The Latest: Iran Fires at Gulf States as Australia Grants Asylum to Women on Iranian Soccer Team
Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates
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Analysis-US Tariff Reprieve Sparks Scramble, and Scepticism, in China’s Export Hubs
BEIJING/SHENZHEN, March 11 (Reuters) – Chen Zhuo is in a rush to get visas for his equipment technicians to fly from China to the United States, where one client is accelerating the expansion of a food processing plant to be able to import machinery at lower U.S. tariffs. By contrast, Ren Yanlin, an executive at …
China Is Rebuilding Its Grip on North Korea. Is Kim Jong Un Ready to Oblige?
DANDONG/SEOUL/SINGAPORE, March 11 (Reuters) – When Kim Jong Un arrived by armored train in Beijing for a military parade in September, the pageantry signaled a thaw in one of the world’s most important relationships after several years of frosty ties. Behind the spectacle of tanks and fighter jets, North Korea’s leader brought a senior economic …
Iran Keeps up Pressure on Oil Infrastructure as Concerns of Global Energy Crisis Grow
Israel and Iran are trading attacks as Iran squeezes global oil supplies by choking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
Fragrant Flower Lei, Synonymous With Hawaii, Face Competition From Cheaper Imports
Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii
Kaboom of the Wild? Proposed Howitzer Testing in the Adirondacks Alarms Critics
LEWIS, N.Y. (AP) — The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the haunting call of loons, the crackle of campfires and the soft swish of kayak paddles on placid lakes. Should the boom of howitzers be allowed here, too? An unprecedented proposal to test large artillery in a rural Adirondack Park …
Why Some Airport Security Screeners Will Continue to Get Paid During the Government Shutdown
That kind of disruption, while not yet widespread, is not a concern that typically surfaces at San Francisco International Airport, the largest of nearly two dozen U.S. airports where screening checkpoints are staffed by private contractors under a little-used federal program that allows airports to outsource security screenings while maintaining TSA oversight. Because contractors’ pay …
Asian Shares Advance as Markets Await Signals on When the War With Iran May End
Asian shares have advanced as U.S. stocks held relatively steady while investors awaited signals on when the war with Iran may end
Combatants in Mideast War Trade More Air Strikes as Iran Clamps Down on Dissent
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Phil Stewart DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Israel traded air strikes with Iran’s military across the Middle East as the besieged Tehran government warned its state security forces were ready with “fingers on the trigger” to confront any revival of anti-government protests. Following an exchange …
Canada’s Liberals Closer to a Majority Government After Another Opposition Defection
The defection of another opposition lawmaker is all but assuring Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will have a majority government soon