SYDNEY – South Korea’s biggest defense company Hanwha Aerospace on Thursday beat Germany’s Rheinmetall to win an Australian contract worth up to A$7 billion ($4.74 billion) for building 129 infantry fighting vehicles. The
TAIPEI – Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en route to China
Meta Platforms on Wednesday reported a strong rise in advertising revenue, topping Wall Street financial targets for the second quarter and forecasting third-quarter revenue above market expectations. The results from Meta, Facebook‘s parent company, come a
AMSTERDAM – A fire blazed on a cargo ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said. Several crew members were forced to jump
A group of 22 states and US territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co. over water pollution tied to
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and Fed Chair Jerome Powell
SINGAPORE — A spate of political scandals in Singapore, including a corruption case and the resignations of senior lawmakers, has been a
PANAMA CITY — The Panama Canal will extend restrictions on ships’ maximum depth, it said on Tuesday, and it has limited average
TOKYO — The number of Japanese people has decreased at the fastest pace ever while the number of foreign residents has risen
KEY LARGO, Florida — The surface ocean temperature in and around the Florida Keys soared to typical hot tub levels this week,
