Three other children from Gaza were also treated and discharged, he said. The hospital covered the families’ rent and other expenses until they left Tuesday, Al-Sharqawi said.
Higher prices arrive as many Americans pull back on spending as they grow increasingly uneasy about the economy. Aincluding toy manufacturer Mattel, toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker and consumer products giant Procter & Gamble have announced higher prices or plans to raise prices.
But Walmart’s moves are even more significant given its outsized power in the retailing landscape. Walmart says that 90% of American households rely on the retailer for a range of products, and more than 150 million customers shop on its website or in its stores every week. Analysts will dissect the earnings reports from other retailers including Target and Home Depot, set to be released next week.Government data Thursday revealedfor retailers. Walmart says that its consumers have become cautious and selective.
are threatening the low-price model at the core of Walmart’s success.The full impact of tariff costs had been delayed as companies tried to beat the clock by bringing in foreign goods before Trump’s tariffs took effect. Retailers and importers had also
of shoes, clothes, toys, and other items due to new tariffs, but many
from China in the narrow window that opened during the temporary “truce” this week, hoping to avoid sparse shelves this fall.“It should be a happy occasion that Eurovision is finally in Switzerland, but it’s not,” said Lea Kobler, from Zurich. “How can we rightfully exclude Russia but we’re still welcoming Israel?”
Pro Palestinian protesters demonstrate, during the opening ceremony of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Sunday, May 11, 2025. Sign read, ‘11th Commandment: Israel is allowed to do everything.’ (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)Pro Palestinian protesters demonstrate, during the opening ceremony of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Sunday, May 11, 2025. Sign read, ‘11th Commandment: Israel is allowed to do everything.’ (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)
Others have criticized hostility toward the Israeli contestant. Israel’s public broadcaster KAN complained to Swiss police about an alleged threatening gesture made toward Raphael by a pro-Palestinian protester during the opening Eurovision parade on Sunday.German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer told parliament on Wednesday that “the boycott calls, the threats, also the verbal attacks on the singer from Israel, who herself only survived Hamas’ mass murder at the Nova music festival because she hid under corpses, are from my point of view an intolerable scandal.”