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Al Manar
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Manar
Syria and ‘Israel' in Direct Talks Focused on Security: Reuters
'Israel' and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five people familiar with the matter said. The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that have been on opposite sides of conflict in the Middle East for decades, as the U.S. pushes the new extremist rulers in Damascus to establish relations with 'Israel', and 'Israel' eases its bombardment of Syria. Three of the sources said there had been several rounds of in-person meetings in the border region, including in territory occupied by 'Israel'. Israel's foreign ministry and Syrian officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Earlier this month, Syrian interim president Ahmad Al-Sharaa confirmed indirect 'talks' with Israel that he said were aimed at calming tensions, a striking admission that followed a Reuters report that the UAE was mediating such talks. 'Israel' has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and took more territory in the aftermath of Assad's departure in December. On May 14, a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Sharaa in Riyadh upended decades of U.S. Syria policy, and signalled to Israel's right-wing government that it should work to reach understandings with Sharaa. The regional intelligence source described Trump's engagement with Sharaa as a pivotal part of a realignment in U.S. policy that upset Israel's post-Assad strategy of exploiting Syria's fragmentation. Reuter's report underlines the concerns about the performance of the extremist ruling in Syria in light of rapprochement with the Zionist enemy as well as the sectarian infighting and massacres in Sweida and the coastal cities. Master of the Umma's Martyrs Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah had warned that, when the extremists control Syria, the resistance in the region would be in danger.
Express Tribune
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Suspect charged with terrorism, murder in DC shooting of Israeli embassy staff
Security personnel work at site where two Israelis shot dead PHOTO:Reuter Listen to article Federal prosecutors have formally charged Elias Rodriguez, 31, with the murder of two Israeli embassy staff members in a targeted shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. The attack, labelled by officials as an alleged act of antisemitic violence, has sent shockwaves through diplomatic and Jewish communities worldwide. Rodriguez, a Chicago-based administrative worker, faces multiple federal charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, the murder of foreign officials, and firearms offences. Prosecutors say the killings meet the criteria for a death penalty case, though no final decision has been made regarding capital punishment. 'This was a calculated, hate-driven act of terror,' claims Interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference on Thursday. 'We will pursue justice to the fullest extent of the law.' @USAttyPirro and LE partners update on charges related to the deadly shooting of Israeli Embassy staff Watch here: — U.S. Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) May 22, 2025 The victims — Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli national, and American citizen Sarah Milgrim — were a young couple who had attended a event at the museum on Wednesday evening. Witnesses say Rodriguez opened fire on a group of four people as they exited the venue, then appeared to stand over the fallen victims and fire additional shots before fleeing briefly and entering the museum, where he surrendered. According to court documents, Rodriguez shouted 'Free Palestine' during his arrest and later told investigators, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.' Rodriguez had arrived in Washington DC just a day before the attack, flying in from Chicago with a legally purchased 9mm handgun in his checked luggage. Surveillance footage and witness testimony indicate he was loitering outside the museum for some time before the shooting. The FBI continues to investigate Rodriguez's background. The suspect made his first court appearance on Thursday and was ordered held without bail. His next hearing is scheduled for 18 June. The incident comes amid a rise in detentions and restrictions targeting pro-Palestinian activists. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, along with a private prison contractor, denied Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil a contact visit with his family—preventing him from holding his newborn son, CBS News reported. Israel's war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of at least 53,762 Palestinians and injuries to 122,197 others, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The Government Media Office has since revised the death toll to over 61,700, stating that thousands still missing beneath the rubble are presumed dead.
Miami Herald
21-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Instacart CEO's exit won't shift company strategy, top exec says
As Instacart faces the departure of its CEO, Fidji Simo, the grocery technology company is poised to stay the course its high-profile top executive helped lay out, its CFO said at a recent conference. Simo, who is leaving after four years at Instacart to become CEO of OpenAI Applications, "really set up a foundation" for the company to continue achieving the double-digit growth across key financial metrics it has recorded for the last several consecutive quarters, CFO Emily Reuter said during the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference earlier this month. Instacart has said it will replace Simo with an internal candidate. While it's easy to imagine that a new CEO could shift Instacart's priorities, Reuter said that likely won't be the case. "The priorities remain the same, which is that we continue to be incredibly excited about the overall market opportunity, and really, our goal as the category leader … is to continue to drive online penetration," she said. Amid the changing macro-environment, consumers' use of online grocery shopping services hasn't wavered due to the combination of essential goods and convenience that e-commerce provides, Reuter noted. Instacart executives have long told investors that there is ample room to increase market share and penetration of grocery e-commerce. Doing that, though, requires not only continuing the business strategy that Instacart has already laid out for itself, but also refining several areas of the business, Reuter said. "There's not one big unlock. It's a lot of different things that work together to ultimately continue to drive order frequency [and] user growth to ultimately get to various solid and consistent GTV growth that we've had for many quarters in a row now," Reuter said. Reuter's comments firmly plant Instacart as a provider of grocery technology and e-commerce - a position that took Instacart several years to cement amid industry skepticism about the company's ambitions. Growing the user base by attracting new users and bringing people back who tried but then left Instacart is an untapped opportunity, Reuter said. For existing users, Instacart sees potential in incentivizing particular shopping behaviors, she said, without providing specifics. Instacart continues to work on improving order quality, Reuter said, noting that the company's number of fulfilled orders without errors has increased 15% over the last three years. This has helped boost the company's ability to retain customers. Expanding the variety of use cases, which Instacart has done through its Uber Eats partnership, is another vital area, she said. Instacart has found that listing restaurants brings people back to Instacart throughout the week, and they spend more incremental dollars on groceries, she added. As a result, Instacart sees "a lot of runway" with its restaurant partnership, Reuter said, without specifying future plans. Instacart's decision to lower its minimum order basket size to $10 for Instacart+ members, meanwhile, is driving increased order frequency, incremental GTV and increased adoption of Instacart+, Reuter said. "We certainly don't want to put people in a position where a fee means that I'm going to think about [not placing a small order] or think about going to another platform," she said. Instacart's scale and density of its orders as well as its improved operational capabilities allow the company to layer on smaller baskets more effectively than if it had tried to do so a few years ago, Reuter said. "It's these platform benefits from getting better at what we do in the core business, adding additional use cases, finding opportunities to drive affordability that together result in … really strong growth," Reuter said. Copyright 2025 Industry Dive. All rights reserved.
