Israel counts cost of war as growth forecast slashed

The country’s economy will take a major hit in the fourth quarter of the year, according to its central bank Israel’s central bank revised down its economic growth forecast on Monday amid risks arising from the escalation of the Gaza conflict.

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Musk responds to WSJ ‘hit piece’

The US news outlet claimed influential figures at the billionaire’s companies were concerned about his illegal drug use SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hit back at the Wall Street Journal in a post on his X platform (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, a day after the paper published a lengthy article detailing company executives’ purported concerns over…

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An ABC News investigative journalist disappeared six months ago. He seems to have known a lot about American aims in Ukraine

Has a potential whistleblower been ‘disappeared’ or is there another explanation? On 27 April, ABC News reporter James Meek tweeted a single word – “facts” – above another Twitter post from a retired CIA officer, who stated that the 2014-2022 Ukrainian civil war was an eight-year “lab experiment” on Russia’s military “tactics, techniques, and procedures.” It added that…

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