DUBAI (Reuters) - All ships heading to Israeli ports will be targeted by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and not just in the Red Sea region, the group's leaded Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday.
The group has threatened to extend their attacks on ships heading to Israeli ports to the Mediterranean Sea, in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
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(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly breached the 40,000-point level for the first time on Thursday, the blue-chip index's fastest 10,000-point climb, powered by strong quarterly results and rising bets of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
The index surpassed its previous record high of 39,935.04, hit on Wednesday, and has recovered nearly 40% from its October 2022 lows. At 10:33 a.m. ET, the Dow was up 0.2% at 39,984.95.
... (continue reading...)(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Asset Management has been appointed the outsourced chief investment officer for $43.4 billion North American pension fund assets belonging to parcel delivery firm UPS.
As part of this appointment, the UPS in-house investment management team is expected to join Goldman Sachs’ Atlanta office and will continue to provide investment management services to the pension plans.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on two Russian individuals and three Russian companies for facilitating arms transfers between Russia and North Korea, including ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
It is the latest round of sanctions imposed by the Treasury and State departments to disrupt and expose arms transfers between the two countries, it said, including the... (continue reading...)
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday he received threats after the assassination attempt on his Slovakian counterpart, with a media outlet reporting his security protection would be strengthened.
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times at close range on Wednesday, spurring international condemnation and calls for a calming of political tensions.
"There was a lot of it yesterday," Tusk... (continue reading...)
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