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Japanese Government Lost Track of North Korea Missile, Defence Minister Says
A North Korean missile launch prompted emergency alerts in Japan on Thursday (November 3) amid fears the projectile would overfly the country. Residents of Miyagi, Yamagata, and Niigata prefectures in northern Japan were warned to...
US Construction Spending Unexpectedly Rebounds in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending unexpectedly rebounded in September amid a surge in investment in nonresidential structures that offset a further decline in outlays on single-family homebuilding. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that construction...
Musk Says Twitter Will Charge $8/Month for Blue Check Mark
Twitter Inc will charge $8 a month for its Blue service, which includes its sought-after "verified" badge, new boss Elon Musk said on Tuesday as he seeks to boost subscriptions and make the social media...
South Korea Vows Tough Action, Moving to Quell Anger Over Halloween Crush
By Soo-Hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL - South Korea moved to calm public outrage on Tuesday over a Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 people, most of them young, promising a speedy...
Fearing COVID, Workers Flee From Foxconn’s Vast Chinese iPhone Plant
By Ryan Woo BEIJING — After enduring days of lock-in at Foxconn's vast facility in central China with 200,000 other workers, Yuan finally climbed the fences on Saturday night and escaped the complex, joining others...
Twitter Shares Will Be Suspended on NYSE Amid Musk Takeover
(Reuters) — Twitter Inc shares will be suspended from trading on Friday, Oct. 27, the New York Stock Exchange's website showed, as billionaire Elon Musk faces a court-ordered Oct. 28 deadline to close his $44...
McKinsey Reaches Deal With Local US Governments Over Opioid Crisis
(Reuters) — Leading consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to settle claims by hundreds of U.S. local governments and school districts around the country that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its...
Google Play in EU Antitrust Amid Android Fine Appeal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Alphabet unit Google's Google Play Store is the target of an EU antitrust investigation, the company said in a regulatory filing, a move that could expose the U.S. tech giant to another...
Gas Price Cap Possible This Winter if Countries Agree: EU Energy Chief
BRUSSELS — The European Union could introduce a gas price cap this winter to limit excessive price spikes, but only if countries give Brussels a mandate to propose the measure, the bloc's energy chief said...
Farmers in Bangladesh Turn to Floating Agriculture to Adapt to Rising Rivers and Sea
Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the low-lying deltas of southwestern Bangladesh, has revived his forefathers' farming practice of growing crops on floating rafts as rising seas and storm flooding threaten more and more farmland. With...