A top Yemeni official issued a warning on Sunday to businesses that operate inside the occupied territories to heed their warning that they’re continued presence puts them at risk of future drone and missile strikes.
Category: 3 June 2025
ISRAEL TIGHTENS GRIP ON THE WEST BANK, DEFENSE MINISTER PROMISES TO BUILD ‘JEWISH ISRAELI STATE’
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said last week that Tel Aviv plans to form a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank in response to what he sees as a security threat facing Israelis in the region.
GOOGLE INTRODUCES AI-POWERED SEARCH
Google has announced a new search feature called “AI Mode” that allows people not just to ask a question but to work with a chatbot to follow up with additional questions and get wide-ranging, comprehensive answers to queries.
INDIA’S ECONOMY ROCKETS AHEAD 7.4 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER
India’s economy leaped up 7.4 percent in the first three months of this year, more than the 6.7 percent economists had expected, as the country pulled out of a looming downturn.
TRUMP’S ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL’ BILL HIDES A TAX BOMB FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
Section 899 of Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill now before the U.S. Senate includes a provision that allows the American government to slap additional taxes on foreign investments made by companies and investors from countries deemed to have punitive tax provisions on U.S. investments.
RISING MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES WILL HOBBLE EUROPE’S ECONOMY, ECB SAYS
Although the European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered its interest rates, the cost of a mortgage is likely to continue rising throughout the 20-country Eurozone until at least 2030, the bank has warned.
U.S. BANS SALE OF CHIP DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA. GET READY FOR DOT-COM BUST 2.0
The Trump administration has banned the sale of “electronic design automation” services (EDA) by U.S.-based firms to China.
CHINA’S RARE EARTH EXPORT CUTS COULD CLOSE WESTERN CAR PLANTS
Auto companies around the world face an imminent shortage of the rare earth minerals essential to making everything from anti-lock braking sensors to windshield wiper motors, executives have warned the Trump administration, Reuters reported.
OPEC+ WILL BOOST OIL OUTPUT BY ANOTHER 411,000 BARRELS A DAY IN JULY
At its 31 May meeting, the OPEC+ oil cartel held to its previous commitment to increase oil production by 411,000 barrels per day in July.
JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT: OUT OF MONEY, OUT OF OPTIONS
With a national debt more than twice the size of its economy, Japan is faced with rethinking its decades-long practice of using public money to affect social policy and keep the economy afloat.