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- Retired Commander of CENTCOM, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, is urging the U.S. to re-evaluated and relocated its base placement in the Middle East as Iran's missile development means it could "overwhelm" U.S. bases.
- A Welsh man died in a freak accident involving frozen burgers, according to a recent court hearing. The victim, Barry Griffiths, was 57 years old when he died in June 2023.
- The Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday morning it was conducting strikes against the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon after the group had attacked northern Israel.
- Israel on Saturday continued airstrikes against Hezbollah and its rocket launchers in southern Lebanon after killing more than a dozen terrorists on Friday.
- Thousands of beer lovers celebrated the 189th start of Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival, as Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap into the first keg of beer on Saturday.
- A U.N. expert argued that the organization has not established itself as a reliable body that can tackle the issues it has raised at the scale or intensity required.
- The Irish government is dropping parts of its controversial hate speech laws, which deal with incitement to hatred or violence, or "thoughtcrimes."
- New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from captivity after more than 19 months following his abduction by Indonesian rebels early last year.
- Russian officials are making a huge push across the country to boost birth rates and get women to procreate by encouraging sex at work as Russia's population crisis escalates and Putin scrambles.
- Ahmed Wahbi, who oversaw the military operations of Hezbollah's Radwan special forces unit, has been identified as the second top commander killed in an Israeli airstrike.
- War planners in Israel have accelerated their goal to return over as many as 100,000 displaced Israelis to the north because of Hezbollah terror attacks on the region.
- Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 economic collapse. Its incumbent president faces a tight race.
- The Israeli Defense Forces said Saturday that it has killed a Hamas operative and other Hamas terrorists as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
- A Canadian woman was arrested after pretending to be interested in a Porsche and stealing the car, running over the owner as she pulled out of his driveway to drive away.
- During excavations of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2022, two sarcophagi were unearthed. The remains of one were quickly identified, while the others remained unknown, until now.
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- The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.
- Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.
- Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.
- 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 is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.
- President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.
- 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.
- The automaker announced Monday that its first official venture in the oil-rich Middle East will be in the United Arab Emirates.
- 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.
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- The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.
- Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.
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- Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.
- 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.