Sky News AU
11-05-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
US and China reach agreement on trade as President Donald Trump describes deal as a ‘total reset'
The United States and China have reached an agreement on trade after a bout of tit-for-tat tariff increases early in the year and two days of negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, over the weekend. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters on Sunday the deal had been reached with China to cut the US trade deficit which was a 'massive $1.2 trillion'. Mr Bessent said the details of the deal would be revealed on Monday, with President Donald Trump fully aware of the 'productive talks' with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng and two other Chinese vice ministers. Both Mr Bessent and Mr Greer did not mention any plans to cut punishing US tariffs of 145 per cent on Chinese goods, China's 125 per cent tariffs on US goods and took no questions from reporters. The US Treasury chief has said previously that these duties amount to a trade embargo between the world's two largest economies and need to be "de-escalated". In a social media post on Sunday, President Trump said the two nations had a 'very good meeting' which hailed a 'total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner'. 'We want to see, for the good of both China and the US, an opening up of China to American business. Great progress made,' he wrote. Mr Greer described the Geneva meetings' conclusion as "a deal we struck with our Chinese partners" that will help reduce the $1.2 trillion US global goods trade deficit. "And this was, as the secretary pointed out, a very constructive two days," Mr Greer said. "It's important to understand how quickly we were able to come to agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not so large as maybe thought.' Mr Greer described Vice Premier He, Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang and Vice Finance Minister Liao Min 'tough negotiators' after the first face-to-face interaction between senior US and Chinese economic officials since President Trump's inauguration. President Trump followed with a 34 per cent "reciprocal" duty on Chinese imports in April, and subsequent rounds pushed the rates into triple digits, bringing nearly $600 billion in two-way trade to a standstill. China had insisted that tariffs be lowered in any talks. On Friday, President Trump said an 80 per cent tariff on Chinese goods "seems right," suggesting for the first time a specific reduction target. Mr Greer said there was a lot of groundwork done before the Geneva meetings on Saturday and Sunday, and that the result would address the national emergency that President Trump declared over growing US trade deficits. "We're confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us to work toward resolving that national emergency," Mr Greer said. A White House press release that simply repeated Mr Bessent's and Mr Greer's brief comments with no details ran the headline: "US announces China trade deal in Geneva." The Chinese officials were expected to brief reporters in Geneva later on Sunday evening. -with Reuters
USA Today
07-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Broncos bringing 5 notable offensive linemen to rookie minicamp
Broncos bringing 5 notable offensive linemen to rookie minicamp The Denver Broncos are bringing at least nine offensive linemen to rookie minicamp this week. The team has reached agreements with four undrafted linemen, and at least five other linemen have been invited to camp on a tryout basis. We have identified five linemen worth monitoring. Jacksonville State center/guard Clay Webb (6-3, 312 pounds) was ranked as the No. 2 interior offensive lineman on Chad Reuter's list of top undrafted linemen. Lance Zierlein had him projected as a fifth- or sixth-round prospect. Georgia tackle/guard Xavier Truss won a national championship as a starter with the Bulldogs. Truss (6-7, 309 pounds) was ranked as the ninth-best IOL on Reuter's list, and Zierlein had him projected as a sixth-round pick. Central Missouri tackle Gabe Clark (6-6, 320 pounds) earned D2CCA first-team All-American honors in 2023 at the Division II level. Reuter had Clark ranked as the 14th-best undrafted OT this spring. Oklahoma State center Joe Michalski was a team captain in the final two seasons of his six-year college career. After earning honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year recognition in 2023, he was named an honorable mention for the All-Big 12 team in 2024. Michaliski was ranked as the 15th-best IOL on Reuter's list. Kentucky offensive tackle Marques Cox was ranked 21st on Reuter's list of the top undrafted OTs. The 6-5, 305-pound lineman started 59 games in seven years of college football. These five linemen will aim to impress will the Broncos hold a rookie minicamp later this week. Related: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans.
