Layoffs announced by U.S. employers surged in January amid losses of business contracts and an uncertain economic environment, marking the highest level for the month in 17 years, a leading survey showed.[#item_full_content]

Iran vows ‘astonishing’ strikes and lifts missile-range limit as US targets land routes
Iran lifted its self-imposed ballistic missile-range limit and threatened to unleash new, homegrown weapons that would “astonish the entire world,” within hours of the U.S.
