Hamas Drops Key Demand for War’s End as Hostage Deal Advances

Media reports say the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has dropped a key demand as a condition for the release of the remaining hostages: that Israel agree never to fight the group again. Hamas’ demands have been a major sticking point for months in negotiating a deal to free Israeli hostages taken in the Oct. 7 […]
Israel-Gaza war live: hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal | Israel-Gaza war

Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Lorenzo Tondo Mossad spy agency chief David Barnea travelled alone to Doha to meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and consider a Hamas proposal to halt the nearly nine-month-old war, state broadcaster Kan reported, citing a senior Israeli official. […]
Israel, Hamas inch toward new deal

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REPORT: Lakers Re-Sign Superstar LeBron James To Massive Deal After Drafting His Son

The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to re-sign superstar LeBron James to a two-year, $105 million extension Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a player option and a no-trade clause, Wojnarowski reported. Free agent LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $104 million maximum deal to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources […]
Paramount soars as Skydance reaches new deal to buy controlling stake from Redstone

Paramount Global shares rose 6.5% on Wednesday after reports that Shari Redstone’s National Amusements had reached a tentative agreement to sell a controlling stake in the storied media company to David Ellison’s Skydance Media. Under the tentative agreement, Skydance will buy National Amusements, which owns 77 percent of Paramount’s voting stock, for $1.75 billion, three […]
Hamas Continues to Insist on ‘Unacceptable’ Clause in Hostage Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday that the terror group Hamas was posing an obstacle to the hostage deal because it was insisting on “unacceptable” clauses that would force Israel to end the war. This provision would not only end the current conflict, which began when Hamas launched a major terrorist attack […]
Dallas Mavericks Sign One Of Best Shooters Of All-Time Klay Thompson In League-Shattering Deal

The Dallas Mavericks signed former Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson to a three-year, $50 million deal, ESPN’s Adrian Wojanrowski reported Monday. The deal comes together in the form of a sign-and-trade, which will also send former Mavericks swingman Josh Green to the Charlotte Hornets, according to Wojnarowski. BREAKING: Free agent Klay Thompson plans […]
Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus to merge in $2.65B deal

Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus have reportedly agreed to a major merger that would combine the nation’s two largest luxury retailers, with Amazon also participating in the deal. Saks parent HBC, which The Washington Post first reported last summer that it was in merger talks with its longtime partner, is buying Neiman Marcus for […]
News Corp’s OpenAI deal puts publisher on ‘cutting edge of digital age’: Robert Thomson

News Corp and Open AI’s groundbreaking partnership puts The Washington Post’s parent company at the “leading edge of the digital age” at a time of upheaval across the news industry, CEO Robert Thomson said in a memo to employees. The publishing giant’s deal with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, announced in May, allows ChatGPT’s […]
Paramount, Skydance reach tentative merger deal: Reports

Paramount’s parent company, National Amusements, has reached a tentative agreement about a possible merger with media conglomerate Skydance, according to multiple sources. multiple outlet report. Paramount had previously reported that it had called off merger talks with Skydance, with news of the deal collapsing last month. But CNBC reported on Tuesday that a tentative agreement […]