Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including four journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said. Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed in the first strike, according to the officials. Photographer Hatem Khaled, who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded in a second strike on the hospital, they said. Witnesses said the second strike took place after rescue workers, journalists and other people had rushed to the site of the initial attack. The Reuters live video feed from the hospital,...
Sales of new single-family homes in the United States eased by 0.6% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 652,000 units in July of 2025, trimming the revised 4.1% increase in the earlier period and above market expectations of a 630,000 sold homes. Regionally, sales fell sharply in the Mid-west (-6.6% to 85,000) and the South (-3.5% to 388,000), offsetting growth in the West (11.7% to 153,00). In turn, new home sales remained unchanged in the Northeast (at 26,000). In the meantime, the number of unsold homes on the market also fell by 0.6% to 499,000,...
United States (US) President Donald Trump swung for the fences on Monday, touching on a broad range of subjects during a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. In between delivering remarks on the Korean peninsula, Donald Trump fashioned himself as the ultimate peace broker for multiple countries, and mused about having South Korea voluntarily give up sovereign land to the US. President Trump also touched on international trade, insisting that US Crude Oil products are critical to South Korea, which overwhelmingly has its energy demands met by trade with China and...