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Shayndi Raice akan memimpin liputan luar negeri CBS setelah Weiss mendepak kepala biro karena laporan adanya ketegangan. Daftar untuk email Breaking News US untuk mendapatkan peringatan newsletter di kotak masuk Anda. Bari Weiss, bos CBS News, telah mendepak seorang kepala biro veteran menyusul ketegangan terkait liputan Middle East dan mendatangkan editor luar negeri baru yang, menurut para sumber, lebih sejalan dengan agenda pro-Israel Weiss. Paramount, yang memiliki CBS, mengumumkan pada hari Rabu bahwa mereka telah merekrut Shayndi Raice, editor Wall Street Journal yang baru-baru ini menjabat sebagai wakil kepala biro Middle East dan north Africa untuk surat kabar tersebut, yang berbasis di Israel. Raice akan pindah ke London, di mana ia akan mengawasi liputan internasional jaringan tersebut dalam posisi yang baru dibentuk, kata perusahaan tersebut. Dalam sebuah unggahan di media sosial, Weiss menyebut Raice sebagai “reporter scoophound, editor yang brilian, dan pemimpin yang berpikiran jernih”. Baca selengkapnya...

• GetReal Security appointed cybersecurity veteran Varun Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer to address surging enterprise needs. • The hire responds to rising deepfake and AI-powered identity attacks in the cybersecurity landscape. • Kohli's expertise will drive expansion of real-time protection solutions for businesses facing AI threats.

• The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined to 98.3 in April 2026, down 4.2 points from March, marking the steepest monthly drop since July 2025 as Americans express renewed concern about inflation and job security. • Consumers' expectations for future economic conditions weakened notably, with the forward-looking component falling 6.8 points as respondents cited concerns about rising prices for groceries, gasoline, and housing costs. • The decline suggests potential headwinds for Q2 consumer spending and retail sales, pressuring guidance from discretionary retailers and restaurant operators ahead of earnings season.

• U.S. 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage averaged 6.187% on April 21, 2026, down 4 basis points from prior day per Optimal Blue data. • 15-year fixed-rate fell to 5.486%, down 5 basis points, with week-over-week drops up to 31 basis points for some types. • Rates reflect FOMC holding federal funds at 3.50%-3.75% in March, with next meeting April 28-29 potentially influencing trends.

Pillars at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Thorny Gale, Cumbria, bookended the project that modernised mappingHeritage campaigners are bidding for listing status for two concrete pillars hailed as “modest obelisks of modernity in the countryside”.These functional 120cm (4ft) stone or concrete “trig points” formed part of a 6,500-strong network of surveying posts that were vital for the development of modern mapping. Continue reading...

Report finds there were dozens of warning signs about Axel Rudakubana as far back as 2019 and identifies five main failures of those involvedSouthport attack blamed on ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parentsIt took seconds for Axel Rudakubana to carry out one of the most barbaric attacks on children in modern British history.Yet by the time he entered that joy-filled holiday club, where young girls sat making Taylor Swift bracelets, his deadly intentions had been known for years. Continue reading...