A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 24, 2025 A. O. Smith Corporation beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $1.07, expectations were $0.97. Operator: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to...

Community Calendar for July 25, 2025: Upcoming local events in the Bristol area

Barter Theatre’s Artistic Producing Director Katy Brown, talks about their 2025 season show lineup and how they chose the theme “family.” AARON SORKIN’S ‘A FEW GOOD MEN’—Abingdon, VA. Historic Barter Theatre is proud to announce its production of...

Gas race: New maritime talks could shift Lebanon's offshore energy future

Report by Yazbek Wehbe, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi For over 15 years, countries bordering the Eastern Mediterranean have competed to explore and extract offshore gas and oil. Global powers, eager to tap into this energy-rich region,...

One Martyr in Khiam in new Israeli aggression on South Lebanon

A Lebanese civilian was martyred in an Israeli drone strike on Khiam amid a continued Israeli aggression targeting southern towns, including Aita al-Shaab and Dhayra. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in the south reported that a Lebanese civilian was...

Israeli drone kills civilian repairing house roof in southern Lebanon

An Israeli drone strike killed on Saturday a civilian who was repairing the roof of a house in the town of Khiam in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese news agency NNA. Further details were not immediately...

Syria-Lebanon talks focus on border demarcation and missing persons: Sources to LBCI

Lebanon's central bank bans dealings with Hezbollah finance arm

Lebanon has been in the grip of a crushing financial crisis since 2019, allowing a cash economy to flourish [Getty] Lebanon’s central bank, the Banque du Liban (BDL) on Tuesday issued a directive banning financial institutions from dealing with...

Lebanon denies foreign minister met with Israeli counterpart

Youssef Rajji called on the international community to press Israel to pull its forces out of south Lebanon [Getty] Lebanon’s foreign ministry on Wednesday denied reports that Beirut’s top diplomat met with the Israeli foreign minister in...

Israel, Syria finalize US-supervised accord

The Syrian Center for Human Rights released overnight the terms of an agreement concluded between Israel and Syria in partnership with the United States. The published specifics reveal that oversight of the Sweida area, which became the focal...

Floyd Mayweather to IDF soldiers: You are winners; I'm proud of you

Floyd Mayweather, the undefeated world boxing champion who crafted an extraordinary legacy throughout his career, has returned to Israel once again. As global opinion increasingly criticizes Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, he...

Salam to Qassem: Hand over weapons to Lebanon, not to Israel

by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 July 2025, 14:18 Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has noted that the paper presented to Lebanon by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack is for "the implementation of the cessation of hostilities arrangements and not a new agreement" as...

Lebanon Weighs US Deadline, Seeks Guarantees for Disarmament

Lebanese officials have been racing to formulate a response to a letter delivered by US envoy Tom Barrack during his visit to Beirut last week, in which Washington pressed Lebanon to take concrete steps towards implementing UN Security Council...

"The Sun of Lebanese Song" Ignites the Roman Theater with Her Majestic Voice

With her commanding presence and authentic mountain-born voice, the Sun of Lebanese Song, Najwa Karam, took the stage before an eager audience that had long awaited her return—proving that she is not just a singer, but a timeless artistic...

Al-Manar reporter: Israeli drone raids a motorcycle in Yohmor Shaqif town, South Lebanon

Lebanon Republicans to meet at caucus to endorse candidates

LEBANON — Enrolled Republican electors are invited to participate in the party’s caucus to endorse candidates for the upcoming municipal office election. The caucus will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in the Community Center located at 872 Trumbull...

Cyprus Energy Ministry to LBCI: No official statement yet on power line project to Lebanon

Cyprus’ Ministry of Energy confirmed to LBCI that no official statement has yet been issued regarding a project to extend a power line from Cyprus to Lebanon, based on information available following the recent meeting between the Lebanese and...

Sheikh Qassem: Hezbollah Ready for Confrontation—No Surrender, No Compromise on Lebanon’s Sovereignty

Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem delivered a televised address during a memorial ceremony honoring the late jihadi commander Hajj Ali Karaki, also known as Abu Al-Fadl. The speech delivered on Friday, July 18, 2025,...

Lebanon firefighters respond to complex structure fire overnight

Lebanese Embassy Hosts Literary Seminar

Ambassador Maher Kheir (M) with Fatima Hamdan Jouni and Prof. Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie The Lebanese Embassy has organised a literary seminar at the School of Languages, University of Ghana, featuring Lebanese author Fatima Hamdan Jouni. The...

Media as a tool of neo-colonial rule in Lebanon

Sometime in November of 2024, I was walking down Beirut’s Hamra street. The pavements were damp with rain water and cold air moved through the city’s alleyways. To my left, customers sat on colourful seats among the outdoor tables of a restaurant,...