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Developing nations urge world's richest to do more on climate at UNGA

Leaders of small island states most at risk from rising sea levels said it was time for those countries that burn most of the fossil fuels blamed for rising temperatures to stop paying lip service

Small tsunami waves wash ashore on remote Japanese islands post earthquake

About 21,500 people live on the islands in the Izu group and about 2,500 on the Ogasawara Islands

California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution, firm defends recycling

The investigation mirrors California's previous probes into the oil industry's alleged efforts to mislead the public about climate change, which the state is also suing over

US-China research has given Beijing's military tech boost, says House GOP

Berkeley also is unwinding its partnership, saying it has no oversight of research activities conducted only by non-Berkeley employees at the joint institute

Asia stocks rise to highest in 2.5 years on China's stimulus measures

China's central bank on Monday lowered its 14-day repo rate by 10 basis points, days after disappointing markets by not cutting longer-term rates

US urges Israel to extend banking relations with Palestinian banks for year

The banking correspondence authorisation is due to expire on Oct. 31, posing risks to export and import transactions valued at nearly $10 billion, Treasury officials have said

Justice Dept, FBI 'mishandling' assassination attempt case, alleges Trump

On July 13, the first failed assassination attempt on Trump was made during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bullet grazed his ear

Microsoft to pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement

The unit Constellation hopes to restart at the Three Mile Island power facility was shut down in 2019 due to operational issue. No US nuclear power plant has been reopened after shutting

Boeing crisis sparks US FAA to revamp safety programmes to avoid risks

FAA audits revealed a series of manufacturing and safety lapses at Boeing after a fuselage panel blew off a 737 Max jet shortly after takeoff in January

Boeing offers its largest union 30% wage hike in bid to end strike

Boeing said the terms are final and only valid until the end of Sept. 27, as it seeks to raise pressure on the other side to accept

Can the new French govt solve New Caledonia crisis after months of unrest?

A peace deal between rival factions was reached in 1988. A decade later, France vowed to give more political power and broad autonomy to New Caledonia and the Kanak people

Ex-Twitter worker wins fight with Elon Musk over unpaid severance

The resolution of the dispute, which was handled through arbitration, comes almost two years after Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion and promptly fired over half of the staff

Visa faces US DOJ antitrust case over illegally monopolising debit card mkt

The government's allegations include that Visa made exclusive agreements to hinder the expansion of competing networks and thwarted efforts by technology companies to enter the market

Singapore to start landmark graft trial of former minister S Iswaran

The case against Iswaran, a former party member, is a test for a party that has long relied on its reputation for clean governance to win all elections since Singapore's independence in 1965

Rupert Murdoch's trust trial concludes with judge's ruling yet to come

Upon Murdoch's death, control of the trust was to be split among his four oldest kids. Instead, he has sought to give voting power to his eldest son, Lachlan

Lebanon sees deadliest conflict day since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill 492

Some 1,650 people were wounded in the strikes and about 100 women and children were among the dead, the Lebanese health ministry said

Iran's president accuses Israel of seeking wider Mideast war, laying traps

We don't want to fight, he said. It's Israel that wants to drag everyone into war and destabilise the region. They are dragging us to a point where we do not wish to go

Texas jury clears most 'Trump Train' drivers over 2020 bus encounter

On October 20, 2020, a Biden-Harris campaign bus was travelling from San Antonio to Austin for an event when a group of cars and trucks waving Trump flags surrounded the bus

Quad about common vision of free, prosperous Indo-Pacific: US Ambassador

Quad members said that maritime disputes must be resolved peacefully and in accordance with international law, as reflected in UNCLOS

Jony Ive joins hands with Sam Altman for secret AI device project

Jony Ive spent hours in the neighborhood at the William Stout Architectural Books store, which had thousands of books about design, before he left the city, he knew that he wanted to return