😳 eBay Slashes Almost 10% of Workforce

The ecommerce giant will cull 1,000 roles, 9% of it full-time workforce, in a desperate effort to position the company for sustainable growth.

eBay asked all staff to work from home on Wednesday amid difficult conversations to be conducted by Zoom. (Fox News)

It comes amid a much wider trend of tech layoffs in the US as customers scale back spending on services and advertising, and providers grapple with Bidenflation pressures.

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🔴 Saudi Arabia Set to open First Liquor Store for Foreign Diplomats Only

The Riyadh store will serve to non-Muslim diplomats exclusively, breaking with decades of strict alcohol prohibition in the Kingdom. (Reuters)

Its development comes after the govt circulated new regulations to limit alcohol brought into the country through the embassies’ diplomatic luggage, even as Saudi eases religious laws and tries to attract tourists and investors.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP’s Westminster Leader Asks Rishi Sunak to Condemn the IDF’s Murder of Palestinian Man Waving White Flag

'I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the PM of the UK to tell the people that shooting an unarmed man walking under a white flag is a war crime,' Stephen Flynn posed to Sunak during Question Time.

Rishi Rich refuses to say anything of the sort, the UK happy to take blood money off Israel for arms and munitions while ignoring the genocidal crimes on their TV screens.

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⚠️ Fire Engulfs UNRWA Shelter in Gaza’s Khan Yunis after IDF Strike

Dozens of casualties have been reported - while Israeli tanks continue to surround the area, preventing thousands of civilians from evacuation.

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❌ UPDATE: Israel fired two tank rounds at UN center in Gaza, killing 9 people and injuring 75 - the facility was being used as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians

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🔴 US discussing full withdrawal of forces from Syria - reports

While no definitive decision has been made to leave, four sources within the Defense and State depts said the White House is no longer invested in sustaining a mission that it perceives as “unnecessary.” (Foreign Policy)

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🇷🇺 Lavrov: I hope those who "warn" about the need to prepare for war with Russia still have the instinct for self-preservation.

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🤔 Israeli host & his 3 guests discuss, dissect, and debunk live on 🇮🇱 TV some of the awful lies that were told about what happened on Oct 7 - beheaded babies etc

When will the West’s MSM wake up?

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⚠️ Israel Bombs Vicinity Of Khan Younis Hospital In Gaza Overnight

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⚠️ Israel Demolishes Some 1,100 of 2,800 Buildings on Land it Intends to Use as Buffer Zone - FT

Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli military intelligence, expects Tel Aviv will enforce a “perimeter” of 500 metres to 1km inside Gaza once the fighting was over.

“This will be a buffer: no one will be there, only mines . . .  to make sure October 7 never happens again,” he said.

Israeli officials have declined to comment on how wide the buffer will be.

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