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• Saudi Aramco’s green initiativesFebruary 12, 2025
  Saudi Aramco’s green initiatives are part of the broader Saudi Green Initiative (SGI), a national effort to combat climate change and promote sustainability. Aramco’s initiatives focus on reducing its…

FOX NEWS

• Israel security cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City
  Israel’s security cabinet early Friday approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas.
• Zoo's request for donations of pets to be fed to predatory animals draws PETA blowback
  Denmark's Aalborg Zoo defended a program asking for pet donations to feed predators as natural behavior, while PETA called the initiative unnatural and unnecessary.
• Parrot helps law enforcement uncover drug trafficking ring, leading to major bust
  A parrot trained to repeat drug phrases helped British police dismantle a trafficking network operated inside a Lancashire prisonby the group's ringleader.
• Zelenskyy tells Putin to 'be brave' and finally agree to trilateral meeting with Trump
  Russian President Vladimir Putin remains hesitant about trilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia says conditions for Ukraine peace negotiations not yet created.
• World leader refuses to 'humiliate' himself with Trump trade negotiations
  Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is not backing down from his criticism of President Donald Trump, even as his country faces a staggering 50% tariff.
• Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave
  Israel’s security cabinet meets to plan next Gaza war steps, while separate political voices push to resettle Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip nearly 20 years after withdrawal.
• ISIS soldiers behead Christians in Mozambique, burning church and homes: 'Silent genocide'
  ISIS-aligned soldiers behead Christians and burn churches in Mozambique attacks, as anti-terrorism group sounds the alarm on "silent genocide" in Africa.
• France strips residency from 47-year-old Moroccan man who lit cigarette at Arc de Triomphe war memorial
  France strips residency permit from 47-year-old man who desecrated Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by using memorial flame to light cigarette in Paris.
• Three Americans evacuated from Antarctica after medical emergency at research station
  The New Zealand air force completed a high-risk medical evacuation of three Americans from Antarctica in freezing temperatures and total darkness on ice runway.
• Russia, China practice destroying 'enemy' submarine in naval drill after Trump moves US nuclear assets
  A mock submarine was destroyed in a joint Russia-China naval drill just days President Donald Trump moved U.S. nuclear assets toward Russia, a report said.
• Trump hails 'highly productive' talks with Putin despite no ceasefire, 'secondary tariffs' still on
  Steve Witkoff's three-hour meeting with Putin yields little progress on Ukraine peace as Trump's tariff deadline approaches with no concrete results
• NATO member scrambles jets after Russian drone attack near border, as Witkoff meets with Putin
  Romania, a NATO nation, had to scramble fighter jets after Russia hit oil, gas pipelines in Ukraine, sending bright flames and plumes of smoke into the air.
• Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years
  The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and China's arsenal expansion.
• US journalist missing in Norway after backpacking trip, family says
  A search is underway for an American journalist who went missing on a Norwegian glacier at Folgefonna National Park while on a solo backpacking trip, according to his family.
• Italian law would regulate gender transition treatment for minors
  The Italian government, under new legislation, would tighten controls on the supply of gender transition medical treatment for minors, according to a draft law.

CNN

• Will the next iPhone charge wirelessly?
  The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.
• How 'America First' could turn into to 'India First'
  Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.
• Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting US farmers
  Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.
• Stocks hit record again. Is Trump the reason?
  The market is at all-time highs and many say Trump is the reason. But stocks were rallying when investors thought Hillary Clinton would win. Janet Yellen and the Fed may deserve more of the credit for the market's move.
• Apple stock nears record high
  Apple stock is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.
• America's NAFTA nemesis: Canada, not Mexico
  President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.
• Verizon's plan: Consumers win, investors lose
  Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.
• Tesla will sell electric cars in the Middle East
  The automaker announced Monday that its first official venture in the oil-rich Middle East will be in the United Arab Emirates.
• Trump brand takes another hit
  Sears Holdings, the company that owns retail stores Sears and Kmart, said this weekend that it would remove 31 Trump-branded items from its website.
• Swiss voters reject corporate tax overhaul
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• Oil prices have doubled in a year. Here's why
  The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.
• Indian rival slams Uber's business model
  Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.
• Verizon is bringing back unlimited data
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• Cutting down trash with bamboo packaging
  Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.
• 'Lego Batman' producer, then Treasury sec?
  Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.