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7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows
7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows

NEW YORK CITY, New York: 7-Eleven is set to significantly shrink its North American footprint this year, planning to close far more...

Power Plants or Peace?: JD Vance to lead 2nd round of Iran negotiations in Pakistan
Power Plants or Peace?: JD Vance to lead 2nd round of Iran negotiations in Pakistan

Washington DC [US], April 19 (ANI): US Vice President JD Vance is set to arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening to lead a high-level...

Bryson DeChambeau (wrist) WDs from LIV Golf Mexico City
Bryson DeChambeau (wrist) WDs from LIV Golf Mexico City

(Photo credit: Grace Smith-Imagn Images) Bryson DeChambeau cited a wrist injury on Sunday for the reason he withdrew prior to the...

Israeli PM Netanyahu mourns loss of Sgt First Class Lidor Porat in Southern Lebanon
Israeli PM Netanyahu mourns loss of Sgt First Class Lidor Porat in Southern Lebanon

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed the 'profound grief' of the nation on Sunday following...

US negotiators Witkoff, Kushner to travel to Pakistan for ceasefire talks with Iran: US media outlets
US negotiators Witkoff, Kushner to travel to Pakistan for ceasefire talks with Iran: US media outlets

Washington DC [US], April 19 (ANI): Ahead of the expiry on Tuesday of the two-week ceasefire declared by US President Donald Trump...

"Offering a very fair, reasonable deal": Trump says US negotiators Witkoff and Kushner will head to Pakistan for Iran ceasefire talks
"Offering a very fair, reasonable deal": Trump says US negotiators Witkoff and Kushner will head to Pakistan for Iran ceasefire talks

Washington DC [US], April 19 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that American representatives, including Steve Witkoff...

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Canadian man to plead guilty to aiding people in committing suicide
Canadian man to plead guilty to aiding people in committing suicide

TORONTO, Canada: A Canadian man who allegedly sold deadly substances online to people looking for help to commit suicide has agreed...

Global oil supply hit by 500 million barrel loss amid Iran war
Global oil supply hit by 500 million barrel loss amid Iran war

LONDON, U.K.: The war in Iran has erased more than US$50 billion in global oil output in less than two months, creating one of the...

Airlines brace for higher costs, cuts as jet fuel supplies tighten
Airlines brace for higher costs, cuts as jet fuel supplies tighten

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A deepening jet fuel crunch linked to the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is raising fears...

China tells its citizens not to use Seattle airport to enter country
China tells its citizens not to use Seattle airport to enter country

SEATTLE, Washington: The Chinese government is asking travelers to avoid entering the United States through Seattle, citing a pattern...

UK PM Starmer faces renewed calls for resignation by Opposition
UK PM Starmer faces renewed calls for resignation by Opposition

LONDON, U.K.: On April 17, Opposition politicians renewed their demands for the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to resign after...

Some Israelis unhappy with Lebanon ceasefire
Some Israelis unhappy with Lebanon ceasefire

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: After many hours of sirens in northern Israel mid-week, people felt an unusual calm later in the week as the ceasefire...