Author: Leslie Stewart

Fadel Itani is used to Israeli attacks in his homeland. The 39-year-old photographer from Beirut captured a series of stunning images of IDF missiles destroying skyscrapers in one fell swoop early Wednesday morning.Itani, a freelance photographer with more than 16 years of experience, told NBC News that he learned of the upcoming attack from an alert sent by the Israel Defense Forces. Fadel Itani.Courtesy of Fadel ItaniResidents have been warned to evacuate the Batula district of the Lebanese capital due to the presence of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. “Bombs have been falling on Beirut for the past two weeks,”…

A projection of the euro currency symbol is photographed on the facade of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 30, 2025.Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty ImagesBefore the war against Iran began in late February, European central banks were enjoying a more benign inflation outlook, with interest rates expected to remain stable or falling across the region. But the conflict has thrown the economy out of balance, threatening Europe’s energy supply, growth and consumer price prospects. Interest rate expectations across the continent were upended. On Thursday, the European Central Bank, Bank of…

Apple is encouraging people to update their iPhones in light of new cybersecurity research that suggests Russian intelligence, Chinese cybercriminals and other hackers are using tools called DarkSword and Coruna to take control of phones with older versions of the iOS operating system.The tool, called an exploit kit, was detailed this month by Google and cybersecurity companies iVerify and Lookout. Both can give hackers deep remote access to a victim’s phone and allow them to search its contents.On Wednesday, iVerify wrote in a news release: “DarkSword appears to be a surveillance and intelligence gathering tool, comprehensively capturing data including Wi-Fi…

Wholesale prices rose sharply in February, another sign that inflation continues to creep in beyond rising energy costs.The Producer Price Index, a measure of the pipeline costs producers receive for their products, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% month over month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The so-called core PPI, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.5%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected both indexes to rise 0.3%.In the all-commodity index, prices outpaced the 0.5% pace of increase in January. However, the core rate of increase was lower than last month’s 0.8%. On a 12-month basis,…

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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent review of the national childhood vaccination schedule, a major blow to his vaccine policy. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other medical groups against the Department of Health and Human Services, alleging that President Kennedy’s vaccine recommendations and changes to the influential Vaccine Advisory Committee violate federal law.In January, President Kennedy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made major changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of diseases for which vaccination is…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the administration has no plans to intervene in financial markets and may not have the authority to do so even if it wanted to.In an interview with CNBC, Bessent addressed rumors that the Treasury Department and other government departments could intervene to lower oil prices.Presidents, including President Donald Trump, have authorized the release or exchange of loans from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in times of stress in the energy sector, but entering futures markets or using other mechanisms would be unprecedented.The idea would be for the Treasury Department to intervene in the oil…

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