Feb 9, (Reuters) - Israel has taken steps to help settlers acquire land in the occupied West Bank and widen its powers in parts of the territory where Palestinians have some self-rule - measures they said aimed to undermine the two-state solution.
It marks the latest blow to the idea of establishing a Palestinian state co-existing peacefully alongside Israel in territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Long backed by world powers, this... (continue reading...)
MIAMI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - HoldCo Asset Management said on Monday it will not pursue proxy fights at KeyCorp or Eastern Bancshares after the two regional banks agreed to the main changes the activist investor pressed them to make.
"In light of the recent changes the Board and management made, HoldCo does not intend to pursue a proxy contest at the 2026 Annual Meeting," the hedge fund wrote about KeyCorp, a $26 billion market-cap lender, and Eastern,... (continue reading...)
By Dan Peleschuk
KYIV, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Russian forces are trying to press forward around the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv's military said on Monday, hoping to conclude a months-long campaign to seize the strategic hub as Moscow seeks to capture the whole of the Donetsk region.
Ukraine has struggled to halt slow Russian advances around Pokrovsk and elsewhere along the 1,200-km (746-mile) front line while it comes under U.S.... (continue reading...)
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Apollo Global Management is close to finalizing a roughly $3.4 billion loan to an investment vehicle that plans to buy Nvidia chips and lease them to Elon Musk's xAI, The Information reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Less than a week ago, Musk announced that SpaceX acquired the artificial intelligence company he also leads in a deal that values the rocket and satellite company at $1 trillion and the... (continue reading...)
By Courtney Rozen
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to get their jobs back, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to appeal their dismissal to an independent board.
The Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s HR office, proposed ending the right of fired federal employees to dispute their dismissal before... (continue reading...)
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