Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen during protest
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm on Wednesday after a bus driver ran over…
Groups launch court challenge to NSW laws restricting protests after terror attacks | Australia news
A constitutional challenge has been launched against controversial laws in New South Wales that restrict protest actions for…
Egypt sends 37,900 winter garments, 9,900 blankets to Gaza in latest aid convoy
 The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said on Wednesday January 7,2025 it had dispatched its 111th aid convoy…
Consistory: Cardinals choose synodality and mission as themes for reflection
At the end of the first day of the Extraordinary Consistory, the Director of the Holy See Press…
Pope at Consistory: It’s not the Church that attracts but Christ
Pope Leo XIV opens the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals and recalls that Christ draws us to follow Him,…
Labor group urges Albanese to rescind invitation to Israeli president Isaac Herzog | Anthony Albanese
A group of rank-and-file Labor party members has urged the Albanese government to rescind its invitation for the…
Rubio and Hegseth brief lawmakers on “three fold process” for Venezuela : NPR
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters Wednesday following a closed…
Julie Menin Elected Speaker of New York City Council
Speaker Menin is a three-time City Commissioner and former regulatory attorney with a history of strengthening consumer and…
Venezuela live updates as U.S. seizes tankers, Rubio says U.S. will control money from oil sales
Ahead of a Senate briefing on the operation to capture Maduro, Democratic lawmakers questioned the Trump administration’s Venezuela…
Fireblocks acquires TRES Finance in $130 million deal
Fireblocks has acquired Israeli startup TRES Finance, an enterprise platform for financial data and reporting for digital assets,…
Egypt FM urges expanded humanitarian access in Gaza, Sudan in call with UN aid chief
 Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed the worsening humanitarian crises in Gaza and Sudan during a phone…
Current price of silver as of Wednesday, January 7, 2026
As of 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time, silver traded at $77.04 per ounce. That’s down $1.50 from yesterday at…