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LG, Honda to set up $4.4-bn joint venture in US to make EV batteries

LG and Honda are investing $4.4 billion in a joint venture in the United States to produce batteries for Honda electric vehicles in the North American market, the two companies said

Fuel leaks and possible crack threaten to delay NASA moon rocket launch

Fuel leaks and a possible crack discovered during final liftoff preparations threatened to delay the launch of NASA's mighty new moon rocket on Monday morning

Covid-19 curbs must change to help economy, says Chinese think tank

A Chinese think tank issued a rare public disagreement with the country's severe zero COVID policy, saying curbs must change to prevent an economic stall

Palestinian death toll reaches 85 as Israel steps up West Bank raids

Israeli troops have regularly operated across the West Bank since Israel captured the territory in 1967

NASA fuels moon rocket ahead of liftoff on first test flight today

NASA began fuelling its new moon rocket for liftoff on a test flight to put a crew capsule into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years

Detroit police search for gunman in fatal 'random' shootings that injured 4

Four people were shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to be firing at people randomly over a roughly 2 1/2-hour period Sunday morning in Detroit

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant attacks

Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe's largest nuclear power plant, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak

US sails warships through Taiwan Strait in first time since Pelosi's visit

The US Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit publicised since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August

Libya capital remains tense a day after clashes kill over 30 people

Militias patrolled nearly deserted streets in Libya's capital Sunday, a day after clashes killed over 30 people and ended Tripoli's months-long stretch of relative calm

Ukraine train system attacks by Russia may be war crimes, say experts

Russia's attack on a Ukrainian train station that killed more than 20 people this week; some international legal scholars say may be war crimes

Trump mixed top secret documents with magazines, other items: FBI

14 of the 15 boxes recovered from Trump's Florida estate contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines: FBI affidavit

Monkeypox shots not getting to people who need them the most: US data

The Biden administration said there's enough monkeypox vaccine available now but health officials say the shots aren't getting to some of the people who need the protection the most

Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes centuries give England command of 2nd Test

Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes hit centuries to help England establish a commanding first-innings lead over South Africa after two days of the second Test at Old Trafford

Philippines: More than 80 people rescued from ferry fire in Manila

Philippine coast guard personnel and volunteers have rescued more than 80 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire as it approached a port south of Manila

Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference with UN

Russia blocked agreement on final document of 4-week review of the UN treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe's largest nuclear plant

US suspends 26 Chinese airline flights in Covid-19 policy dispute

The US government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers.

SpaceX, T-Mobile partner to try to connect remote areas with satellites

T-Mobile said that the vast majority of smartphones already on its network will be compatible with the new service using the device's existing radio.

US, China reach agreement in dispute over Chinese company audits

The US and China have reached a tentative agreement to allow US regulators to inspect the audits of Chinese companies whose stocks are traded on US exchanges

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over patents behind Covid-19 vaccine

Moderna said on Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its preventive shot, Spikevax.

Serena Williams' example: Tennis icon's impact felt in Black America

In 2016, responding to the fatal police shootings of two Black men just a day apart, Serena Williams joined a small chorus of top Black athletes in speaking out. I won't be silent! she vowed