacted to news that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who as president brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has […]
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Jimmy Carter quotes: ‘I could have wiped Iran off the map’
Quotations by former President Jimmy Carter Former President Jimmy Carter, March 25, 2014. Getty Images “My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.” — Opening his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 15, 1976. “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” […]
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From Trump and Turkey, to Russia and Iran — Syria’s regime change has huge global consequences
TOPSHOT – This aerial picture shows a bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad adorning Hama’s municipality building after it was defaced following the capture of the city by anti government fighters, on December 6, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour | Afp | Getty Images The dramatic toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime at the hands […]
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Trump picks former Development Finance Corp. CEO Adam Boehler as special envoy for hostage affairs
Adam Boehler, the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 14, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has chosen Adam Boehler, the chief executive officer of Nashville-based healthcare […]
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Latest US strike on China’s chips hits semiconductor toolmakers
A Chinese flag is displayed next to a “Made in China” sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. Florence Lo | Reuters The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The markets are living in Trump’s world for now
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to […]
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