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TAIPEI, March 25 (Reuters) – The United States has “quite a high” sense of urgency in helping Taiwan strengthen its military capabilities and is working to help speed up delayed weapons deliveries, the island’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday. Taiwan, which faces a rising military threat from China, has complained of repeated delays …
HONG KONG (AP) — Oil prices fell more than 5% and Asian shares gained on Wednesday over possibilities of a de-escalation of the Iran war and negotiations between the United States and Iran. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 2.8% to 53,721.30 in early trading. South Korea’s Kospi gained 3.1% to 5,728.22. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng …
CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame slugger Frank Thomas has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago White Sox and accuses the organization with which he played the bulk of his career of unauthorized use of his likeness on uniforms. The lawsuit was filed March 19 in Cook County, Illinois, and also named Nike and Fanatics …
The Justice Department’s investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn’t find any evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a skeptical judge earlier this month, according to a transcript of the sealed hearing. That admission by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Massucco came during a March …
BEIJING, March 24 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Tuesday on parties to seize all opportunities to start peace talks as soon as possible in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi, according to a statement from Wang’s ministry. Talking is always better than fighting, Wang told Araqchi, adding that …
March 24 (Reuters) – Cyprus has asked the UK to negotiate new security arrangements for Britain’s military bases on the island following Iranian drone attacks earlier this month, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides raised the issue during a lengthy call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday, the report said. …
March 25 (Reuters) – Drones targeted a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, causing a fire but no casualties, Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday. Emergency procedures were activated immediately, with firefighting teams responding to the blaze, it said, adding that initial reports indicated only material damage. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab; …
(Refiles to add dropped word “of” in headline) HAVANA, March 24 (Reuters) – Cuba on Tuesday received a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Nuestra America Convoy, an international effort organized by global activists seeking to circumvent U.S. sanctions that severely restrict shipments of fuel and other goods to the island. The aid arrived in …
NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Charlie Javice’s bid to throw out her conviction for defrauding JPMorgan Chase into buying her education startup Frank for $175 million, after she said two law clerks had conflicts of interest by accepting jobs at the bank’s outside law firm. U.S. District Judge …
HOUSTON, March 24 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday that it will temporarily lift federal smog-cutting restrictions on summer-blend gasoline to curb rising energy prices stemming from the war on Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The move would make gasoline cheaper by not forcing …