NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks ended slightly lower Thursday as the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shook confidence in the artificial intelligence trade.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 189.4 points, or 0.36 percent, to 52,297.09. The S&P 500 lost 26.98 points, or 0.35 percent, to 7,592.4. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 100.1 points, or 0.39 percent, to 25,366.09. (US-Equities)
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HAVANA -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Thursday that a recent Group of Seven (G7) statement ignored the harm caused by the U.S. embargo against Cuba, while endorsing fabricated pretexts for punishing the Caribbean country.
In a post on the social media platform X, Rodriguez said the G7 foreign ministers' statement, released Wednesday after two days of talks in Paris, "omits the reality of the cruel impact of the blockade, the economic war and the energy blockade imposed by the U.S. government against Cuba." (Cuba-G7)
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WASHINGTON -- A shooting at a gym about 1.6 km north of the White House early Thursday left one person dead and four others injured. The suspected gunman later died, U.S. media reported.
Police were in contact with the suspect by phone while he was barricaded inside a nearby apartment building, NBC News reported. Officers later found him dead with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. (US-Shooting)
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CAIRO -- Egypt on Thursday condemned an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, which killed at least six Palestinians and wounded more than 20 others, including children and medical personnel.
In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the attack was a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and undermined efforts to uphold the ceasefire and improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza. (Egypt-Gaza strike) ■
