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By Adam Makary

CAIRO (Reuters) - Humanitarian food and fuel shipments may start coming into southern Gaza via Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing as early as Friday evening, Egyptian security sources said, following an agreement reached between the presidents of Egypt and the United States.

Egypt was coordinating with Israel on the aid, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Egyptian... (continue reading...)

By Yuvraj Malik

(Reuters) - Shares of Dell Technologies hit a record high on Friday amid a rally in companies working on generative artificial intelligence applications, buoyed by strong optimism for the new technology.

AI-heavyweight Nvidia posted strong quarterly results and forecast current-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, reinforcing that customers' spending on genAI will continue to hold strong. The... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman will support Donald Trump as the former president looks to return to the White House, Axios reported on Friday.

Schwarzman, one of the biggest political donors on Wall Street, plans to donate to Trump and various Republican Senate candidates, the report said, citing a statement from the CEO.

Long viewed as a Trump ally, Schwarzman had said in 2022 he would not back the former president,... (continue reading...)

SANAA (Reuters) - The head of the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, said the Iran-backed movement would release 100 prisoners on Saturday belonging to Yemen's government forces.

A decision was issued by the leader of the Houthi movement, Abdul-Malik Badr Al-Din al-Houthi, Murtada said on Friday.

Yemen's Houthis last released prisoners in April 2023 in an exchange of 250 Houthis for 70 members of Yemen's... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced a new $275 million package of weapons and equipment for Ukraine on Friday to help it repel Russia's assault near Kharkiv, the State Department said.

The package contains urgently needed capabilities including ammunition for HIMARS, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, missiles, anti-armor systems and precision aerial munitions, the department said.

(Reporting by David... (continue reading...)