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Israel has improved its readiness to attack Iran, outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday as he cited preparations that the military is making to hit nuclear sites.
The highest inflation in four decades is lashing consumers and pushing up prices for all of life’s necessities, not to mention the extras. Rising interest rates are pummeling the housing market, and war, extreme weather and extreme politics — not exactly the stuff of holiday spirit — are dimming the economic mood.
After the worst year for global stocks in more than a decade, and a rout in bonds that’s unmatched this century, some investors aren’t prepared to take anything for granted in 2023.
The enormous winter storm that’s battered a vast swath of the US and Canada is still grounding flights and keeping holiday travelers off the roads. It has also knocked out power to millions of people as temperatures plummet.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is bracing for “different variants of actions” by Russia after a meeting on Friday with his top military commanders.