May 25 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has launched renewed offensives into several border regions, including a frontier area with critical rare earth deposits and other vital trade routes, a month after a new administration took formal control of the war-torn country. New military chief Ye Win Oo, who took office in March after his long-time …
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — When Daniel Suarez was struggling to make his name in auto racing, he would often get phone calls from Kyle Busch offering words of encouragement and urging him to keep working. That made his crown jewel Cup Series victory Sunday night all the more special. Suarez benefited from a crucial pit …
ANGELES, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers pulled out two workers early Monday from an immense pile of rubble that was a nine-story hotel which collapsed while under construction in a northern Philippine city, bringing the death toll to three with 17 others still missing, officials said. One of the workers emerged dead while emergency personnel struggled …
Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted 46 years ago, on May 18, 1980. Here’s how the “CBS Evening News” covered the event.
By Xinghui Kok and Greg Torode SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, May 25 (Reuters) – War in Iran, strained U.S. commitments in Asia and rising tensions over Taiwan will likely dominate the agenda at this week’s annual Shangri-La Dialogue, the region’s premier defence forum. The free-wheeling informal gathering, running from May 29 to 31, draws an eclectic mix …
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India marks an effort by Washington and New Delhi to steady strained relations as the two countries seek to reinforce strategic and economic ties despite recent trade tensions. In meetings Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Rubio …
TOKYO (AP) — Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with creating the 7-Eleven convenience-chain global retail empire, has died. He was 93. Suzuki, an honorary adviser at Seven & i Holdings, died on May 18 of heart failure at his Tokyo home, the company said Monday. Suzuki founded the Japanese unit that operates the seemingly …
SYDNEY, May 25 (Reuters) – Antisemitism in Australia was left unchecked after the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war, fuelling violence against Jewish people, the country’s spy chief told an inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Monday. The comments came during public hearings in the wide-ranging inquiry known as a Royal Commission …
May 25 (Reuters) – One man was killed and another injured while energy infrastructure was damaged in a missile and drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, local authorities said on the Telegram messaging app on Monday. The casualties were the result of the drone and missile strike, and the missiles cut power and …
By Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, May 25 (Reuters) – When He Tingbo was put in charge of Huawei’s chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400 million and a mandate that would eventually put her at the centre of China’s most consequential technology effort. More than two …